US 12,263,778 B2
Bracket attachment structure
Yuuri Oyabu, Tokyo (JP); Masaki Ando, Tokyo (JP); Yuki Sasanuma, Tokyo (JP); Takato Watanabe, Tokyo (JP); and Keishi Shiomi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP); and HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP); and HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/785,958.
Prior Publication US 2025/0033555 A1, Jan. 30, 2025
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 1/0023 (2013.01) 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bracket attachment structure that detachably attaches a bracket to an outer lens that is attached to a lamp housing and constitutes a lamp chamber in which a lamp unit is disposed between the outer lens and the lamp housing, wherein
the outer lens includes a recessed part recessed toward the lamp housing side,
the bracket includes: a bracket main body including a front surface to which a radar unit is detachably attached and a rear surface on a side opposite to a the front surface, the bracket main body being disposed in the recessed part in a state where the rear surface and a bottom surface of the recessed part face each other; and an extension part extending from an other end side on a side opposite to one end side of the bracket main body to an outside of the recessed part and detachably fixed to an attachment partner,
an engaged part is provided in one of an inner wall of the recessed part and the one end side of the bracket main body,
an engaging part that engages with the engaged part is provided in the other of the inner wall of the recessed part and the one end side of the bracket main body,
one of a bottom surface of the recessed part of the outer lens and the bracket main body is provided with a restricting part protruding toward the other,
a fitting recessed part into which the restricting part is inserted and fitted is provided in the other of the bottom surface of the recessed part of the outer lens and the bracket main body, and
the bracket is fixed to the outer lens in a state where the engaging part is engaged with the engaged part, the extension part is fixed to the attachment partner, and the restricting part is inserted into and fitted in the fitting recessed part.