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US 4,210,357 AGranted
Vehicle having side-rear surveillance radar with antenna reflector assembled with rearview mirror
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorMasahiro Adachi
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Abstract
A vehicle comprising a radar system for surveillance of a side and rear area and a rearview mirror unit mounted on the outside of the vehicle body. The antenna reflector of the radar has a light-transmissible structure and is received in the frame of the rearview mirror unit so as to be spaced rearwards from the mirror and to protrude sidewise from the outline of the vehicle body. This antenna arrangement is most appropriate to side-rear lookout and is favorable to the appearance of the vehicle.
Claims11
A vehicle comprising:
- a body;
- a rearview mirror unit including a mirror frame mounted on the outside of said body in a front and side portion thereof and a rearview mirror received in said mirror frame;
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- a radar system for surveillance of a side and rear area, said radar system comprising a microwave transmitter unit, a feeder horn connected to said transmitter unit to radiate microwave generated by said transmitter unit and an antenna reflector to reflect rearwards the microwave radiated from said feeder horn, said reflector having a light-transmissible structure and being received in said mirror frame so as to be spaced rearwards from said rearview mirror, said mirror frame and said reflector being arranged such that said reflector protrudes, at least partly, sidewise from the outline of said body.
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An automobile comprising:
- a body including a front fender;
- a rearview mirror unit including a mirror frame mounted on said front fender so as to protrude, at least partly, sidewise from the outboard side of said front fender and a rearview mirror received in said mirror frame;
- and
- a radar system for surveillance of a side and rear area, said radar system comprising a microwave transmitter unit, a feeder horn connected to said transmitter unit to radiate microwave generated by said transmitter unit and an antenna reflector to reflect rearwards the microwave radiated from said feeder horn, said reflector having a light-transmissible structure and being received in said mirror frame so as to protrude, at least partly, sidewise from the outboard side of said front fender.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.