Abstract: The invention relates to a device (5) comprising an optical surface (10) and a cleaning device (15) for cleaning the optical surface comprising:— a wave transducer (25) acoustically coupled with the optical surface and configured to synthesize an ultrasound wave (W) propagating within the optical surface, and— a spraying unit (20) for dispensing a washing liquid (L) onto the optical surface, the device being shaped so that the ultrasound wave displaces the washing liquid on the optical surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle assembly for protecting a sensor/transmitter of a driving assistance system comprising a protection device that partially surrounds the sensor/transmitter where the protection device includes a first subassembly (B) with a detection/transmission element positioned facing a sensor/transmitter's surface via which a signal passes, and a second subassembly (C) that includes a motor configured to rotatably drive the first subassembly (B) about a line of transmission/reception of the sensor/transmitter. According to the invention, the protection assembly includes at least one heating element controlled by a control unit that heats an accessory attached to the motor vehicle's body in the detection/transmission element's vicinity, the heating element being outside the protection device and in the vicinity of the first subassembly (B).

Abstract: Cleaning device for projecting a cleaning fluid toward a surface of an optical sensor, including a hollow body with an intake port for the cleaning fluid and an ejection nozzle for ejecting the cleaning fluid in the form of a jet, the hollow body being pierced with a conduit for distributing the cleaning fluid, and a deflection element arranged downstream of the ejection nozzle and configured to obstruct the jet of fluid ejected by the ejection nozzle in such a way as to modify the orientation of the jet of fluid with respect to the surface to be cleaned. The deflection element is adapted to move, depending on the pressure to which it is subjected by the jet of fluid, between a near position, in which the deflection element is next to the ejection nozzle, and a moved-away position, in which the deflection element is away from the ejection nozzle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connector (10) for a wiping system (1), in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a elongated connector body (50) which has an elongated shape and is configured to be mounted on a wiper blade (2), characterized in that the connector body (50) comprises a device for guiding at least one air flow towards a surface to be wiped (40) in order to reduce a liquid suction phenomenon.

Abstract: An adapter (1) for securing a wiper on an arm of a wiper system, the adapter (1) extending in a longitudinal direction (L), the adapter (1) being configured to be fitted such as to rotate on a connector of the wiper around an axis of rotation transverse to the longitudinal direction (L), the adapter (1) comprising at least one lateral wall (10) and one upper wall (12), the lateral wall (10) and the upper wall (12) participating in defining an inner volume of the adapter (1), the adapter (1) comprising an inner wall (20) extending at least partly into the inner volume of the adapter (1), the adapter (1) comprises a locking device (22) which is designed to render the adapter integral longitudinally relative to the arm of the wiper system, the locking device being fitted such as to pivot on the upper wall around an axis of pivoting.

Abstract: A device for cleaning at least one glass surface of a vehicle, including at least one nozzle configured to spray a cleaning fluid onto the at least one glass surface, at least one line for dispensing the cleaning fluid, a pump, a plurality of solenoid valves or sets of solenoid valves, each solenoid valve being connected to one of the nozzles and coupled to at least one heating element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid recovery system for a motor vehicle where such a recovery system includes at least one liquid intake that communicates with a tank, which is designed to store liquid from the liquid intake, and is designed with an arrangement below the motor vehicle's beltline.

Abstract: A method of cancelling noise produced in a cabin of a vehicle by a wiper system. The method is implemented by a noise cancellation device and includes receiving feedforward data related to wiper noise. Such feedforward data can be issued from sensors collocated with elements of the wiper system, or from an ECU controlling motor operation of the wiper system. The method further includes generating a noise cancellation control signal based on the feedforward data and based on a model of propagation of the wiper noise in the cabin and transmitting the noise cancellation control signal to a speaker system of the vehicle.

Abstract: A replacement kit (100) for a wiper mounted at the end of a motor vehicle wiper arm (10), the kit comprising at least one wiper (102, 102c, 102p) equipped with an inbuilt fluid spraying device comprising at least one circulation canal (126) and a fluid inlet cannula (104), and at least one fluid distribution tube (106) configured to be coupled at one end to said wiper (102, 102c, 102p) and at its opposite end to a fluid supply circuit supplying fluid coming from a reservoir (11) of the vehicle, the replacement kit also comprising a coupling (108) configured to allow a fluidic connection between the supply circuit and the at least one fluid distribution tube (106), as well as at least one fixing means (110, 116) for holding the distribution tube in position along the wiper arm (10).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting the rotary angle positions (?, ?) of rotating parts of a wiper motor, the wiper motor having a brushless electric motor as a first part which comprises a rotor rotating about a first axis of rotation and which drives a gear wheel as a second part which rotates about a second axis of rotation and which comprises a driven shaft, and the rotary angle positions (?, ?) of the two rotating parts being detected by means of two sensor devices each having a signal generating element and a sensor element for detecting a changing physical parameter of the signal generating element.

