US 12,269,441 B2
Cleaning device, cleaning and sensor system for a vehicle, and vehicle, and method for cleaning a surface of a sensor
Jan Cohrs, Wietzendorf (DE); and Janik Ricke, Uetze (DE)
Assigned to ZF CV Systems Global GmbH, Bern (CH)
Filed by ZF CV Systems Global GmbH, Bern (CH)
Filed on May 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/315,086.
Application 18/315,086 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/083931, filed on Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 134 282.9 (DE), filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0278530 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B60S 1/56 (2006.01); B05B 3/14 (2006.01); B05B 12/02 (2006.01); B60S 1/48 (2006.01); B60S 1/52 (2006.01); B60S 1/54 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 1/56 (2013.01) [B05B 3/14 (2013.01); B05B 12/02 (2013.01); B60S 1/481 (2013.01); B60S 1/52 (2013.01); B60S 1/54 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning device for a sensor, the cleaning device comprising:
a cleaning nozzle configured to apply a cleaning fluid to a surface to be cleaned of the sensor;
a fluid supply unit configured to selectively provide the cleaning fluid to said cleaning nozzle;
an actuator configured to generate a cleaning movement of said cleaning nozzle; and,
a switching unit configured to control said actuator such that the cleaning movement can be generated independently of said fluid supply unit; and,
wherein said actuator is a fluidic pressure cylinder having a pressure input for receiving an actuating pressure for generating the cleaning movement, wherein the cleaning fluid which is pressurized is configured to be received at said pressure input.