US 12,240,398 B2
Attachment structure of vehicular module to ceiling of vehicle cabin
Ryota Nakamura, Tokyo (JP); Tomoya Kanagawa, Tokyo (JP); and Kousei Kawamura, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/744,154.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-089846 (JP), filed on May 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0379831 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 21/015 (2006.01); B60Q 3/51 (2017.01); B60R 7/04 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); B60R 21/055 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/01512 (2014.10) [B60Q 3/51 (2017.02); B60R 7/04 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60R 11/00 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0028 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0045 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0075 (2013.01); B60R 11/0264 (2013.01); B60R 21/0153 (2014.10); B60R 21/01532 (2014.10); B60R 21/055 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An attachment structure of a vehicular module to a ceiling of a vehicle cabin of a vehicle, the attachment structure comprising:
a design member configured to attach, to the ceiling, the module comprising an in-cabin sensor configured to perform detection in the vehicle cabin,
the design member comprising
a securing portion configured to be secured to a vehicle-body ceiling member of the vehicle or an interior ceiling member disposed on a vehicle cabin side of the vehicle-body ceiling member,
a downward protrusion protruding downward from the securing portion, and
a design constituent extending from the downward protrusion and covering the securing portion so as to constitute a design as the design member,
wherein in an accommodating space defined between the downward protrusion and the design constituent, the in-cabin sensor is supported by the design member in such a manner that, above the accommodating space, a gap is left between the in-cabin sensor and the vehicle-body ceiling member or between the in-cabin sensor and the interior ceiling member.