US 12,204,050 B2
Scanning assembly for a detection system
Bernard DeMersseman, Southfield, MI (US); Robert Sletten, Southfield, MI (US); Aaron Cahill, Southfield, MI (US); and Patrick Holmes, Southfield, MI (US)
Assigned to Magna Electronics, LLC, Southfield, MI (US)
Filed by Magna Electronics, LLC, Southfield, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/010,919.
Application 17/010,919 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/131,857, filed on Sep. 14, 2018, granted, now 11,307,294.
Prior Publication US 2020/0400789 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. G01C 3/08 (2006.01); B60W 30/02 (2012.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01)
CPC G01S 7/4817 (2013.01) [B60W 30/02 (2013.01); G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A scanning assembly for a detection system for a vehicle, comprising:
a base configured to attach the scanning assembly to the vehicle;
a scanning fixture including a mirror having a reflective surface, the mirror having a first central axis and a second central axis running orthogonal to the first central axis;
a first flexible sheet extending along a first plane between a first end and a second end of the first flexible sheet, the first end attached to the scanning assembly on a first side of the first central axis and the second end attached to the base on a second side of the first central axis, the second side opposite the first side; and
a second flexible sheet elongated along a second plane between a third end and a fourth end of the second flexible sheet, the third end attached to the scanning assembly on the second side of the first central axis and the fourth end attached to the base on the first side of the first central axis,
wherein:
the first flexible sheet is configured to flex along the first plane when the scanning assembly oscillates around the first central axis;
the second flexible sheet is configured to flex, independent of the first flexible sheet, along the second plane when the scanning assembly oscillates around the first central axis; and
the first flexible sheet and the second flexible sheet are elongated in the direction of the second central axis such that the first flexible sheet and second flexible sheet flex in torsion when the scanning assembly oscillates around the second central axis.