Abstract: An assembly includes a housing having an internal bore defined by a bore surface and a fastener that is insertable within the internal bore. A receiving portion is located within a vehicle body structure and has an opening that is aligned with the internal bore. The fastener includes threads that cut into the bore surface as the fastener is rotated relative to the housing to secure the housing to the vehicle body structure via the receiving portion, or the fastener cooperates with an insert positioned within the internal bore to secure the housing to the vehicle body structure via the receiving portion.

Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a housing including an outlet. The sensor assembly includes a sensor window, the sensor window fixed relative to the housing, and the outlet aimed across the sensor window. The sensor assembly includes a flap rotatably coupled to the housing at the outlet. The sensor assembly includes a deflector covering the flap. The flap is disposed between the outlet and the deflector and rotatable toward and away from the deflector.

Abstract: A cleaning assembly includes a first reservoir, a second reservoir, a first pump positioned to pump fluid out of the first reservoir, a second pump positioned to pump fluid out of the second reservoir, a connecting hose fluidly connecting the first reservoir and the second reservoir, and a third pump positioned to control fluid flow through the connecting hose. The third pump is operable to pump fluid from the first reservoir to the second reservoir, and the third pump is operable to pump fluid from the second reservoir to the first reservoir.

Abstract: Upon determining an autonomous mode for a vehicle is activated, a motor is actuated to move a wiper across a windshield in a low mode based on determining to clean the windshield. A blower is actuated to direct air across a sensor. Then, after expiration of a first timer, a pump is actuated according to a pressure threshold to direct fluid through a fluid nozzle and across the windshield towards the sensor. The pressure threshold specifies a fluid pressure less than a maximum fluid pressure for the pump. The pump is stopped after expiration of a second timer.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a windshield having a top edge. The vehicle includes a roof extending rearward from the top edge of the windshield. The vehicle includes a sensor assembly supported by the roof, the sensor assembly including at least one of a LIDAR sensor or a camera. The vehicle includes a deflector movable from a lowered position to a raised position and supported by the roof at the top edge of the windshield forward of and spaced from the sensor assembly.

Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes a housing, a manifold, a plurality of valves, and a cover. The housing includes a panel, and the panel includes a channel integral to the panel. The manifold is disposed in the channel, and the manifold includes a plurality of outlets. The valves are attached to the manifold, and the valves selectively control flow to the outlets. The cover extends over the manifold, the cover is fixed to the panel, and the cover holds the valves in place.

Abstract: An assembly includes a lamp housing defining an interior cavity and at least one light component positioned within the interior cavity. At least one first turbulation feature is associated with the lamp housing and at least one second turbulation feature is associated with the at least one light component. The at least one first turbulation feature and the at least one second turbulation feature cooperate with each other to increase turbulent air flow within the interior cavity.

Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a carrier plate, a mounting plate, and a sensor on or over the mounting plate. The assembly can additionally include two ball studs attaching the mounting plate to the carrier plate, the ball studs defining a first axis passing through center points of the ball studs. A first adjustable screw can be positioned to tilt the mounting plate about the first axis, and a second adjustable screw can be positioned to rotate the mounting plate about a vertically oriented second axis, in which the second axis is spaced from the ball studs.

Abstract: A vehicle having a body defining a cabin interior and having a window on a rearward facing surface, an air intake for receiving air from an exterior environment, an air blower for blowing the air in the cabin interior, and an air exhaust vent coupled to the body proximate the rearward facing window. A duct and vent assembly is operatively coupled to the exhaust vent for receiving the blown air and has a nozzle oriented to direct the blown air on the rearward facing window.

Abstract: A sensor-cleaning assembly includes a stationary faceplate having multiple openings. The assembly additionally includes a cylinder defining an axis and abutting the faceplate at a first end of the cylinder. The cylinder can be rotatable about the axis relative to the faceplate in which the cylinder includes a passage from an inlet centered on the axis to an outlet that is alignable with a first opening of the multiple openings of the faceplate responsive to rotation of the cylinder.

