# US 2019/0170545 A1 · Sensor mount structure

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- Number: US 2019/0170545 A1
- Document ID: US20190170545A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/205,808
- Filed: 2018-11-30
- 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/US20190170545A1

## CPC

- G01D 11/30: Supports specially adapted for an instrument; Supports specially adapted for a set of instruments
- B60R 11/04: Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
- B60R 2011/0026: {Windows, e.g. windscreen}
- B60R 2300/107: using stereoscopic cameras
- 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

## Abstract

A sensor mount structure including a base member, a sensor device, and a support member. The base member is attached to a vehicle upper side of an inner surface of a front windshield glass. The sensor device includes a device body to which a first sensor and a second sensor that detect surroundings information for a vehicle are attached, and a common electronic board to which both the first sensor and the second sensor are electrically connected. The support member together with the device body is fastened to the base member and supports an interior mirror.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A sensor mount structure comprising:
a base member that is attached to a vehicle upper side of an inner surface of a front windshield glass;
a sensor device including a device body to which a first sensor and a second sensor that detect surroundings information for a vehicle are attached, and a common electronic board to which both the first sensor and the second sensor are electrically connected; and
a support member that together with the device body is fastened to the base member and supports an interior mirror.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The sensor mount structure of claim 1, wherein:
the first sensor and the second sensor are attached to the device body in a state in which the first sensor and the second sensor are side-by-side in a vehicle width direction; and
the second sensor is formed with a longer vehicle front-rear direction length than the first sensor, and is disposed at a lower position than the first sensor.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The sensor mount structure of claim 2, wherein:
the electronic board is disposed in a forward-tilting orientation at a vehicle lower side of the first sensor and the second sensor; and
a rear face of the first sensor and a rear face of the second sensor are disposed at the same position as each other in a vehicle front-rear direction, and a notch is formed in a rear end portion of the electronic board to accommodate a rear end lower portion of the first sensor and a rear end lower portion of the second sensor.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The sensor mount structure of claim 1, wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are attached to the device body independently of one another.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The sensor mount structure of claim 1, wherein the support member is formed in a case shape capable of housing at least the electronic board.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The sensor mount structure of claim 5, wherein the support member includes an opening allowing a wiring connector provided to the electronic board to project out.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The sensor mount structure of claim 6, wherein the support member includes a rib at a peripheral edge of the opening.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The sensor mount structure of claim 1, wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are each configured by a camera, and a view angle hood member is provided to the device body at a vehicle front and lower side of the first sensor and the second sensor.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The sensor mount structure of claim 1, wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are each configured by a camera, and a view angle hood member is integrally formed to the base member so as to be disposed at a vehicle front and lower side of the first sensor and the second sensor.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The sensor mount structure of claim 9, wherein the base member is made of metal and a heat generating body is provided at a lower face of the view angle hood member.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The sensor mount structure of claim 8, wherein a pair of left and right third sensors are disposed further toward the vehicle front than the first sensor and the second sensor, and the view angle hood member overlaps with rear end portions of the third sensors in a vehicle front-rear direction as viewed from a side along a vehicle width direction.