IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,109,932
Granted Patent B2
US 12,109,932 · App. 17/786,530 · Granted Oct 8, 2024

Lamp device

Inventors: Masayuki Kanechika (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Sato (Tokyo, JP); Minoru Yamaguchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
B60Q1/0023G01S7/028G01S13/931H01Q1/3233H01Q1/42G01S2013/9327
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Patent No.
US 12,109,932
App. No.
17/786,530
Granted
Oct 8, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lamp device includes: a lamp unit; a radar unit having an antenna; and a shielding member which covers at least a part of the front surface of the radar unit where the antenna is provided and which is made of a foamed resin.

Claims (24)

1. A lamp device comprising:

a lamp unit;

a radar unit having an antenna; and

a shielding member which covers at least a part of a front surface of the radar unit where the antenna is provided, and which is made of a foamed resin.

2. The lamp device according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding member contains at least one of an oxide of iron, a composite oxide of copper and chromium, and a composite oxide of copper, chromium and zinc.

3. The lamp device according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding member contains carbon in a content of 3% or less.

4. The lamp device according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding member covers the entire front surface of the radar unit.

5. The lamp device according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding member covers at least an electromagnetic wave transmitting/receiving area of the front surface of the radar unit.

6. The lamp device according to claim 1 , including a light emitting body or a light guide body that covers an area other than the electromagnetic wave transmitting/receiving area in the front surface of the radar unit.

7. The lamp device according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding member has a plurality of grooves which have rectangular sections and are provided, in a surface opposed to the front surface of the radar unit, in such a manner as to be parallel to a radiated electromagnetic wave polarization plane of the radar unit, and a depth DG of the plurality of grooves satisfies DG=k×λ0/4 (k: natural number) in the case where a wavelength of the radiated electromagnetic wave of the radar unit in the air is denoted by λ0.

8. The lamp device according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding member has a thickness equal to or less than a power halving depth of a radiated electromagnetic wave of the radar unit.

9. A lamp device having a lamp unit, a radar unit that radiates an electromagnetic wave, and a transparent cover, the lamp device comprising:

a shielding member which is placed between the transparent cover and an electromagnetic wave radiation surface of the radar unit, covers at least a part of a front surface of the radar unit, and is made of a foamed resin;

wherein a thickness TK of an electromagnetic wave radiation surface correspondence area that corresponds to the electromagnetic wave radiation surface of the transparent cover is set such that a reflection loss of the electromagnetic wave incident upon the electromagnetic wave radiation surface correspondence area of the transparent cover is −10 dB or less,

a thickness TG of the shielding member is set such that a reflection loss of the electromagnetic wave incident upon the shielding member is −10 dB or less, and

an interval C1 between the electromagnetic wave radiation surface correspondence area and the shielding member is set such that the reflection loss of the electromagnetic wave incident upon the electromagnetic wave radiation surface correspondence area and the shielding member is −10 dB or less.

10. The lamp device according to claim 9 , wherein an interval C2 between the shielding member and the electromagnetic wave radiation surface is set such that the reflection loss of the electromagnetic wave incident upon the shielding member from a space between the shielding member and the electromagnetic wave radiation surface is −10 dB or less.

11. The lamp device according to claim 10 , wherein the electromagnetic wave radiation surface correspondence area, the shielding member, and the electromagnetic wave radiation surface are provided such that TK, TG, C1 and C2 satisfy relational expressions given below in the case where a wavelength of the electromagnetic wave in a space is denoted by λ, an effective wavelength in the electromagnetic wave radiation surface correspondence area is denoted by λd1, and an effective wavelength of the shielding member is denoted by λd2 (n1, n2, m1, and m2 being natural numbers):

TK=n 1×λ d 1/2  (6)

TG=n 2×λ d 2/2  (7)

C 1= m 1×λ/2  (8)

C 2= m 2×λ/2  (9).

12. The lamp device according to claim 11 , wherein the n1 satisfies 2 to 4, and the n2 satisfies 2 or 3.

13. The lamp device according to claim 11 , wherein the m1 and m2 satisfy m1≥4 and m2≥2.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2022
From: KANECHIKA, MASAYUKI; SATO, TAKASHI; YAMAGUCHI, MINORU
To: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060233/0606 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2019-230693 · Dec 20, 2019 · national
JP 2020-192516 · Nov 19, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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