Abstract: A sensor assembly can include a bracket mounted to a vehicle roof in an attachment area of the vehicle roof. The bracket may cover the attachment area and the bracket may include a cantilevered portion extending in a vehicle-forward direction from a forwardmost point of the attachment area. A sensor can be mounted to, or within, the cantilevered portion forward of the forwardmost point.

Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a housing mountable to a vehicle and a sensor mounted to the housing on top of the housing. The housing includes a front panel. The front panel includes a front surface on an exterior of the housing. The front surface is concave along a vertical axis and concave along a horizontal axis orthogonal to the vertical axis. The front surface is wider than the sensor along the horizontal axis.

Abstract: An assembly can include a windshield a transparent roof, a transparent reinforcing beam disposed between the windshield and the transparent roof, and a sensor mounted over the transparent reinforcing beam.

Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes a vehicle exterior panel, a nozzle, and a wind panel fixed to the nozzle. The nozzle and the wind panel are movable together along an axis between a retracted axial position concealed behind the vehicle exterior panel and an extended axial position extending outward from the vehicle exterior panel. The nozzle and the wind panel are rotatable together about the axis when in the extended axial position. The wind panel is arranged to rotate the nozzle about the axis responsive to airflow directed at the wind panel.

Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a base, a housing mounted to the base and rotatable relative to the base around an axis in a direction of rotation, a sensing apparatus inside the housing and rotatable with the housing, and a sensor window extending from a point on the housing in a direction that is radially outward and circumferential relative to the axis. The sensor window is flat. The sensing apparatus has a field of view through the sensor window. An exterior surface of the sensor window faces in a direction that is radially outward and circumferentially in the direction of rotation relative to the axis.

Abstract: A vehicle wash system includes a manifold having pump compartments separated by dividers. The manifold is constructed of an electrically conductive material to shield electromagnetic fields. A pump is disposed within each compartment and configured to generate the electromagnetic fields when activated. A power connector is coupled to the manifold. The power connector is configured to power each pump and is a common ground for the manifold. An upper level sensor is proximate to the manifold. A lower level sensor is proximate to the manifold. The upper level sensor and the lower level sensor are configured to sense fluid level in a washer bottle.

Abstract: A wedge system includes a receiver and a wedge that is received within the receiver when a moveable vehicle panel is in a closed position. The wedge stabilizes movement of the moveable vehicle panel along a first axis, along a second axis that is different than the first axis, and along a third axis that is different than the first axis and the second axis.

Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a sensor mounted to a movable panel of a vehicle and a telescoping nozzle mounted to a fixed panel of the vehicle. The movable panel can be movable relative to the fixed panel between an open position and a closed position. The telescoping nozzle can be extendable between a retracted position behind the fixed panel and an extended position extending from the fixed panel. The telescoping nozzle can be aimed at a surface of the sensor responsive to the movable panel being in the closed position and the telescoping nozzle being in the extended position.

Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a housing shaped to be mounted to a vehicle. The sensor assembly includes a first nozzle positioned on the housing and below the sensor and is positioned to dispense a fluid in an upward direction to a surface of the sensor. The sensor assembly includes a second nozzle positioned below the sensor, in which the second nozzle is positioned to dispense airflow to the surface of the sensor. The sensor assembly further includes a ram air structure positioned to receive airflow during forward travel of the vehicle and to dispense airflow to the surface of the sensor.

Abstract: A system for maintaining heated fluid for sensor cleaning includes a reservoir, a heat exchanger, and a manifold fluidly coupled to the heat exchanger and to the reservoir. The manifold additionally includes a set of pumps positioned to distribute fluid to a set of sensors. A controller is programmed to actuate flow of cleaning fluid from the manifold to the heat exchanger responsive to an output signal from the temperature sensor.