# US 2019/0170544 A1 · Sensor mounting structure

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- Number: US 2019/0170544 A1
- Document ID: US20190170544A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/199,005
- Filed: 2018-11-23
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2017-12-06
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Naoya HIGASHIMACHI; Hiroaki ITO; Koh MIZUTANI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190170544A1

## CPC

- G01D 11/30: Supports specially adapted for an instrument; Supports specially adapted for a set of instruments
- B60R 1/04: mounted inside vehicle {(B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence)}
- B60R 11/0235: {of flat type, e.g. LCD}
- B60R 11/04: Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
- H04N 23/51: Housings
- B60R 2001/1253: {with cameras, video cameras or video screens}
- B60R 2011/0033: {Rear-view mirrors}
- G01D: MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

There is provided a sensor mounting structure, the structure including (i) a sensor device that detects at least information in front of a vehicle, (ii) a support member that houses part of the sensor device and is attached to a base member provided on an inner surface of a front windshield glass, and (iii) a display device that displays at least an image of what is in back of the vehicle, the display device being attached such that its angle is adjustable, to a lower end portion of an arm member having upper end portion that is attached to the support member. A space is formed between an outer surface of the part of the sensor device housed in the support member and an inner surface of the support member.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A sensor mounting structure comprising:
a sensor device that detects at least information in front of a vehicle;
a support member that houses part of the sensor device and is attached to a base member provided on an inner surface of a front windshield glass; and
a display device that displays at least an image of what is in back of the vehicle, the display device being attached such that its angle is adjustable, to a lower end portion of an arm member having upper end portion that is attached to the support member,
wherein a space is formed between an outer surface of the part of the sensor device housed in the support member and an inner surface of the support member.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The sensor mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein
the support member is formed in a shape of a casing having a bottom wall,
the upper end portion of the arm member is attached to the bottom wall, and
the space is formed at least between a bottom surface of the sensor device and an inner surface of the bottom wall.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The sensor mounting structure according to claim 2, wherein
a bracket having longitudinal direction, that coincides with the vehicle front and rear direction, is provided on the bottom wall, and
the upper end portion of the arm member is attached to the bracket.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The sensor mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the support member is fastened, together with the sensor device, to the base member.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The sensor mounting structure according to claim 4, wherein the support member and the sensor device are fastened to the base member at four points spaced apart from each other in the vehicle front and rear direction and the vehicle width direction.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The sensor mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the display device is an electronic inner mirror.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The sensor mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the sensor device is configured to include a camera, or a sensor that uses an infrared laser beam.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The sensor mounting structure according to claim 1, further comprising a cover member that covers the support member,
wherein the shortest distance between an upper edge portion at a longitudinal direction end portion of the display device and the cover member is longer than the shortest distance between the upper edge portion at a longitudinal direction central portion of the display device and the cover member.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The sensor mounting structure according to claim 8, wherein the cover member has a stepped portion in a portion thereof that opposes the upper edge portion at the longitudinal direction end portion of the display device.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The sensor mounting structure according to claim 8, wherein the cover member covers the support member in avoidance of the arm member.