Structure and performance reduction suppression device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakayuki Mashimo
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Abstract
To effectively suppress deterioration in performance of the radar caused by the ice column, provided is a structure for prevent the performance degradation of a radar, the radar is provided below a plate member disposed on an outer surface of a vehicle and irradiating a radio wave toward an outside of the vehicle. The structure is comprising an ice column suppressing part configured to suppressing the formation of the ice column depending from the lower end of the plate member toward an irradiation area of the radio wave.
Claims5
A structure for preventing performance degradation of a radar provided below a plate member disposed on an outer surface of a vehicle, the radar radiating a radio wave toward an outside of the vehicle, the structure comprising:
- an ice column suppressing part configured to suppress formation of an ice column hanging from a lower end of the plate member toward an irradiation area of the radio wave,
- wherein the ice column suppressing part includes a holding portion for holding a heating element, the holding portion provided at a portion below the lower end of the plate member and above the irradiation area, and
- wherein an end of the holding portion facing the outside of the vehicle is formed on an extension line of a surface of the plate member or protrudes further outward from the vehicle than the surface.
A structure for preventing performance degradation of a radar provided below a plate member disposed on an outer surface of a vehicle, the radar radiating a radio wave toward an outside of the vehicle, the structure comprising:
- an ice column suppressing part configured to suppress formation of an ice column hanging from a lower end of the plate member toward an irradiation area of the radio wave,
- wherein the ice column suppressing part includes a pair of inclined portions provided at a portion above the irradiation area, and
- wherein the pair of inclined portions is lower than the lower end of the plate member and is inclined downward from a center side in a horizontal direction of the irradiation area parallel to a planar direction of the plate member toward both ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.