Sensor Mounting Structure with Box Housing for Vehicle Panel Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sensor mounting structures face spatial constraints due to the attachment of brackets on the back and undersurface of the radar, limiting flexibility in mounting locations and increasing interference with peripheral components.
Innovation Solution
A sensor mounting structure featuring a box-shaped housing with fastening portions extending from its walls, allowing secure attachment to the vehicle's outer panel while minimizing interference with other components, and optionally including a connector and cleaning nozzle for efficient use of space.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If brackets are attached to the back surface and undersurface of the radar for mounting, then the radar can be securely attached to the vehicle body, but there is large spatial constraint and interference with peripheral components
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is divided into multiple wall surfaces with fastening portions distributed across different surfaces. This segmentation allows the sensor to be mounted on various vehicle locations without requiring all fastening portions to be on the same surface, thereby reducing spatial constraints while maintaining secure attachment.
Solution Approach 2:
Fastening portions are distributed across multiple dimensional surfaces of the housing rather than concentrated on single surfaces. This multi-dimensional distribution enables flexible mounting orientations and locations, transforming the mounting approach from planar to spatial, thereby improving adaptability while maintaining attachment strength.
2Reliability
If fastening portions are provided on all wall surfaces of the housing, then secure attachment is achieved, but interference with peripheral components increases
Solution Approach 1:
Fastening portions are selectively provided only on necessary wall surfaces rather than all surfaces. This local quality approach ensures adequate attachment reliability while minimizing the presence of fastening portions that could interfere with peripheral components, optimizing the balance between security and spatial clearance.
3Adaptability or versatility
If connectors and nozzles are disposed on separate wall surfaces, then space utilization is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Functional components such as connectors and nozzles are segregated to different wall surfaces of the housing. This segmentation optimizes space utilization by distributing components across available surfaces, reducing crowding while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure through modular placement.
Data Source
AI summary
A sensor mounting structure includes: a sensor body that detects peripheral information in relation to a vehicle; and a housing that is formed in a box shape, covers the sensor body from an outer side, and is attached to an outer panel of the vehicle, wherein fastening portions extend from wall surfaces of the housing at one end side and another end side in a direction along the outer panel, and the fastening portions are fastened to the outer panel by fastening members.