On-vehicle radar apparatus
An on-vehicle radar apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure is provided with a first radar antenna pattern unit, a second radar antenna pattern unit, a printed circuit board and a cover. In the cover, both of the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface are inclined closer towards the printed circuit board with increasing distance from the ridge portion.
1. An on-vehicle radar apparatus comprising:
a first radar antenna pattern unit configured to transmit electromagnetic waves;
a second radar antenna pattern unit configured to receive electromagnetic waves;
a printed circuit board in which the first radar antenna pattern unit and the second radar antenna pattern unit are mounted on a first surface thereof; and
a cover configured to cover the printed circuit board from a side of the first surface,
wherein
the cover includes:
a first inclined surface provided in a region where electromagnetic waves transmitted by the first radar antenna pattern unit pass through, and inclined with respect to the first surface;
a second inclined surface provided in a region where electromagnetic waves received by the second radar antenna pattern unit pass through, and inclined with respect to the first surface; and
a ridge portion at which the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface cross each other, and the ridge portion provided at a portion of the cover that is outside of a region where the electromagnetic waves transmitted by the first radar antenna pattern unit pass through and also outside a region where the electromagnetic waves received by the second radar antenna pattern unit pass through, the ridge portion comprising an edge at which the angle with respect to the electromagnetic waves on the cover rapidly changes, and
both of the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface are inclined closer towards the printed circuit board with increasing distance from the ridge portion, wherein
the cover is produced by injection-molding with a resin; and
a gate as a portion where a resin is injected into a mold during the injection-molding is provided at the ridge portion,
the gate provided at the portion of the cover that is outside of the region where the electromagnetic waves transmitted by the first radar antenna pattern unit pass through and also outside the region where the electromagnetic waves received by the second radar antenna pattern unit pass through.
2. The on-vehicle radar apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the gate is disposed at a portion closer to a center of the ridge portion than both ends of the ridge portion.
3. The on-vehicle radar apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the resin is a fiber-reinforced plastic.
4. The on-vehicle radar apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
fiber contained in the fiber-reinforced plastic is a glass fiber.
5. The on-vehicle radar apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the ridge portion is formed in a plate-like shape.