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Granted Patent B2
US 9,857,797 · App. 14/957,092 · Granted Jan 2, 2018

Structure disposed with peripheral information detection sensor, and self-driving vehicle

Inventors: Yasuhiro Hara (Odawara, JP); Tatsuya Shimizu (Okazaki, JP); Takuya Yabe (Makinohara, JP); Misato Mizuuchi (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 9,857,797
App. No.
14/957,092
Granted
Jan 2, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A structure disposed with a peripheral information detection sensor includes: a peripheral information detection sensor that is disposed at a window frame portion of a side surface of a vehicle and that is equipped with a detection component that detects peripheral information relating to the area around the vehicle; a window member that is attached to the window frame portion and covers the peripheral information detection sensor from an exterior of the vehicle, with at least the section of the window member that opposes the peripheral information detection sensor being opaque or translucent; and an interior member that covers the peripheral information detection sensor from the vehicle interior side.

Claims (8)

1. A structure disposed with a peripheral information detection sensor, the structure comprising:

a peripheral information detection sensor that is disposed at a window frame portion of a side surface of a vehicle and that is equipped with a detection component that detects peripheral information relating to an area around the vehicle;

a window member that is attached to the window frame portion and covers the peripheral information detection sensor from an exterior of the vehicle, with at least part of a section of the window member that opposes the peripheral information detection sensor being opaque or translucent; and

an interior member that has an opening configured to open toward an outer-side of the vehicle, the interior member covering the peripheral information detection sensor such that the interior sensor is not exposed to a cabin interior side of the vehicle.

2. The structure disposed with a peripheral information detection sensor of claim 1 , wherein the window member is fixed to the window frame portion.

3. The structure disposed with a peripheral information detection sensor of claim 1 , wherein a section of the window member that opposes the detection component is transparent, and the section of the window member that opposes the peripheral information detection sensor, excluding the section that opposes the detection component, is opaque or translucent.

4. The structure disposed with a peripheral information detection sensor of claim 1 , wherein the interior member is formed by an electrically conductive member.

5. The structure disposed with a peripheral information detection sensor of claim 1 , wherein the interior member is formed in a cross-sectional U-shape that opens outward in a vehicle width direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2015
From: HARA, YASUHIRO; SHIMIZU, TATSUYA; YABE, TAKUYA; MIZUUCHI, MISATO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 037192/0137 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-068562 · Mar 30, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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