Production of an Apparatus for Sensing Surroundings for a Motor Vehicle
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsThomas RABL, Maximilian STADLER
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Abstract
An apparatus for sensing surroundings of a motor vehicle includes a laser sensing device for sensing surroundings of the motor vehicle, a mount which is fixedly connected to the sensing device and is designed to attach the sensing device to a body of the motor vehicle, and an outer skin component. The mount and the outer skin component each have an end face which faces the other end face. A method is provided for producing a surroundings sensing apparatus by use of laser transmission welding.
Claims19
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An apparatus for sensing surroundings of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a laser sensing device;
- a holder fixedly connected to the laser sensing device and configured to fix the sensing device to a body of the motor vehicle;
- an outer skin component transmissive to a wavelength of the laser sensing device and/or to laser radiation of every wavelength completely or at least in a sensing area, wherein
- the holder and the outer skin component each have one end face that faces toward one another, and
- the holder and the outer skin component are fixedly connected to one another at the end faces facing toward one another.
A method for producing a surroundings sensing apparatus, comprising:
- positioning an end face of an outer skin component of the apparatus and an end face of a holder of the apparatus in relation to one another, wherein the apparatus comprises:
- a laser sensing device;
- the holder fixedly connected to the laser sensing device and configured to fix the sensing device to a body of the motor vehicle;
- the outer skin component transmissive to a wavelength of the laser sensing device and/or to laser radiation of every wavelength completely or at least in a sensing area;
- welding the end faces to one another via at least one laser beam, wherein the at least one laser beam is guided through the outer skin component for said welding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.