- Patent Title: Vehicle and cleaning method of detection sensor mounted on vehicle
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Application No.: US16514369Application Date: 2019-07-17
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Publication No.: US11110899B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Kazuhiro Fukazawa , Tsutomu Onagi
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JPJP2018-157188 20180824
- Main IPC: B60S1/50
- IPC: B60S1/50 ; H01M8/04119 ; H01M8/04111 ; B60S1/52 ; H01M8/04701

Abstract:
There is provided a vehicle including a detection sensor used to detect a surrounding condition of the vehicle; a vehicle controller configured to perform drive control of the vehicle by using a signal output from the detection sensor; a fuel cell configured to generate electric power while generating water; an accumulating portion configured to accumulate the generated water discharged from the fuel cell therein as liquid water; and a cleaning portion connected with the accumulating portion, provided with a nozzle that is open to the detection sensor, and configured to eject the liquid water accumulated in the accumulating portion through the nozzle and thereby clean the detection sensor under control of the vehicle controller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200062222A1 VEHICLE AND CLEANING METHOD OF DETECTION SENSOR MOUNTED ON VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2020-02-27
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