Sensor arrangement structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorTomoya Yabu
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Abstract
A sensor arrangement structure that may improve sensing accuracy of a sensor tube and may make a sensor cover easy to install is disclosed. The sensor arrangement structure includes a bumper beam; a shock absorber disposed in front of the bumper beam; a contact sensor including a sensor tube, in which the sensor tube is disposed between the bumper beam and the shock absorber; and a sensor cover covering the shock absorber from a rear surface of the shock absorber, in which the sensor cover is disposed along a side surface of an end portion of the bumper beam in a width direction of a vehicle, the sensor cover has a protruding portion at a position corresponding to the sensor tube, and the protruding portion protrudes towards the shock absorber.
Claims2
A sensor arrangement structure comprising:
- a bumper beam;
- a shock absorber disposed in front of the bumper beam;
- a contact sensor comprising a sensor tube, wherein the sensor tube is disposed between the bumper beam and the shock absorber;
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- a sensor cover covering the shock absorber from a rear surface of the shock absorber,
- wherein the sensor cover is disposed along a side surface of an end portion of the bumper beam in a width direction of a vehicle, the sensor cover has a protruding portion at a position corresponding to the sensor tube, and the protruding portion protrudes towards the shock absorber,
- the protruding portion has a convex portion at a position corresponding to a bent portion of the sensor cover, and the convex portion protrudes towards an inner side of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.