COVER OF VEHICLE OPTICAL SENSOR AND VEHICLE OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICE
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1. A vehicle optical sensor cover comprising:
- a case having a sensor body cover and a sensor top cover, the sensor body cover housing an optical sensor that has a lens and the sensor top cover covering a top of the optical sensor that is housed in the sensor body cover; and
a fluid jet unit having a snow/ice removal orifice, the snow/ice removal orifice jetting a fluid toward an upper space of the lens of the optical sensor or toward an upper space of a lens cover glass if the lens is covered.
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Abstract
A vehicle optical sensor device has a snow/ice removal orifice for jetting the cleansing fluid toward an upper space of a lens and an optical sensor cleansing orifice for jetting the cleaning fluid toward a lens surface of the lens of a camera. The jetted fluid from the snow/ice removal orifice and the optical sensor cleansing orifice removes snow/ice protruding from a sensor top cover of a case into a front upper space of the lens in an eaves shape and foreign matter on the lens surface of the lens of the camera.
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1. A vehicle optical sensor cover comprising:
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a case having a sensor body cover and a sensor top cover, the sensor body cover housing an optical sensor that has a lens and the sensor top cover covering a top of the optical sensor that is housed in the sensor body cover; and a fluid jet unit having a snow/ice removal orifice, the snow/ice removal orifice jetting a fluid toward an upper space of the lens of the optical sensor or toward an upper space of a lens cover glass if the lens is covered. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A vehicle optical sensor cover for use in a vehicle, comprising:
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a sensor case constituted by a body for casing an optical sensor having a lens and a top that covers an upper space of the optical sensor in a cased condition; and a top heater for heating the top of the sensor case. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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