Arrangement having a trim component and a radar sensor, motor vehicle and method for manufacturing an arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9610912-B2
Application number	US-201314426593-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 14, 2013
Priority date	Sep 7, 2012
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

An arrangement for a motor vehicle having a trim component, in particular a bumper, and a radar sensor is disclosed. In order to detect target objects, the radar sensor is designed to emit electromagnetic waves through the trim component and to receive radiation echoes from the target objects. The radar sensor has an azimuthal detection angle, by which a field of vision of the radar sensor in the azimuthal direction is defined, and is arranged at a distance from a rear side of the trim component, with the result that the azimuthal field of vision of the radar sensor intersects the trim component in an intersection region. In order to absorb interference waves outside the azimuthal detection angle an absorptive material is applied outside the intersection region in the azimuthal direction to the rear side of the trim component, where the intersection region is free of absorptive material.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An arrangement for a motor vehicle comprising:
a trim component comprising a bumper; and
a radar sensor, which, in order to detect target objects, is designed to emit electromagnetic waves through the trim component and to receive radiation echoes from the target objects,
wherein the radar sensor has an azimuthal detection angle, by which a field of vision of the radar sensor in the azimuthal direction is defined, and wherein the radar sensor is arranged at a distance from a rear side of the trim component, with the result that the azimuthal field of vision of the radar sensor intersects the trim component in an intersection region,
wherein, in order to absorb interference waves outside the azimuthal detection angle, an absorptive material is applied outside the intersection region in the azimuthal direction to the rear side of the trim component, and the intersection region is free of absorptive material, and
wherein the arrangement further comprises an absorptive element for absorbing the interference waves, wherein the absorptive element bears on an edge region of a raydome of the radar sensor and on the absorptive material.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the absorptive material directly adjoins an edge of the intersection region in the azimuthal direction.

3. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein in the azimuthal direction the absorptive material is applied to both sides of the intersection region, to the rear side of the trim component.

4. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the radar sensor also has a predetermined detection angle in the elevation direction, by which detection angle a field of vision of the radar sensor in the elevation direction is defined, which field of vision bounds the intersection region in the elevation direction, wherein the absorptive material is also applied outside the intersection region in the elevation direction to the rear side of the trim component.

5. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the absorptive material forms a surface which is enclosed around the intersection region.

6. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein an extent of the absorptive material in the azimuthal direction starting from the intersection region is greater than 5 cm.

7. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the distance between the radar sensor and the rear side of the trim component is greater than λ/2, wherein λ denotes a wavelength of the electromagnetic waves.

8. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the azimuthal detection angle is in a value range from 140° to 170°.

9. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the absorptive element is embodied as a circumferential collar whose first end engages around the raydome on the outer circumference and whose second end bears on the absorptive material.

10. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the absorptive element is formed from an elastic material, in particular from foamed material.

11. A motor vehicle having an arrangement according to claim 1 .

12. A method for manufacturing an arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising:
making available a trim component comprising a bumper; and
making available a radar sensor, which, in order to detect target objects, emits electromagnetic waves through the trim component and receives radiation echoes from the target objects,
wherein the radar sensor has an azimuthal detection angle, by which a field of vision of the radar sensor in the azimuthal direction is defined, and wherein the radar sensor is arranged at a distance from a rear side of the trim component, with the result that the azimuthal field of vision of the radar sensor intersects the trim component in an intersection region, wherein
in order to absorb interference waves outside the azimuthal detection angle an absorptive material is applied outside the intersection region in the azimuthal direction to the rear side of the trim component, and the intersection region is embodied to be free of absorptive material, and
wherein the arrangement comprises an absorptive element for absorbing the interference waves, wherein the absorptive element bears on an edge region of a raydome of the radar sensor and on the absorptive material.

Assignees

• Valeo Schalter & Sensoren Gmbh

Inventors

• Schaaf Michael

Classifications

• B60R19/483 Primary

  with obstacle sensors of electric or electronic type · CPC title

• B60R19/03

  characterised by material, e.g. composite (B60R19/18 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01S13/931

  of land vehicles · CPC title

• G01S2013/93275

  in the bumper area · CPC title

• G01S2013/9325

  for inter-vehicle distance regulation, e.g. navigating in platoons · CPC title