# US 2024/0201335 A1 · Concealed corner laser radar integration device, and vehicle having same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0201335 A1 - Document ID: US20240201335A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/554,469 - Filed: 2022-03-24 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-05-12 - Assignees: Wuhan Lotus Cars Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Wuhan Lotus Cars Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hongshuang LI; Shaoyan LIU; Bo LI; Yongqing ZHU; Yanhong WANG; Shichao HE; Xiange LONG; Qunxiong WEI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240201335A1 ## CPC - B60R 11/04: Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle - G01S 7/4813: {Housing arrangements} - G01S 17/931: of land vehicles - B60R 2011/004: {outside the vehicle} - G01S 2007/4977: {including means to prevent or remove the obstruction} - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES ## Abstract A concealed integrated device of corner laser radars comprising a cover plate, a fixed support, a lifting structure, an ejection structure, laser radars and a controller, wherein the cover plate is located on a fender of a vehicle body and matches an opening in the fender in terms of size; the fixed support, the lifting structure, the ejection structure, the laser radars and the controller are all located inside the fender; the lifting structure is arranged on the fixed support and is connected to the cover plate; the laser radars are arranged on the ejection structure; and the ejection structure is arranged on the fixed support. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A concealed corner laser radar integration device comprising a cover plate, a fixed support, a lifting structure, an ejection structure, a laser radar, and a controller; wherein the cover plate is configured to be located on a fender of a vehicle body and match an opening of the fender in terms of size; the fixed support, the lifting structure, the ejection structure the laser radar, and the controller are all configured to be located inside the fender; the lifting structure is arranged on the fixed support and is connected to the cover plate, and configured to be drive the cover plate to move upward and downward under control of the controller; the laser radar is arranged on the ejection structure; the ejection structure is arranged on the fixed support and configured to be move outward relative to the fixing support under control of the controller to push the laser radar out from the inside of the fender. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The concealed corner laser radar integration device according to claim 1, wherein the fixing support comprises first fixing plates and a connection plate, the first fixing plates are located at two sides of the connection plate, and the first fixing plates are configured to be fixed to a front body longitudinal beam at an inner side of the fender through bolts. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The concealed corner laser radar integration device according to claim 2, wherein the lifting structure comprises a first motor, a transmission shaft, a first gear, a screw rod, a lifting rod, a sliding rail, a fixing block, and a second fixing plate; the sliding rail inclines upward and inward from a lower part of the fixing support, a bottom end of the sliding rail is fixed to the connection plate, and the fixing block is arranged at a top end of the sliding rail; the screw rod passes through the fixing block and is arranged parallel to the sliding rail, the lifting rod is arranged at a lower end of the screw rod, the first gear is fixed at a top part of the screw rod, and the lifting rod is connected to the cover plate; the first motor and the controller are fixed on the second fixing plate, the first motor is connected to the transmission shaft, and the transmission shaft meshes with the first gear. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The concealed corner laser radar integration device according to claim 3, wherein the fixing block is connected to the screw rod by screw thread; the lifting rod comprises a first lifting rod and a second lifting rod, the first lifting rod is sleeved on and connected by screw thread to a lower end of the screw rod, and the second lifting rod has one end connected to the first lifting rod and another end fixedly connected to a bottom end of a side of the cover plate. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The concealed corner laser radar integration device according to claim 1, further comprising a cleaning structure, wherein the cleaning structure is arranged on the ejection structure together with the laser radar. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The concealed corner laser radar integration device according to claim 5, wherein the cleaning structure comprises a fixing bracket, an electromagnetic valve, a nozzle, a connection part, and a water inlet; the electromagnetic valve has one end connected to the connection part and another end connected to the water inlet, the water inlet is configured to be connected to a pipeline which is connected to a waterway of an entire vehicle; the nozzle is connected to the connection part and has a telescoping function. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The concealed corner laser radar integration device according to claim 2, wherein the ejection structure comprises a second motor, a decelerator, a second gear, a movement plate, a movement rod, and a sealing strip; an output shaft of the second motor is connected to the decelerator, the decelerator is connected to the second gear; the movement plate is placed on the connection plate of the fixing support and forms a preset angle with an outside edge of the connection plate; the laser radar and the cleaning structure are mounted on the movement plate, the sealing strip is mounted at a front side of the movement plate. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The concealed corner laser radar integration device according to claim 7, wherein the movement plate is provided with a hole, the movement rod comprises a first movement rod and second movement rod, the second movement rod is connected to the first movement rod by a preset angle; a lower part of an end of the first movement rod is provided with a convex column, the convex column is clamped with the hole; the second movement rod is arc-shaped, an outside section thereof is provided with teeth, the teeth mesh with the second gear. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The concealed corner laser radar integration device according to claim 1, wherein one side of the laser radar is fixed with a mirror, and the other side of the laser radar is equipped with a second wire harness, the second wire harness is configured to be connected to an autonomous driving domain controller or an advanced auxiliary driving domain controller. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A vehicle comprising the concealed corner laser radar integration device according to claim 1.