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Granted Patent B2
US 11,858,425 · App. 17/510,890 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Vehicle sensor attaching structure

Inventors: Naoya Higashimachi (Toyota, JP); Taro Hasegawa (Toyota, JP); Tsuyoshi Izuhara (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60R11/00B60R2011/004
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Patent No.
US 11,858,425
App. No.
17/510,890
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle sensor attaching structure in which a plurality of kinds of external sensors for detecting an external condition of a vehicle is attached on a roof of the vehicle, the vehicle sensor attaching structure including: a common sensor unit that is fixed to the roof of the vehicle and to which at least one kind of the external sensor is attached; and an option sensor unit that is attachable to the common sensor unit in at least two directions of a vehicle left side, a vehicle right side, a vehicle upper side, a vehicle front side, and a vehicle rear side, that is detachably attached to the common sensor unit, and to which at least one kind of the external sensor is attached.

Claims (12)

1. A vehicle sensor attaching structure in which a plurality of kinds of external sensors for detecting an external condition of a vehicle is attached on a roof of the vehicle, the vehicle sensor attaching structure comprising:

a common sensor unit that is fixed to the roof of the vehicle and to which at least one kind of the external sensor is attached; and

an option sensor unit that is attachable to the common sensor unit in at least two directions of a vehicle left side, a vehicle right side, a vehicle upper side, a vehicle front side, and a vehicle rear side, that is detachably attached to the common sensor unit, and to which at least one kind of the external sensor is attached.

2. The vehicle sensor attaching structure according to claim 1 , wherein the option sensor unit includes a first option sensor unit attached on the vehicle left side of the common sensor unit and a second option sensor unit attached on the vehicle right side of the common sensor unit.

3. The vehicle sensor attaching structure according to claim 1 , wherein the common sensor unit has a common frame body and the option sensor unit has an option frame body connected to the common frame body.

4. The vehicle sensor attaching structure according to claim 1 , wherein the option sensor unit includes a third option sensor unit that is attached on the vehicle upper side of the common sensor unit and that is offset and disposed so as to project to either the right or left of the common sensor unit.

5. A vehicle sensor attaching structure in which a plurality of kinds of external sensors for detecting an external condition of a vehicle is attached on a roof of the vehicle, the vehicle sensor attaching structure comprising:

a common sensor unit that is fixed to the roof of the vehicle and to which at least one kind of the external sensor is attached, the common sensor unit having a vehicle left side, a vehicle right side, a vehicle upper side, a vehicle front side, and a vehicle rear side, the common sensor unit having at least one bolt hole provided on at least two sides of the vehicle left side, the vehicle right side, the vehicle upper side, the vehicle front side, and the vehicle rear side; and

an option sensor unit that is attachable to the common sensor unit by engaging with the at least one bolt hole on at least two sides of the vehicle left side, the vehicle right side, the vehicle upper side, the vehicle front side, and the vehicle rear side, that is detachably attached to the common sensor unit, and to which at least one kind of the external sensor is attached.

6. The vehicle sensor attaching structure according to claim 5 , wherein the option sensor unit includes a first option sensor unit attached on the vehicle left side of the common sensor unit and a second option sensor unit attached on the vehicle right side of the common sensor unit.

7. The vehicle sensor attaching structure according to claim 5 , wherein the common sensor unit has a common frame body and the option sensor unit has an option frame body connected to the common frame body.

8. The vehicle sensor attaching structure according to claim 5 , wherein the option sensor unit includes a third option sensor unit that is attached on the vehicle upper side of the common sensor unit and that is offset and disposed so as to project to either the right or left of the common sensor unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2021
From: HIGASHIMACHI, NAOYA; HASEGAWA, TARO; IZUHARA, TSUYOSHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 057916/0878 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-216868 · Dec 25, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220203904A1 · Jun 30, 2022
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