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US 11,693,095 B2Granted
Sensor mounting structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYusuke Kataoka, Ryo Iwamatsu, Kensaku Shibata
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Abstract
A sensor mounting structure includes: a sensor body that detects peripheral information in relation to a vehicle; and a housing that is formed in a box shape, covers the sensor body from an outer side, and is attached to an outer panel of the vehicle, wherein fastening portions extend from wall surfaces of the housing at one end side and another end side in a direction along the outer panel, and the fastening portions are fastened to the outer panel by fastening members.
Claims4
A sensor mounting structure, comprising:
- a sensor body that detects peripheral information in relation to a vehicle;
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- a housing that is formed in a box shape, covers the sensor body from an outer side, and is attached to an outer panel of the vehicle,
- wherein fastening portions extend from wall surfaces of the housing at one end side and another end side in an extension direction along the outer panel, and the fastening portions are fastened to the outer panel by fastening members, and
- wherein the fastening portions are configured by a first fastening portion and a second fastening portion, which extend linearly in a same direction from the wall surface of the housing at the one end side, and a third fastening portion, which extends from the wall surface at the other end side in a direction opposite to the extension direction of the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion, and wherein a connector, to which a wire harness is connected, is provided at the wall surface of the housing at the other end side,
- wherein a nozzle is disposed between the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion, a first portion of the nozzle is formed in a cylinder shape that extends in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, and an end faces toward the sensor so as to be configured to clean a surface of the sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.