Patent ID: 11919487
Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. A vehicle, comprising:
a sensor housing comprising:
a sensor lens,
a cover,
at least one sensor, and
a heat sink attached to an outside surface of the sensor housing, and connected to the at least one sensor,
wherein the sensor housing is moveable at least partially into and out of a chamber, and wherein the heat sink is not exposed to airflow exterior to the chamber in response to the sensor housing being moved completely into the chamber;

a cleaning assembly configured to clean the at least a portion of the sensor lens disposed within the chamber and at least partially separated from airflow exterior to the chamber;
a controller configured to:
in response to a first determination, via the at least one sensor of the sensor system, that the sensor lens is at least partially obscured by at least a threshold amount, initiate the cleaning assembly to clean the portion of the sensor lens, and
in response to a second determination, via the at least one sensor, that the heat sink requires cooling, moves the sensor housing at least partially out of the chamber to expose the heat sink to the airflow exterior to the chamber; and
a fluid management system that directs, via a pump element and one or more drain hoses, fluid expelled by the cleaning assembly away from one or more viewing panels at a vehicle body of the vehicle.