US20150123819A1 - Parking sensor device - Google Patents
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- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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- the present invention relates to a sensor device, and more particularly to a parking sensor device that can be fabricated quickly and has desirable structural strength.
- Parking sensor devices are widely equipped in vehicles.
- a conventional parking sensor device is usually mounted on a bumper of a vehicle for detecting any barriers around the vehicle, which decreases visual dead spaces of which a vehicle driver cannot be aware.
- a conventional way for fabricating a parking sensor device is complicated. Furthermore, the whole structural strength of the fabricated parking sensor device is undesirable. When a caring equipped with the parking sensor device is moving, the parking sensor device easily to disassemble accidentally.
- the present invention provides a parking sensor device to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned problems.
- the main objective of the invention is to provide a parking sensor device that can be fabricated quickly and has desirable structural strength.
- a parking sensor device in accordance with the present invention can be mounted on a bumper of a vehicle and has a casing, a front cover, a sensor module and an assembling clamp.
- the casing has two first hooking elements.
- the front cover is mounted on the casing.
- the sensor module is mounted in the casing and the front cover.
- the assembling clamp detachably engages the casing and has two second hooking elements.
- the second hooking elements selectively hook the first hooking elements of the casing respectively.
- the casing and the assembling clamp are engaged quickly with each other, thereby facilitating the easy fabrication of the parking sensor device and improving the convenience of maintenance of the parking sensor device.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a parking sensor device in accordance with the present invention
- FIG. 2 is another perspective view of the parking sensor in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the parking sensor in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 4 is another exploded perspective view of the parking sensor in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 5 is a partially exploded side view of the parking sensor device in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 6 is a side view of the parking sensor in FIG. 6 ;
- FIG. 7 is an operational cross sectional side view of the parking sensor device in FIG. 1 showing that a casing is halfway engaging a assembling clamp;
- FIG. 8 is an operational cross sectional side view of the parking sensor device in FIG. 7 showing that the casing engages the assembling clamp completely.
- a parking sensor device in accordance with the present invention may be mounted on a bumper of a vehicle and comprises a casing 10 , a front cover 20 , a sensor module 30 , a circuit board 40 , an assembling clamp 50 and a cable assembly 60 .
- the casing 10 has a top, a bottom, a front, a rear, a sleeve 11 , a cavity 100 , two first hooking elements 12 , 13 , a chamber 101 , an opening 105 , multiple fastening elements 14 and a cap 15 .
- the sleeve 11 is formed on the front of the casing 10 and has multiple positioning recesses 111 defined in a front end of the sleeve 11 .
- the cavity 100 is defined in and surrounded by the sleeve 11 of the casing 10 .
- the first hooking elements 12 , 13 are formed respectively on the top and the bottom of the casing 10 .
- the chamber 101 is defined in the casing 10 .
- the opening 105 is defined through the casing 10 close to the rear and communicates with the chamber 101 .
- the fastening elements 14 are formed on and protrude from the casing 10 .
- the cap 15 is mounted detachably on the opening 105 so that the opening 105 may be covered by the cap 15 .
- the cap 15 has multiple fastening tabs 151 formed on and protruding from the cap 15 and corresponding to the fastening elements 14 .
- Each fastening tab 151 has a fastening hole 152 defined through the fastening tab 151 and engaging a corresponding fastening element 14 .
- the front cover 20 is mounted on the front of the casing 10 and has a through hole 200 defined through the front cover 20 .
- the sensor module 30 is mounted in the cavity 100 of the casing 10 and the through hole 200 of the front cover 20 .
- the sensor module 30 may be an ultrasonic sensor module and may have a mounting bracket 31 and an ultrasonic transducer 35 .
- the mounting bracket 31 is mounted in the sleeve 11 of the casing 10 and has an inner space 310 and multiple positioning protrusions 311 .
- the inner space 310 is defined in the mounting bracket 31 .
- the multiple positioning protrusions 311 are formed on and protrude radially from the mounting bracket 31 and respectively engaging the positioning recesses 111 of the casing 10 .
- the ultrasonic transducer 35 is mounted in the inner space 31 of the mounting bracket 31 .
- the circuit board 40 is mounted in the chamber 101 of the casing 10 and is connected electrically to the sensor module 30 .
- the circuit board 40 may have electric components such as a central process unit and a random access memory to process signals from the sensor module 30 .
- the assembling clamp 50 detachably engages the rear of the casing 10 and has a mounting space 500 and may further have a base board 51 , two extension boards 52 , 53 and two slots 56 .
- the mounting space 500 is defined in the assembling clamp 50 , detachably engages the rear of the casing 10 , and has an inner surface and two second hooking elements 521 , 531 .
- the second hooking elements 521 , 531 are formed on the inner surface of the mounting space 500 , are opposite to each other, and selectively hook the first hooking elements 12 , 13 of the casing 10 respectively.
- the first hooking elements 12 , 13 move across and respectively hook the second hooking elements 521 , 531 to prevent the casing 10 from falling out of the assembling clamp 50 .
- the extension boards 52 , 53 are formed oppositely on and protrude respectively from two ends of the base board 51 .
- the mounting space 500 is defined among the base board 51 and the extension boards 52 , 53 .
- the second hooking elements 521 , 531 are formed respectively on the extension boards 52 , 53 .
- each extension board 52 , 53 may further have two limiting guides 525 , 535 formed on the extension board 52 , 53 .
- Each slot 56 is defined through the base board 51 and one of the extension boards 52 , 53 of the assembling clamp 50 to make the extension boards 52 , 53 of the assembling clamp 50 light-weighted and slightly resilient for deformation, thereby facilitating hooking the first hooking elements 12 , 13 to the second hooking elements 521 , 531 .
