Sensor bracket
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKeita Kasai, Takahiro Ohmoto, Yasuyuki Saito
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Abstract
A sensor hood (21) includes a bottom surface-forming section (26) that forms a flat bottom surface (26a) facing a detection space (K1). When seen from a height direction (Z1) perpendicular to a surface width direction (X1) and a surface forward/rearward direction (Y1) of the bottom surface (26a), a split section (P1) between a fixed body (30) and a split body (40) divides the bottom surface (26a) into a first range (H1) including an optical axis (CL3) in the surface width direction (X1) and a second range (H2) that avoids the optical axis (CL3). The first range (H1) is disposed at the same height as the second range (H2) in the height direction (Z1) and disposed closer to the optical axis (CL3) than the second range (H2).
Claims22
A sensor bracket comprising:
- a sensor hood extending in a detecting direction from a side of a detection unit of an external field-detecting sensor configured to detect electromagnetic waves, and surrounding a detection space through which a detection center axis of the detection unit passes,
- wherein the sensor hood comprises a front surface-forming section that forms a flat front surface facing the detection space,
- the front surface-forming section comprises a fixed body including a part of the front surface and a split body including another part of the front surface and configured to be separable from the fixed body,
- where a direction perpendicular to the detecting direction in the front surface when seen in a plan view is referred to as a surface width direction, a direction perpendicular to the surface width direction in the front surface when seen in the plan view is referred to as a surface forward/rearward direction, and a direction perpendicular to the surface width direction and the surface forward/rearward direction is referred to as a height direction,
- when seen from the height direction, a split section between the fixed body and the split body divides the front surface into a first range including the detection center axis in the surface width direction and a second range that avoids the detection center axis,
- the first range is disposed higher than the second range in a height direction and disposed closer to the detection center axis than the second range;
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- the first range of the front surface is disposed further inside the front surface in the surface width direction than the split section, and constituted by the split body.
A sensor bracket comprising:
- a sensor hood extending in a detecting direction from a side of a detection unit of an external field-detecting sensor configured to detect electromagnetic waves, and surrounding a detection space through which a detection center axis of the detection unit passes,
- wherein the sensor hood comprises a front surface-forming section that forms a flat front surface facing the detection space,
- the front surface-forming section comprises a fixed body including a part of the front surface and a split body including another part of the front surface and configured to be separable from the fixed body,
- where a direction perpendicular to the detecting direction in the front surface when seen in a plan view is referred to as a surface width direction, a direction perpendicular to the surface width direction in the front surface when seen in the plan view is referred to as a surface forward/rearward direction, and a direction perpendicular to the surface width direction and the surface forward/rearward direction is referred to as a height direction,
- when seen from the height direction, a split section between the fixed body and the split body divides the front surface into a first range including the detection center axis in the surface width direction and a second range that avoids the detection center axis,
- the first range is disposed at the same height as the second range in the height direction or disposed closer to the detection center axis than the second range, and
- the first range of the front surface is disposed further inside the front surface in the surface width direction than the split section, and constituted by the split body.
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