Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic sensor and obstacle detection apparatus
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Application No.: US15749566Application Date: 2015-08-31
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Publication No.: US10246010B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Satoru Inoue , Takashi Ohsawa , Masato Kurahashi
- Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/074713 WO 20150831
- International Announcement: WO2017/037838 WO 20170309
- Main IPC: B60Q1/52
- IPC: B60Q1/52 ; B60R19/48 ; B60R21/00 ; G01S7/521 ; G01S15/93 ; B60R19/50 ; B60R21/013

Abstract:
An ultrasonic sensor (10) includes a transmission and reception unit (11) for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave, a holder (12) and an attachment (13) for fixing the transmission and reception unit (11) to the bumper (1) of a vehicle, and light source units (14a, 14b) mounted in a back side of the bumper (1). The holder (12) is shaped so as to be exposed on a surface of the bumper (1), and guides light beams emitted by the light source units (14a, 14b) to the surface of the bumper (1), to project the light beams from a light projecting surface (12a) to the outside of the vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180222382A1 ULTRASONIC SENSOR AND OBSTACLE DETECTION APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-08-09
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