US 10,647,278 B2Granted

Sensor mounting bracket

AssigneeNissan North America, Inc.

InventorGary Eberhard

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Abstract

A hands-free liftgate sensor for a vehicle includes a mounting bracket connected to a rear fascia member. The mounting bracket includes a bracket body having a plurality of rearward and forward flexible hooks. A rearward laterally extending channel is disposed in the mounting bracket. The plurality of rearward flexible hooks are opposite the rearward laterally extending channel. The rearward laterally extending channel is substantially laterally centered on the rear fascia member. A forward laterally extending channel is disposed in the mounting bracket. The plurality of forward flexible hooks are opposite the forward laterally extending channel. The forward laterally extending channel is substantially laterally centered on the rear fascia member. A plurality of first fasteners secure a rearward portion of the mounting bracket to the rear fascia member. A plurality of second fasteners secure a forward portion of the mounting bracket to the rear fascia member.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A hands-free liftgate sensor for a vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle body structure;
a rear fascia member connected to the vehicle body structure;
and
a mounting bracket connected to the rear fascia member, the mounting bracket including a bracket body;
a rearward laterally extending curved channel disposed in the mounting bracket, the rearward laterally extending curved channel being defined by a plurality of rearward flexible hooks and a rearward curved groove, the plurality of rearward flexible hooks being opposite the rearward curved groove, each of the plurality of reward flexible hooks extending into a rearward cutout extending completely through the bracket body, the rearward laterally extending channel being substantially laterally centered on the rear fascia member;
and
a forward laterally extending channel disposed in the mounting bracket, the forward laterally extending curved channel being defined by a plurality of forward flexible hooks and a forward curved groove, the plurality of forward flexible hooks being opposite the forward curved groove, each of the plurality of forward flexible hooks extending into a forward cutout extending completely through the bracket body, the forward laterally extending channel being substantially laterally centered on the rear fascia member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/402,361Filed 3 May 2019 · continuation
Priority: 30 Sep 2016
Published: US 2019/0256024 A122 Aug 2019
Granted: 12 May 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

B60R 19/483
Combined with, or convertible into, other devices or objects, e.g. bumpers combined with road brushes, bumpers convertible into beds: with…
G01D 11/30
Component parts of measuring arrangements not specially adapted for a specific variable: supports specially adapted for an instrument; Supports…
B60R
Vehicle fittings and parts
G01D
Measuring not specially adapted for a specific variable

Family

Application15/282,706Parent of this continuation · filed 30 Sep 2016
US 2019/0256024 A1Pre-grant publication · published 22 Aug 2019
US 10,351,086 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2018/0094954 A1Published application
US 10,647,278 B2This patent

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