Vehicular indoor temperature sensor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026084485-A1
Application number	US-202319109549-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 26, 2023
Priority date	Oct 7, 2022
Publication date	Mar 26, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

A vehicular indoor temperature sensor is disclosed, which includes: a PCB substrate; a tip sensor unit connected to a front side of the PCB substrate, and which includes a first temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the outer surface of one side of a tip housing, and a solar radiation sensor for sensing the amount of solar radiation incident on the outer surface of the one side of the tip housing; and a sensor housing, which accommodates at least a portion of the tip sensor unit and at least a portion of the PCB substrate so as to prevent foreign substances from flowing into the PCB substrate from the outside, wherein the lower side of the top of the sensor housing has a cut portion which enables foreign substances flowing in between the tip housing and the sensor housing to be discharged at the lower side.

First claim

1 . A vehicular indoor temperature sensor comprising:
a PCB substrate; a tip sensor unit connected to a front side of the PCB substrate and including a first temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the outer surface of one side of a tip housing, and a solar radiation sensor for sensing an amount of solar radiation incident on the outer surface of the one side of the tip housing; and a sensor housing that accommodates at least a portion of the tip sensor unit and at least a portion of the PCB substrate to prevent foreign substances from flowing into the PCB substrate from the outside, wherein the lower side of the top of the sensor housing has a cut portion which enables foreign substances flowing in between the tip housing and the sensor housing to be discharged at the lower side, and which increases an air contact area of the tip sensor unit.

2 . The vehicular indoor temperature sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the tip sensor unit includes the first temperature sensor, the solar radiation sensor, and the tip housing that accommodates a portion of the first temperature sensor and a portion of the solar radiation sensor located on a front side of the PCB substrate, wherein the tip housing includes a front body of a cylindrical shape and a rear body formed to have a diameter larger than a diameter of the front body.

3 . The vehicular indoor temperature sensor according to claim 2 , wherein the cut portion is formed by cutting a front-end lower portion of the sensor housing, which faces a lower end portion of the rear body of the tip housing.

4 . The vehicular indoor temperature sensor according to claim 3 , wherein a front-end unit of the sensor housing is formed in a cylindrical shape with open top and bottom portions to accommodate a predetermined portion of the tip housing and is disposed to face the tip housing, wherein at least one protrusion protruding toward inside of the front-end unit is formed on an inner wall surface of the front-end unit along a length direction of the sensor housing to separate the rear body of the tip housing from the inner wall surface of the front-end unit.

5 . The vehicular indoor temperature sensor according to claim 4 , wherein the cut portion is formed in a ‘U’ shape, and a width is formed to be ⅕ to ½ of a diameter of the front-end unit of the sensor housing.

6 . The vehicular indoor temperature sensor according to claim 5 , wherein the cut portion is formed to be larger than the front-end lower portion of the sensor housing facing the lower end portion of the rear body of the tip housing, toward a center along the length direction.

7 . The vehicular indoor temperature sensor according to claim 6 , further comprising a second temperature sensor installed on the PCB substrate to sense temperature and compensate for a difference of temperature between the tip sensor unit and the PCB substrate.

8 . The vehicular indoor temperature sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the front-end lower portion of the sensor housing, where the cut portion is formed, includes a lowest point in a direction of gravity, at a front end of the sensor housing when the sensor housing is disposed.

9 . A vehicular indoor temperature sensor comprising:
a PCB substrate; and a tip sensor unit connected to a front side of the PCB substrate and including a first temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the outer surface of one side of a tip housing, and a solar radiation sensor for sensing an amount of solar radiation incident on the outer surface of the one side of the tip housing, wherein a second temperature sensor for compensating for a difference of temperature between the tip sensor unit and the PCB substrate is installed on the PCB substrate.

10 . The vehicular indoor temperature sensor according to claim 9 , wherein a conformal coating layer is formed on at least a portion of the PCB substrate to prevent infiltration of flowing-in moisture.

Assignees

• Hanon Systems
• Amphenol Sensing Korea Ltd

Inventors

• Lim Chaegeun
• Kim Young Chul
• Baek Changhyun
• Oh Sang Ho
• Jo Yun Sung
• Seo Yongnam
• Kim Su-Hyun

Classifications

• G01K1/20

  Compensating for effects of temperature changes other than those to be measured, e.g. changes in ambient temperature · CPC title

• G01K1/14

  Supports; Fastening devices; Arrangements for mounting thermometers in particular locations · CPC title

• B60H1/0075

  the input being solar radiation · CPC title

• G01J2001/4266

  for measuring solar light · CPC title

• B60H1/00792

  Arrangement of detectors (B60H1/00742, B60H1/0075, B60H1/00785 take precedence) · CPC title