Electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10135131-B2
Application number	US-201514959018-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2015
Priority date	Feb 25, 2015
Publication date	Nov 20, 2018
Grant date	Nov 20, 2018

Abstract

To provide an electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover which can achieve range extension and angle widening of a sensing radar and is excellent in design property. An electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover of the invention includes a base material made of an electromagnetic-wave-transmissive material, a light-transmitting base material formed on a surface of the base material and made of a light-transmissive material, and a design layer disposed between the base material and the light-transmitting base material, the electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover transmitting an electromagnetic wave, the electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover has an electromagnetic-wave transmitting area which transmits the electromagnetic wave, the base material and the light-transmitting base material in the electromagnetic-wave transmitting area has an interval of 0.12 mm or less, an adhesive layer is formed on an entire surface between the base materials, and a deviation in angle when the electromagnetic wave is transmitted is 0.3° or less.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover comprising:
a base material made of a material which can transmit an electromagnetic wave;
a light-transmitting base material formed on a surface of the base material and made of a light-transmissive material; and
a design layer disposed between the base material and the light-transmitting base material, the electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover transmitting an electromagnetic wave, wherein
the electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover has an electromagnetic-wave transmitting area which transmits the electromagnetic wave,
the base material and the light-transmitting base material in the electromagnetic-wave transmitting area has an interval of 0.12 mm or less, a thermosetting adhesive layer is formed on an entire surface between the base material and the light-transmitting base material, and a deviation in angle of the electromagnetic wave when the electromagnetic wave is transmitted through the electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover is 0.3° or less,
wherein, after either one of the base material and the light-transmitting base material is molded, the other one of the base materials is insert-molded together with a thermosetting adhesive agent that forms the thermosetting adhesive layer.

2. The electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover according to claim 1 , wherein a difference obtained by subtracting the relative permittivity of each of the base material and the light-transmitting base material from the relative permittivity of the adhesive layer ranges from −1.72 to 2.58.

3. The electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover according to claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover is disposed in front of a millimeter-wave radar.

4. An electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover comprising:
a base material configured to transmit an electromagnetic wave;
a light-transmitting base material having a plate-shaped to an elliptical outer shape and a shape matching a shape of the base material;
a design layer disposed between the base material and the light-transmitting base material; and
a thermosetting adhesive layer covering an entire surface of either the base material or the light-transmitting base material,
wherein
the electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover is configured to transmit an electromagnetic wave from a source behind the base material through each of the base material, the thermosetting adhesive layer, the design layer and the light-transmitting base layer,
the electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover includes an electromagnetic-wave transmitting area comprising adjoining parts of the base material, the design layer, the thermosetting adhesive layer and the light-transmitting base material through which the electromagnetic wave is transmitted,
the base material and the light-transmitting base material in the electromagnetic-wave transmitting area has an interval of 0.12 mm or less, and
a deviation in angle of the electromagnetic wave when the electromagnetic wave is transmitted through the electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover is 0.3° or less.

5. The electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover according to claim 4 , wherein a difference obtained by subtracting the relative permittivity of each of the base material and the light-transmitting base material from the relative permittivity of the thermosetting adhesive layer ranges from −1.72 to 2.58.

6. The electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover according to claim 4 , wherein the electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover is disposed in front of a millimeter-wave radar.

7. The electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover according to claim 4 , wherein, after either one of the base material and the light-transmitting base material is molded, the other one of the base materials is insert-molded together with an adhesive agent forming the thermosetting adhesive layer.

Assignees

• Toyoda Gosei Kk

Inventors

• Takao Kazuki
• Kawashima Daiichiro
• Sekiya Takashi
• Maeda Hideto
• Okumura Koji
• Suzuki Kenji

Classifications

• H01Q1/3291

  mounted in or on other locations inside the vehicle or vehicle body · CPC title

• H01Q1/3233

  particular used as part of a sensor or in a security system, e.g. for automotive radar, navigation systems · CPC title

• G01S7/03

  Details of HF subsystems specially adapted therefor, e.g. common to transmitter and receiver · CPC title

• H01Q1/42

  Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome · CPC title

• G01S2013/93271

  in the front of the vehicles · CPC title