A sensor enclosure comprising a domed cover and a base. The base can be encased by the domed cover. The base comprises an inner frame, an outer frame, one or more wipers, and a powertrain. The inner frame can provide surfaces for one or more sensors. The outer frame, disposed underneath the inner frame, the outer frame includes a slewing ring. The slewing ring comprises an inner ring to which the domed cover is attached and an outer ring attached to the outer frame. The one or more wipers extends vertically from the outer frame, each wiper having a first end attached to the outer frame and a second end attached to a support ring, and each wiper making a contact with the dome cover. The powertrain, disposed within the outer frame, configured to rotate the ring and the dome cover attached to the inner ring.

The invention relates to a cleaning system for cleaning a sensor window of an optical sensing device of a motor vehicle. More particular, the invention relates to a cleaning system for cleaning a sensor window of an optical distance measuring device, such as a LiDAR sensing device, of a motor vehicle. The system comprises a housing module for holding the sensing device, comprising a window opening, that defines a sensor window plane, for receiving therein the sensor window of the optical sensing device; a wiper module including a wiper for wiping the sensor window; a drive module, having a rotary output organ; and a kinematic transformer module interconnected between the drive module and the wiper module and configured for transforming a rotation of the rotary output organ of the drive module into a cyclic wiper trajectory of the wiper.

A roof assembly for forming a vehicle roof of a motor vehicle. The roof assembly may have a panel component at least partially forming a roof skin of the vehicle roof, the roof skin serving as an outer sealing surface, at least one environment sensor configured to send and/or receive electromagnetic signals through a see-through area to detect a vehicle environment, and at least one cleaning feature. The cleaning feature may have a window wiper assembly having two wiper elements which have a common pivot axis, the one wiper element being configured to clean a windshield or a rear window and the other wiper element being configured to clean the see-through area.

A mirror cleaning system, an improved mirror for a vehicle having the system installed thereto, and a method of cleaning the improved mirror using the system. The system includes a housing attachable to a vehicle side mirror, a heating element operably connected to a power source, a wiper, and a spray nozzle fluidly connected to a cleaning fluid source. The system is designed to de-ice and de-frost the improved mirror, spray cleaning fluid thereon, and wipe debris and fluids to improve driver visibility.

A device for acquiring a surrounding environment of a vehicle. The device includes a sensor housing and at least one sensor situated inside the sensor housing. The sensor housing has a transmit/receive window. The device has a cover made transparent for the sensor signals, and the cover is designed to cover the transmit/receive window, and thus the at least one sensor, relative to an external surrounding environment of the device. The device has a cleaning unit that is situated on an outer side of the sensor housing and is movable along the sensor housing by a drive unit. The cleaning unit is designed to remove contamination from the cover of the transmit/receive window. The cleaning unit is realized as a space that is closed relative to the external surrounding environment.

The present invention relates to a wiper system for a glazed surface, with at least one main body which includes at least one blade rubber designed to come into contact with the glazed surface and at least one embedded motorized member for setting in motion, which is configured to drive a linear movement of the main body along the glazed surface.

Method and apparatus for removing material deposited on an object surface by moving a mechanical cleaning device for physical removing of material on the object surface over parts of or the entire object surface, comprising removing material deposited on the object surface by moving one end of the cleaning device in circumferential direction of the object surface, and retaining the other end of the mechanical cleaning device or moving the other end of the mechanical cleaning device in circumferential direction of the object surface.

A sensor assembly includes a cylindrical sensor window defining an axis, and an annular member coupled to the sensor window and rotatable about the axis. The annular member includes a nozzle aimed at the sensor window and oriented at an acute angle from a radial direction toward the axis in a plane orthogonal to the axis.

A lidar sensor may include: a transmitter configured to transmit laser; a receiver configured to receive reflected laser; a mirror rotating unit configured to rotate a mirror in a designated direction, the mirror serving to reflect the transmitted or received laser; a cleaning device driving unit configured to drive a cleaning device to remove foreign matters adhering to the cover of the lidar sensor; a signal processing unit configured to determine when or where the lidar sensor is covered and calculate a distance to an object; and a control unit configured to control the transmitter not to transmit a laser signal or control a rotational velocity or rotation time of the mirror at a point of time that the lidar sensor is covered by the cleaning device, and control detection or utilization of the received signal when the distance to the object is calculated.

A cleaning unit for cleaning foreign matter from a cover, in particular a cover of a transmitter/receiver window of an environment sensor, including at least one movable wiper blade, which is arranged so as to wipe off foreign matter such as water or dirt on the cover by movement along the cover. For this purpose, the wiper blade touches the cover for example with one or multiple rubber lips. The wiper blade is positioned in an inclined manner with respect to a direction of movement of the wiper blade and is thus movable in such a way that a force exerted by the moved wiper blade on the foreign matter has a component in the direction of the force of gravity. Also described is a related device for sensing the environment as well as a method for cleaning a cover.