Sensor mount structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11059430-B2
Application number	US-201816171999-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2018
Priority date	Dec 6, 2017
Publication date	Jul 13, 2021
Grant date	Jul 13, 2021

Abstract

A sensor mount structure, including: a first sensor device that includes a first sensor configured to detect surroundings information for a vehicle, and that is attached to an inner surface of a front windshield glass further toward a vehicle front and upper side than an interior mirror; a second sensor device that includes a second sensor configured to detect surroundings information for the vehicle, and that is attached to the inner surface of the front windshield glass further toward the vehicle front and upper side than the interior mirror and further toward the vehicle front side than the first sensor device; and a view angle hood member that is disposed at a vehicle front and lower side of the first sensor, the view angle hood member overlapping with the second sensor device in a vehicle front-rear direction in side view along a vehicle width direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sensor mount structure, comprising: a first sensor device that includes a first sensor configured to detect surroundings information for a vehicle, and that is attached to an inner surface of a front windshield glass further toward a vehicle front and upper side than an interior mirror; a second sensor device that includes a second sensor configured to detect surroundings information for the vehicle, and that is attached to the inner surface of the front windshield glass further toward the vehicle front and upper side than the interior mirror and further toward the vehicle front side than the first sensor device; and a view angle hood member for the first sensor, the view angle hood member being disposed at a vehicle front and lower side of the first sensor, and disposed at a vehicle rear and upper side of the second sensor, the view angle hood member overlapping with the second sensor device in a vehicle front-rear direction in side view along a vehicle width direction, wherein the interior mirror is supported by a support member formed in a shape of a casing, the first sensor device includes a device body holding the first sensor, a portion of the device body is housed in the support member, and the support member is fastened, together with the device body, to a base member attached to the inner surface of the front windshield glass with a predetermined gap formed between an outer face of the portion of the device body housed in the support member and an inner face of the support member such that the inner face of the support member has no surface contacting the outer face of the portion of the device body; wherein the outer face of the portion of the device body includes a lower outer face, a rear outer face, and side outer faces, the inner face of the support member includes a bottom inner face, a rear inner face, and side inner faces, and the predetermined gap separates the lower outer face from the bottom inner face, the rear outer face from the rear inner face, and the side outer faces from the side inner faces.

2. The sensor mount structure of claim 1 , wherein the view angle hood member is integrally formed with the base member.

3. The sensor mount structure of claim 2 , wherein:
the base member is made from metal; and
a heat generating body is provided at a lower face of the view angle hood member.

4. The sensor mount structure of claim 1 , wherein the first sensor is configured by a pair of left and right cameras having different focal distances from each other.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Higashimachi Naoya
• Ito Hiroaki
• Mizutani Koh

Classifications

• H04N23/57

  Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices · CPC title

• H04N23/90

  Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums · CPC title

• H04N23/51

  Housings · CPC title

• G03B17/561

  Support related camera accessories · CPC title

• B60R2011/005

  Connection with the vehicle part · CPC title