US 12,263,817 B2
Cooling system for a sensor cleaning system
Young Dug Yang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/987,474.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0166409 (KR), filed on Nov. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0166695 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. B60S 1/56 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 1/56 (2013.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooling system for a sensor cleaning system of a vehicle, the cooling system comprising:
a collector configured to accommodate water which reaches a windshield of the vehicle;
a pump providing a flow force for moving the water accommodated in the collector along a conduit and configured to operate by driving a wiper rotatably mounted on the windshield by a driving shaft, wherein the pump comprises a piston configured to be directly pressed by the wiper;
a cooling module to which water moving along the conduit flows and which surrounds a cooling target; and
a rotating body mounted on the driving shaft, the rotating body being configured to press the piston by rotating the wiper, wherein the rotating body is configured to press the piston or release pressure from the piston by changing a portion or an area of the rotating body contacting the piston.