US 12,339,388 B2
Vehicle exterior component and electromagnetic wave radar system
Shunsuke Aoyama, Kiyosu (JP); Koji Okumura, Kiyosu (JP); and Takeshi Sugiyama, Nara (JP)
Assigned to TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-pref. (JP)
Filed by TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Kiyosu (JP)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/181,995.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-056106 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0314558 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G01S 13/931 (2020.01); G01S 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 7/028 (2021.05) [G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 2013/93271 (2020.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle exterior component configured to be used in a vehicle on which a radar device is mounted, the radar device emitting and receiving electromagnetic waves, the vehicle exterior component comprising:
a cover configured to be arranged forward of the radar device in an emission direction of the electromagnetic waves;
a housing that covers a rear surface of the cover; and
a substrate arranged in the housing, wherein
the substrate includes a light emitting unit configured to emit visible light,
the cover forms an angle in a range of 0° to 5° with respect to an orthogonal plane that is orthogonal to the emission direction, and
a rear wall of the housing faces the cover in the emission direction and forms an angle in a range of 2° to 10° with respect to the orthogonal plane.