Vehicular lamp fitting and radar structure
A vehicular lamp fitting and the like in which a radar unit can be replaced without replacing the whole vehicular lamp fitting are provided. A vehicular lamp fitting includes a lamp housing, an outer lens attached to the lamp housing and forming a lamp chamber between the outer lens and the lamp housing, a lamp unit disposed in the lamp chamber, a bracket, and a radar unit detachably fixed to the bracket.
1. A vehicular lamp fitting comprising:
a lamp housing;
an outer lens attached to the lamp housing and forming a lamp chamber between the outer lens and the lamp housing;
a lamp unit disposed in the lamp chamber;
a bracket; and
a radar unit detachably fixed to the bracket, wherein
a through hole connected to the lamp chamber is formed in the lamp housing,
the bracket comprises a first part and a second part, the first part being configured to be disposed in the lamp chamber through the through hole, and the second part being configured to close the through hole in a state where the first part is disposed in the lamp chamber,
the vehicular lamp fitting further comprises a fixing part configured to detachably fix the bracket to the lamp housing in a state in which the first part is disposed in the lamp chamber and the second part closes the through hole, and
the radar unit is disposed in the lamp chamber while being detachably fixed to the first part.
2. The vehicular lamp fitting according to claim 1 , wherein
the first part extends to a vicinity of the outer lens, and
the radar unit is detachably fixed to a tip of the first part.
3. The vehicular lamp fitting according to claim 1 , wherein the through hole is a through hole connecting a rear surface of the lamp housing to the lamp chamber, or a through hole connecting a lower surface of the lamp housing to the lamp chamber.
4. The vehicular lamp fitting according to claim 1 , wherein
the through hole is a through hole having a polygonal outer shape, and
a cross-sectional shape of the bracket is a polygonal shape conforming to that of the through hole.
5. The vehicular lamp fitting according to claim 1 , wherein in one of the first part and the lamp housing, a positioning rib configured to abut against the other of the first part and the lamp housing is provided.
6. The vehicular lamp fitting according to claim 1 , wherein a vertical wall part surrounding the through hole is formed in the lamp housing.
7. The vehicular lamp fitting according to claim 1 , wherein
a cut-out part surrounded by side surfaces of a closure part and an extension part is formed in the bracket, and
a connector detachably fixed to a radar-unit holding part is disposed in the cut-out part.
8. The vehicular lamp fitting according to claim 7 , wherein a through hole through which a cable extending from the connector is drawn to the outside of the lamp chamber is formed in the closure part.
9. A radar structure comprising:
a bracket comprising a first part and a second part, the first part being configured to be disposed in a lamp chamber through a through hole formed in a lamp housing, the lamp chamber being formed by the lamp housing and an outer lens attached to the lamp housing, the second part being configured to close the through hole in a state where the first part is disposed in the lamp chamber, and the bracket being configured to be detachably fixed to the lamp housing in a state in which the first part is disposed in the lamp chamber and the second part closes the through hole; and
a radar unit disposed in the lamp chamber while being detachably fixed to the bracket.