# US 11,305,712 B2 · Sensor mounting structure for vehicle

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- Number: US 11,305,712 B2
- Document ID: US11305712B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/658,763
- Filed: 2019-10-21
- Published: 2020-05-21
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2018-11-20
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Yusuke Kataoka; Ryo Iwamatsu; Kensaku Shibata
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11305712B2

## CPC

- B60R 19/483: {with obstacle sensors of electric or electronic type}
- B62D 25/16: Mud-guards or wings; Wheel cover panels (equipped with means for freeing wheels or tyres from foreign matter B60S)
- B60R 2019/247: {Fastening of bumpers' side ends}
- B62D 25/081: {Cowls (ventilating openings situated directly in front of the vehicle front window B60H1/28)}
- G01S 7/027: {Constructional details of housings, e.g. form, type, material or ruggedness}
- G01S 7/4813: {Housing arrangements}
- G01S 7/521: Constructional features
- G01S 13/931: of land vehicles
- G01S 15/931: of land vehicles
- G01S 17/931: of land vehicles
- G01S 2013/93275: {in the bumper area}
- G01S 2015/938: {in the bumper area}
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)
- G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES

## Abstract

A sensor mounting structure for a vehicle includes: a fender panel; a cowl side panel provided at a lateral side of a cowl and disposed at an inner side, in a vehicle transverse direction, of the fender panel; a peripheral information detection sensor disposed at an inner side of the rear portion of the fender panel and at an outer side of the cowl side panel, the peripheral information detection sensor having a detection portion facing toward an outer side; and a mounting bracket having a vertical wall to which the peripheral information detection sensor is fixed, the mounting bracket being fixed to a vehicle body side member and being disposed between the peripheral information detection sensor and the cowl side panel.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A sensor mounting structure for a vehicle, comprising:
a fender panel structuring a side surface of a vehicle front portion;
a cowl side panel configured to be provided at a lateral side of a cowl, and disposed at an inner side, in a vehicle transverse direction, of the fender panel so as to face a rear portion of the fender panel;
a peripheral information detection sensor disposed at an inner side, in the vehicle transverse direction, of the rear portion of the fender panel and at an outer side, in the vehicle transverse direction, of the cowl side panel, the peripheral information detection sensor having a detection portion that detects peripheral information regarding the vehicle, and the detection portion facing toward an outer side in the vehicle transverse direction; and
a mounting bracket having a vertical wall to which the peripheral information detection sensor is fixed, the mounting bracket configured to be fixed to the fender panel or another vehicle body side member at the vehicle front portion and being disposed between the peripheral information detection sensor and the cowl side panel.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The sensor mounting structure for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein:
the mounting bracket has an upper wall that extends from an upper end of the vertical wall toward an outer side in the vehicle transverse direction, and the upper wall covers at least a portion of a top surface side of the peripheral information detection sensor, and
the upper wall is inclined toward a vehicle upper side on progression toward the vehicle transverse direction outer side from the upper end of the vertical wall.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The sensor mounting structure for a vehicle of claim 2, wherein a rib, which projects out toward a vehicle upper side and extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction, is formed at a vehicle transverse direction outer side region of the upper wall of the mounting bracket.