- the casing 10 and the assembling clamp 50 are engaged quickly with each other through the first hooking elements 12 , 13 and the second hooking elements 521 , 531 , thereby facilitating the easy fabrication of the parking sensor device and improving the convenience of maintenance of the parking sensor device. Furthermore, the assembling clamp 50 covers the casing 10 and the cap 15 to improve the combination strength of the casing 10 and the cap 15 so increasing the whole structural strength of the parking sensor device.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to a sensor device, and more particularly to a parking sensor device that can be fabricated quickly and has desirable structural strength.
- 2. Description of Related Art
- Parking sensor devices are widely equipped in vehicles. A conventional parking sensor device is usually mounted on a bumper of a vehicle for detecting any barriers around the vehicle, which decreases visual dead spaces of which a vehicle driver cannot be aware.
- A conventional way for fabricating a parking sensor device is complicated. Furthermore, the whole structural strength of the fabricated parking sensor device is undesirable. When a caring equipped with the parking sensor device is moving, the parking sensor device easily to disassemble accidentally.
- To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention provides a parking sensor device to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned problems.
- The main objective of the invention is to provide a parking sensor device that can be fabricated quickly and has desirable structural strength.
- A parking sensor device in accordance with the present invention can be mounted on a bumper of a vehicle and has a casing, a front cover, a sensor module and an assembling clamp. The casing has two first hooking elements. The front cover is mounted on the casing. The sensor module is mounted in the casing and the front cover. The assembling clamp detachably engages the casing and has two second hooking elements. The second hooking elements selectively hook the first hooking elements of the casing respectively. The casing and the assembling clamp are engaged quickly with each other, thereby facilitating the easy fabrication of the parking sensor device and improving the convenience of maintenance of the parking sensor device.
- Other objectives, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a parking sensor device in accordance with the present invention; -
FIG. 2 is another perspective view of the parking sensor inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the parking sensor inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 4 is another exploded perspective view of the parking sensor inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 5 is a partially exploded side view of the parking sensor device inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 6 is a side view of the parking sensor inFIG. 6 ; -
FIG. 7 is an operational cross sectional side view of the parking sensor device inFIG. 1 showing that a casing is halfway engaging a assembling clamp; and -
FIG. 8 is an operational cross sectional side view of the parking sensor device inFIG. 7 showing that the casing engages the assembling clamp completely. - With reference to
FIGS. 1 to 3 and 9, a parking sensor device in accordance with the present invention may be mounted on a bumper of a vehicle and comprises acasing 10, afront cover 20, asensor module 30, acircuit board 40, an assemblingclamp 50 and a cable assembly 60. - The
casing 10 has a top, a bottom, a front, a rear, asleeve 11, acavity 100, twofirst hooking elements chamber 101, an opening 105,multiple fastening elements 14 and acap 15. - The
sleeve 11 is formed on the front of thecasing 10 and hasmultiple positioning recesses 111 defined in a front end of thesleeve 11. - The
cavity 100 is defined in and surrounded by thesleeve 11 of thecasing 10. - The
first hooking elements casing 10. - The
chamber 101 is defined in thecasing 10. - The
opening 105 is defined through thecasing 10 close to the rear and communicates with thechamber 101. - The
fastening elements 14 are formed on and protrude from thecasing 10. - The
cap 15 is mounted detachably on the opening 105 so that the opening 105 may be covered by thecap 15. Thecap 15 hasmultiple fastening tabs 151 formed on and protruding from thecap 15 and corresponding to thefastening elements 14. Eachfastening tab 151 has afastening hole 152 defined through thefastening tab 151 and engaging acorresponding fastening element 14. - The
front cover 20 is mounted on the front of thecasing 10 and has a throughhole 200 defined through thefront cover 20. - The
sensor module 30 is mounted in thecavity 100 of thecasing 10 and the throughhole 200 of thefront cover 20. Thesensor module 30 may be an ultrasonic sensor module and may have amounting bracket 31 and anultrasonic transducer 35. - The
mounting bracket 31 is mounted in thesleeve 11 of thecasing 10 and has aninner space 310 andmultiple positioning protrusions 311. Theinner space 310 is defined in themounting bracket 31. Themultiple positioning protrusions 311 are formed on and protrude radially from themounting bracket 31 and respectively engaging thepositioning recesses 111 of thecasing 10. - The
ultrasonic transducer 35 is mounted in theinner space 31 of themounting bracket 31. - The
circuit board 40 is mounted in thechamber 101 of thecasing 10 and is connected electrically to thesensor module 30. Thecircuit board 40 may have electric components such as a central process unit and a random access memory to process signals from thesensor module 30. - With further reference to
FIG. 4 , the assemblingclamp 50 detachably engages the rear of thecasing 10 and has amounting space 500 and may further have abase board 51, twoextension boards slots 56. - The
mounting space 500 is defined in the assemblingclamp 50, detachably engages the rear of thecasing 10, and has an inner surface and twosecond hooking elements second hooking elements mounting space 500, are opposite to each other, and selectively hook thefirst hooking elements casing 10 respectively. When thecasing 10 enters themounting space 500 of the assemblingclamp 50, thefirst hooking elements second hooking elements casing 10 from falling out of the assemblingclamp 50. - The
extension boards base board 51. Themounting space 500 is defined among thebase board 51 and theextension boards second hooking elements extension boards extension board limiting guides extension board casing 10 enters themounting space 500 of the assemblingclamp 50, thecasing 10 is limited to move between the twolimiting guides extension board clamp 50. - