US 12,449,523 B2
Ultrasonic sensor
Masayoshi Satake, Nisshin (JP); Yu Koyama, Nisshin (JP); Tetsuya Aoyama, Kariya (JP); and Mitsumasa Miyazaki, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/357,368.
Application 18/357,368 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/046051, filed on Dec. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-010461 (JP), filed on Jan. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0366999 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G01S 7/521 (2006.01); G01S 15/931 (2020.01)
CPC G01S 7/521 (2013.01) [G01S 15/931 (2013.01); G01S 2015/938 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasonic sensor installable to a vehicle comprising:
a magnetic body capable of ultrasonic vibration; and
an electric-magnetic converter having a conversion function between an oscillating magnetic field corresponding to the ultrasonic vibration of the magnetic body and an electrical signal; wherein
the magnetic body is located on an outer surface side of an outer plate of the vehicle, which is the surface facing an external space of the vehicle; and
the electric-magnetic converter is located to face the magnetic body with the outer plate interposed therebetween on an inner surface side, which is a back surface of the outer surface of the outer plate.