US 11,938,865 B2
Sensor attachment structure for side part of vehicle body
Akihiro Kitagawa, Wako (JP); and Takashi Chirifu, Wako (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/938,230.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-141144 (JP), filed on Jul. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0031701 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 19/48 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/02 (2013.01) [B60R 19/483 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9323 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93274 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93275 (2020.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor attachment structure for a side part of a vehicle body, comprising:
a side panel part facing sideward;
a rear panel part facing rearward;
a lower panel part facing downward;
a sensor configured to detect surrounding information on a lateral side of a vehicle and having a detection surface facing outward in a lateral direction of the vehicle;
a sensor attachment member to which the sensor is attached;
a side joined member extending upward from the sensor attachment member toward the side panel part and joined to the side panel part;
a rear joined member extending upward from the sensor attachment member toward the rear panel part and joined to the rear panel part; and
a lower joined member extending obliquely upward from the sensor attachment member toward the lower panel part and joined to the lower panel part.