US 11,724,267 B2
Device for protecting a sensor window
Markus Schulz-Weiling, Ludwigsburg (DE)
Assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/907,706.
Claims priority of application No. 102019209381.7 (DE), filed on Jun. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0406274 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
Int. Cl. B05B 1/06 (2006.01); B05B 1/30 (2006.01); B60S 1/56 (2006.01); B08B 13/00 (2006.01); B08B 3/02 (2006.01); B08B 3/10 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01); G01S 7/40 (2006.01); B05B 7/02 (2006.01); B60S 1/48 (2006.01); B60S 1/52 (2006.01); B05B 15/652 (2018.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); B60S 1/54 (2006.01); G01S 7/02 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); B05B 1/00 (2006.01); B05B 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC B05B 1/06 (2013.01) [B05B 1/3006 (2013.01); B08B 3/02 (2013.01); B08B 3/10 (2013.01); B08B 13/00 (2013.01); B60S 1/56 (2013.01); B05B 1/005 (2013.01); B05B 1/044 (2013.01); B05B 7/025 (2013.01); B05B 15/652 (2018.02); B08B 2203/007 (2013.01); B08B 2205/00 (2013.01); B60S 1/485 (2013.01); B60S 1/522 (2013.01); B60S 1/526 (2013.01); B60S 1/544 (2013.01); B60S 1/548 (2013.01); G01S 7/027 (2021.05); G01S 7/40 (2013.01); G01S 7/4043 (2021.05); G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); G01S 7/497 (2013.01); G01S 2007/4977 (2013.01); G02B 27/0006 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
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1. A device for protecting a sensor window, comprising:
a feed line that is connectable to a fluid source;
an electromechanical unit; and
a two-piece nozzle that includes:
a first piece that is fixedly situated with respect to the sensor window; and
a second piece that is movable by the electromechanical unit between:
a first position relative to the first piece at which, when fluid from the fluid source is fed via the feed line to an output of the two-piece nozzle, the two-piece nozzle outputs the fluid as a first fluid flow that is predominantly directed in parallel to the sensor window; and
a second position relative to the first piece at which, when the fluid from the fluid source is fed via the feed line to the output of the two-piece nozzle, the two-piece nozzle outputs the fluid as a second fluid flow that is predominantly directed onto the sensor window.