Pressure sensor layout structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTomoya Yabu, Tatsuya Ishizaki, Junya Harada, Yoshihisa Sugamata, Hiroyuki Mae
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Abstract
A pressure sensor layout structure includes: a bumper beam; an absorber disposed at a front of the bumper beam; a pressure tube arranged between the bumper beam and the absorber; a pressure sensor attached to an end of the pressure tube; and a sensor cover fixed to a rear surface of the absorber, wherein the sensor cover is fixed to an end portion in a vehicle width direction of the absorber, at two or more positions which are located variously in the vehicle width direction.
Claims8
A pressure sensor layout structure comprising:
- a bumper beam;
- an absorber disposed at a front of the bumper beam;
- a pressure tube arranged between the bumper beam and the absorber;
- a pressure sensor attached to an end of the pressure tube;
- and
- a sensor cover fixed to a rear surface of the absorber,
- wherein
- the sensor cover is fixed to an end portion in a vehicle width direction of the absorber, at two or more positions which are located variously in the vehicle width direction, and
- the sensor cover is fixed to the absorber only.
A pressure sensor layout structure comprising:
- a bumper beam;
- an absorber disposed at a front of the bumper beam;
- a pressure tube arranged between the bumper beam and the absorber;
- a pressure sensor attached to an end of the pressure tube;
- a sensor cover fixed to a rear surface of the absorber;
- and
- an extension joined to a rear surface of the bumper beam at either end in the vehicle width direction of the bumper beam,
- wherein
- the sensor cover is fixed to an end portion in a vehicle width direction of the absorber, at two or more positions which are located variously in the vehicle width direction, and
- the pressure sensor is positioned lower than the bumper beam and the extension.
A pressure sensor layout structure comprising:
- a bumper beam;
- an absorber disposed at a front of the bumper beam;
- a pressure tube arranged between the bumper beam and the absorber;
- a pressure sensor attached to an end of the pressure tube;
- and
- a sensor cover fixed to a rear surface of the absorber,
- wherein
- the sensor cover is fixed to an end portion in a vehicle width direction of the absorber, at two or more positions which are located variously in the vehicle width direction,
- the pressure sensor is positioned outside in the vehicle width direction of the bumper beam,
- the sensor cover extends from the bumper beam to a position of the pressure sensor, and
- a fixing part for the pressure sensor, formed in the sensor cover, is partly concave forward or rearward.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.