Mounting Structure for vehicle crash sensor
A sensor assembly of a vehicle includes a substantially horizontal protrusion secured to a body portion of the vehicle and extending therefrom in a direction of an impact input and a crash sensor mounted to the substantially horizontal protrusion, wherein the crash sensor is configured to detect an impact force applied to the body panel by the impact input.
1. A sensor assembly of a vehicle, the sensor assembly comprising:
a bumper cover;
a protrusion connected to the bumper cover and extended from inner surface of the bumper cover in a direction of an impact input; and
a crash sensor mounted to the protrusion;
wherein the crash sensor is configured to detect an impact force applied to the bumper cover by the impact input.
2. The sensor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the crash sensor is mounted to the protrusion through a mounting bracket.
3. The sensor assembly of claim 2 , wherein the mounting bracket comprises a pressure receiving portion located at an end of the protrusion opposite an inner surface of the bumper cover; and the pressure receiving portion extends in a direction intersecting with the protrusion.
4. The sensor assembly of claim 2 , wherein the mounting bracket extends along the protrusion.
5. The sensor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the bumper cover comprises a bumper reinforcement at a vehicle interior side of the bumper cover, wherein the bumper reinforcement is the protrusion.
6. A sensor assembly of a vehicle, the sensor assembly comprising:
a bumper;
a protrusion connected to the bumper and extended from inner surface of the bumper in a direction of an impact input; and
a crash sensor mounted to the protrusion;
wherein the crash sensor is configured to detect an impact force applied to the bumper by the impact input,
wherein the bumper comprises a through hole defined by a wall portion, and the protrusion is a part of the wall of the through hole.
7. A sensor assembly of a vehicle, the sensor assembly comprising:
a bumper;
a protrusion connected to the bumper and extended from inner surface of the bumper in a direction of an impact input; and
a crash sensor mounted to the protrusion;
wherein the crash sensor is configured to detect an impact force applied to the bumper by the impact input,
wherein the bumper comprises a lower edge wall extending toward the rear side of the vehicle so as to fix a radiator grill, and the protrusion is the lower edge wall.
8. The sensor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion exists at plural positions of the bumper cover, and plural crash sensors are mounted at each protrusion.
9. The sensor assembly of claim 6 , wherein the crash sensor is mounted to the protrusion through a mounting bracket.
10. The sensor assembly of claim 9 , wherein the mounting bracket comprises a pressure receiving portion located at an end of the protrusion opposite an inner surface of the bumper; and the pressure receiving portion extends in a direction intersecting with the protrusion.
11. The sensor assembly of claim 9 , wherein the mounting bracket extends along the protrusion.
12. The sensor assembly of claim 6 , wherein the bumper comprises a bumper reinforcement at a vehicle interior side of the bumper, wherein the bumper reinforcement is the protrusion.
13. The sensor assembly of claim 6 , wherein the protrusion exists at plural positions of the bumper, and plural crash sensors are mounted at each protrusion.
14. The sensor assembly of claim 7 , wherein the crash sensor is mounted to the protrusion through a mounting bracket.
15. The sensor assembly of claim 14 , wherein the mounting bracket comprises a pressure receiving portion located at an end of the protrusion opposite an inner surface of the bumper; and the pressure receiving portion extends in a direction intersecting with the protrusion.
16. The sensor assembly of claim 14 , wherein the mounting bracket extends along the protrusion.
17. The sensor assembly of claim 7 , wherein the bumper comprises a bumper reinforcement at a vehicle interior side of the bumper, wherein the bumper reinforcement is the protrusion.
18. The sensor assembly of claim 7 , wherein the protrusion exists at plural positions of the bumper, and plural crash sensors are mounted at each protrusion.
19. The sensor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the bumper cover comprises a through hole defined by a wall portion, and the protrusion is a part of the wall of the through hole.
20. The sensor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the bumper cover comprises a lower edge wall extending toward the rear side of the vehicle so as to fix a radiator grill, and the protrusion is the lower edge wall.