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Granted Patent B2
US 12,055,626 · App. 17/633,476 · Granted Aug 6, 2024

Vehicle lamp and vehicle

Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsurada (Shizuoka, JP); Yuichi Watano (Shizuoka, JP); Osamu Kuboyama (Shizuoka, JP); Yuta Maruyama (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
G01S13/931B60Q1/0023F21S41/20B60Q1/04G01S2013/93277
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Patent No.
US 12,055,626
App. No.
17/633,476
Granted
Aug 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle lamp includes: a lamp housing; a lamp cover; an illumination unit disposed in a lamp chamber; a radar configured to acquire radar data indicating surroundings of a vehicle by emitting an electromagnetic wave outside the vehicle; a concealing part that faces the radar to conceal the radar from the outside of the vehicle and is configured to let the electromagnetic wave emitted from the radar through; a support member that is fixed to a vehicle body and is configured to support and fix the radar; and a positioning part that is disposed between the concealing part and the support member and is configured to position the radar to the concealing part. The concealing part is formed integrally with the lamp cover. The positioning part is fixed to the concealing part and is configured to engage with the support member elastically.

Claims (38)

1. A vehicle lamp comprising:

a lamp housing;

a lamp cover covering an opening of the lamp housing;

an illumination unit disposed in a lamp chamber formed by the lamp housing and the lamp cover;

a radar configured to acquire radar data indicating surroundings of a vehicle by emitting an electromagnetic wave outside the vehicle;

a concealing part that faces the radar to conceal the radar from the outside of the vehicle and is configured to let the electromagnetic wave emitted from the radar through;

a support member that is fixed to a vehicle body and is configured to support and fix the radar; and

a positioning part that is disposed between the concealing part and the support member and is configured to position the radar to the concealing part, wherein

the concealing part is formed integrally with the lamp cover,

the positioning part is fixed to the concealing part and is configured to engage with the support member elastically, and

elastic engagement is realized in that the support member includes a lance and the positioning part includes an engagement hole part configured to engage with the lance of the support member.

2. The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein

the radar is outside the lamp chamber.

3. The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the concealing part and the radar is not smaller than 20 mm and not greater than 100 mm.

4. A vehicle comprising: the vehicle lamp according to claim 1 .

5. A vehicle lamp comprising:

a lamp housing;

a lamp cover covering an opening of the lamp housing;

an illumination unit disposed in a lamp chamber formed by the lamp housing and the lamp cover;

a first radar configured to acquire first radar data indicating surroundings of a vehicle by emitting an electromagnetic wave outside the vehicle;

a second radar configured to acquire second radar data indicating surroundings of the vehicle by emitting an electromagnetic wave outside the vehicle; and

a concealing part configured to conceal the first radar and the second radar from the outside of the vehicle and to let the electromagnetic waves emitted from the first radar and the second radar through,

wherein the concealing part is formed integrally with the lamp cover,

wherein the first radar is closer to a center in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle than the second radar,

wherein a field of view of the first radar is narrower than a field of view of the second radar, and

wherein a detection range of the first radar is longer than a detection range of the second radar.

6. The vehicle lamp according to claim 5 , wherein the concealing part includes:

a first concealing part that faces the first radar to conceal the first radar from the outside of the vehicle and is configured to let the electromagnetic wave emitted from the first radar through; and

a second concealing part that faces the second radar to conceal the second radar from the outside of the vehicle and is configured to let the electromagnetic wave emitted from the second radar through, and

the first concealing part and the second concealing part are separated from each other.

7. The vehicle lamp according to claim 6 , wherein

the first concealing part is formed integrally with the lamp cover and extends from the lamp cover in a first direction, and

the second concealing part is formed integrally with the lamp cover and extends from the lamp cover in a second direction different from the first direction.

8. The vehicle lamp according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a third radar configured to acquire third radar data indicating surroundings of the vehicle by emitting an electromagnetic wave outside the vehicle, wherein

the concealing part is configured to conceal the third radar from the outside of the vehicle and to let the electromagnetic wave emitted from the third radar through,

the detection range of the first radar, the detection range of the second radar, and a detection range of the third radar are different from each other, and

the field of view of the first radar, the field of view of the second radar, and a field of view of the third radar are different from each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2022
From: KATSURADA, YOSHIHIRO; WATANO, YUICHI; KUBOYAMA, OSAMU; MARUYAMA, YUTA
To: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (3)
JP 2019-143656 · Aug 5, 2019 · national
JP 2019-149128 · Aug 15, 2019 · national
JP 2019-149129 · Aug 15, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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