The disclosure relates to a sensor mounting device for mounting a sensor to an object The device comprises an object attachment member for attaching the sensor mounting device to the object, a sensor attachment member for attaching the sensor to the sensor mounting device, wherein the object attachment member and the sensor attachment member are located at a distance from each other in a longitudinal direction of the sensor mounting device. The object attachment member and the sensor attachment member are connected by at least two connecting elements, and the at least two connecting elements are adapted to adjust an inclination of the object attachment member relative to the sensor attachment member by adjusting the distance in the longitudinal direction between portions of the object attachment member and the sensor attachment member. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a sensor assembly and a vehicle comprising a sensor mounting device.

A solenoid valve in a manifold is commanded to move to a closed position. Upon activating a pump to supply fluid to the manifold via a supply line, a first pressure is determined in the supply line after commanding the solenoid valve to move to the closed position. Upon deactivating the pump to stop supplying fluid to the manifold, a second pressure is determined in the supply line. Based on a difference between the first pressure and the second pressure, the solenoid valve is determined to be one of (a) at least partially open or (b) in the closed position.

An injection molded composite component includes a groove extending from a first surface of the composite component and a tubing material placed within the groove and formed integrally with the composite component such that the tubing material forms an integrated conduit on the first surface of the composite component.

An injection molded composite component includes a groove extending from a first surface of the composite component and a tubing material placed within the groove and formed integrally with the composite component such that the tubing material forms an integrated conduit on the first surface of the composite component.

A method for optimizing a resource requirement for a cleaning process of a surface of a motor vehicle. Moreover, the method further relates to a cleaning method, a use of a control quantity, a cleaning system, and a motor vehicle.

A method for indirectly deriving a systematic dependence for a system behavior of a soiling process of a surface of a motor vehicle. A soiling condition of the surface is evaluated via an availability of the sensor. Moreover, the method relates to a method of use of the systematic dependence, a cleaning system, and a motor vehicle.

The present disclosure provides a sensor cleaning system that cleans one or more sensors of an autonomous vehicle. Each sensor can have one or more corresponding sensor cleaning units that are configured to clean such sensor using a fluid (e.g., a gas or a liquid). Thus, the sensor cleaning system can include both a gas cleaning system and a liquid cleaning system. According to one aspect, the sensor cleaning system can provide individualized cleaning of the autonomous vehicle sensors. According to another aspect, a liquid cleaning system can be pressurized or otherwise powered by the gas cleaning system or other gas system.

The present invention relates to a device for forming a foam from a cleaning fluid for a wiping system for wiping at least one glazed surface of a vehicle, the device for forming a foam includes at least one cleaning liquid inlet, a chamber intended to receive the cleaning fluid and delimited by a housing, an agitator configured to turn in the chamber about an axis of rotation, a device for driving the agitator, and at least one foam outlet.

In a vehicle wiper apparatus, rotation of an output shaft of a wiper motor is converted to reciprocal rotation of a pivot shaft, and a wiper member, attached to the pivot shaft, reciprocally rotates between closed and open positions. A nozzle, provided in the wiper member, sprays a cleaning fluid towards a front side in an advancing direction of the wiper member on at least one of forward and return paths of the reciprocal rotation. A washer pump supplies the cleaning fluid to the nozzle. A round-trip time of the wiper member is detected based on a detection result of a detecting unit that detects at least a state in which the wiper member is positioned in the closed position. The washer pump is controlled based on a detected round-trip time, and is operated during rotation of the wiper member on at least one of the forward and return paths.

The invention relates to a cleaning system suitable for being mounted on a motor vehicle and comprising at least one first and one second cleaning devices, each cleaning device comprising a cleaning liquid reservoir, at least one cleaning nozzle for spraying the cleaning liquid, a fluid distribution circuit arranged to convey cleaning liquid from the reservoir to the cleaning nozzle and a pump arranged to inject the cleaning liquid contained in the reservoir into the fluid distribution circuit, the cleaning system further comprising a bypass device connecting at least two cleaning devices by their respective fluid distribution circuits, comprising a backup line and a solenoid valve placed on the backup line, controlled as a function of the failure state of a pump, and arranged to supply the cleaning nozzle of one cleaning device from the reservoir of another cleaning device, each cleaning device comprising a non-return member between its reservoir and a point of connection to the bypass device.