Bumper cover structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorEisuke IKENO
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Abstract
In a bumper cover of a front bumper, a radar unit is disposed between left and right grille portions in a grille opening portion, and a radar cover is disposed on a vehicle front side of the radar unit. The radar unit is attached to the base portion of a radar cover, and the base portion is attached to the bumper cover by each of an upper engagement portion and a lower engagement portion being engaged with upper and lower sides of the grille opening portion. As a result, since the relative position of the radar unit with respect to the grille opening portion is returned by the restoration of the shape of the bumper cover deformed by the light impact, the deterioration in the radar function of the radar unit can be suppressed.
Claims2
A bumper cover structure comprising:
- a bumper cover body having a grille opening portion provided to penetrate the bumper cover body in a vehicle front-rear direction;
- a grille component disposed in the grille opening portion;
- a radar device disposed at a center portion of the grille component in a vehicle width direction on a vehicle rear side of the grille opening portion, emitting a radar wave toward a vehicle front side, and receiving a reflected wave of the radar wave;
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- a cover member disposed in the grille opening portion to cover the vehicle front side of the radar device, to which the radar device is attached, and having a vehicle upper side portion and a vehicle lower side portion each attached to the bumper cover body, the cover member allowing the radar wave and the reflected wave to be transmitted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.