Abstract: A wiper motor having a gearbox housing which comprises a pot-shaped main body for forming a receiving space for a gear mechanism is disclosed. An opening in the main body can be closed by a gearbox cover, and a plurality of latching connections, which act in the direction of a joining direction between the main body and the gearbox cover, are formed between the main body and the gearbox cover. Each comprise an elastically deformable first latching element and a second latching element which interacts with the first latching element in a form-fitting manner, and wherein centring means are provided on the gearbox housing for the play-free positioning of the gearbox cover relative to the main body in a rotational angle position, which extends perpendicularly to the joining direction, between the main body and the gearbox cover.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning device (10) for an environment recognition device (100) of a vehicle, the environment recognition device (100) comprising a sensor (104) having a vision window (106) to be cleaned, wherein the cleaning device (10) comprises at least one first cleaning element (12) designed as a spray nozzle (14) for applying a cleaning liquid (1) to the surface of the vision window (106), and comprising at least one second cleaning element (32) designed as a nozzle for generating compressed air that acts on the vision window (106).

Abstract: A system for cleaning a glazed surface of a motor vehicle including a liquid-spray cleaning device provided with a storage reservoir for storing cleaning liquid, an alternative cleaning device and a control module configured to selectively control the liquid-spray cleaning device and/or the alternative cleaning device. The cleaning system also includes a data acquisition unit configured to detect a qualitative or quantitative characteristic of the cleaning system, the control module being configured to control the liquid-spray cleaning device and/or the alternative cleaning device according to the qualitative or quantitative characteristic detected.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper motor (10; 10a), having a gearbox housing (12) which preferably has a pot-shaped main body (16) for configuring a receptacle space (18) for a gearbox (20), wherein an opening (21) of the main body (16) is able to be closed by a gearbox cover (22; 22a), wherein a plurality of latching connections (26) that act in the direction of a joining direction (24) between the main body (16) and the gearbox cover (22; 22a) are configured between the main body (16) and the gearbox cover (22; 22a), said latching connections (26) having in each case an elastically deformable first latching element (28; 28a) on the gearbox cover (22; 22a) and a rigidly configured second latching element (30) that on the main body (16) interacts in a form-fitting manner with the first latching element (28; 28a).

Abstract: A method for attaching a plastic barrel configured to guide an output shaft of a mechanical device to a housing for the mechanical device is disclosed. The housing includes a chimney delimited by an upper edge and a base, the chimney being arranged to partially surround the output shaft, the plastic barrel having a lateral protuberance. The method involves at least the following steps: inserting a first end of the plastic barrel into the chimney of the housing until the lateral protuberance axially abuts against the upper edge of the chimney, and at least partially deforming the first end of the plastic barrel in order to form an axial counter-abutment.

Abstract: System for cleaning a glazed surface of a motor vehicle, including at least one wiper and a drive device for driving at least the wiper along an axis of translation, substantially perpendicular to said wiper, where the glazed surface is a detection surface of a sensor/emitter of a detection assembly and in that the drive device includes at least one drive motor driving in rotation about an axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to the axis of translation, and at least a conversion device converting a rotational movement of the drive motor into a rectilinear movement along the axis of translation.

Abstract: The present application relates to a wiper arm, which comprises a wiper arm body and a wiper arm end piece, the wiper arm end piece being fixedly connected to one end of the wiper arm body to hold a wiper blade, the wiper arm being further provided with a nozzle and a hose, wherein the nozzle is connected to an extension section of the wiper arm end piece towards the return side or the outward swing side of the wiper arm; the hose extends along the wiper arm body, and one end of the hose is connected to the nozzle to deliver a cleaning fluid to the nozzle. The arrangement of a nozzle on the wiper arm ensures that a cleaning fluid is quickly wiped off, the driver is given a clear field of vision, and the cleaning fluid usage may also be reduced.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid recovery system for a motor vehicle and to a vehicle including such a recovery system that that includes at least one liquid intake that communicates with a tank and is referred to as the first tank, which is designed to store liquid from the liquid intake and where the liquid intake is arrangeably designed below the vehicle's beltline.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (5) comprising: —an optical surface (10); —a cleaning unit (15) for cleaning the optical surface, comprising at least one wave transducer (70) acoustically coupled to the optical surface, the wave transducer having a piezoelectric layer (80) and electrodes (85) of opposite polarity in contact with the piezoelectric layer, and being configured to generate at least one surface ultrasonic wave (WS) or a Lamb wave (WL) propagating in the optical surface; —the optical surface having at least one region of optical interest (100) not superposed on the wave transducer, the device comprising an apparatus (20) configured to sense and/or to emit radiation (R) through the region of optical interest (100).

Abstract: Disclosed is a device (5) for cleaning an optical surface, which device comprises: —a transparent optical surface (10); —a cleaning unit (15) for cleaning the optical surface, having a piezoelectric layer (20) and at least two wave transducers (45), each wave transducer having electrodes (40) of opposite polarity in contact with the piezoelectric layer and being acoustically coupled to the optical surface so as to generate at least one surface ultrasonic wave (Ws) or a Lamb wave (WL) propagating in the optical surface, the transducers being further arranged on the periphery of the optical surface.