Vehicle radar installation structure and fascia retainer
AssigneeAutoliv Development AB
InventorBernald Dechoux
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Abstract
An automotive radar installation structure that allows a radar main body to be assembled to a vehicle in a simple arrangement and with stable performance, and a fascia retainer to attach a bumper fascia as an exterior part of a bumper to the vehicle. The structure includes a flat solid shape radar main body 122 and a transmission and/or reception surface to transmit/receive radio waves, and a fascia retainer 120 to attach a bumper fascia 108 of a rear bumper 104 of the vehicle to the vehicle main body. The fascia retainer 120 has a fixation portion 150, and a radar installation portion 128 in the vicinity of the fixation portion 150 having a recessed shape to receive the radar main body 122 so that the transmission and/or reception surface 130 faces outward of the vehicle.
Claims16
An automotive radar installation structure for a vehicle, comprising:
- a radar main body formed in a flat solid shape and having a transmission surface or a reception surface provided at one surface of the body to transmit or receive radio waves;
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- a fascia retainer used to attach a bumper fascia to a vehicle main body of the vehicle, the bumper fascia being an exterior part of a bumper at a rear surface or a front surface of the vehicle main body,
- the fascia retainer including a fixation portion fixed to the vehicle main body, and a radar installation portion having a recessed shape into which the radar main body is fitted so that the transmission surface or the reception surface faces outward of the vehicle, the radar installation portion includes at least one support that supports the radar main body in an immovable manner by contacting an edge of the transmission surface or the reception surface or a side of the radar main body.
A fascia retainer used to attach a bumper fascia to a main body of a vehicle, the bumper fascia being an exterior part of a bumper at a rear surface or a front surface of the vehicle, the fascia retainer comprising:
- a fixation portion fixed to the vehicle main body;
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- a radar installation portion having a recessed shape into which a radar main body is fitted so that a transmission surface or a reception surface of the radar main body in a flat solid shape faces outward of the vehicle, the radar installation portion includes at least one support that supports the radar main body in an immovable manner by contacting an edge of the transmission surface or the reception surface or a side of the radar main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.