Fastener for mounting ultrasonic sensor module and method for fastening
OwnerSatoru Inoue, Yukio Nishimotoinventors
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Abstract
An ultrasonic sensor module 1 is inserted into an attaching hole 7 provided in a bumper 6 of a vehicle to be thereby temporarily positioned therein, then a fixing ring plate, which is formed by fitting a holding section 4 in a hole 3a of a fixing section 3 and further connecting the holding section and the fixing section to each other with a fitting section 5, is mounted to the ultrasonic sensor module 1 from the back of the bumper 6, and the fixing section 3 is fixed to the back of the bumper 6 through an adhesive member 11 while pressing a flange 9 of the ultrasonic sensor module 1 with the holding section 4.
Claims8
An ultrasonic sensor module attaching device comprising:
- an ultrasonic sensor module having a flange of which the diameter is larger than the hole-diameter of a through hole provided in a bumper of a vehicle;
- a fixing section to be fixed to the back of the bumper in a position where the fixing section comes in contact with the outer peripheral portion of the flange of the ultrasonic sensor module;
- a holding section for holding the flange of the ultrasonic sensor module by pressing the flange thereof against the back of the bumper;
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- a fitting section for connecting the fixing section and the holding section to each other.
An ultrasonic sensor module attaching method comprising the steps of:
- inserting an ultrasonic sensor module, having a flange of which the diameter is larger than the hole-diameter of a through hole provided in a bumper of a vehicle, into the through hole to be thereby temporarily positioned therein;
- mounting a fixing ring plate to the ultrasonic sensor module from the back of the bumper, with the fixing ring plate being formed by fitting a ring-shaped holding section, having an external diameter substantially the same as that of the flange, into a hole which has an diameter larger than the external diameter of the flange of the ultrasonic sensor module and which is provided in a fixing section, to be thereby connected with a fitting section;
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- fixing the fixing section to the back of the bumper while pressing the flange of the ultrasonic sensor module with the holding section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.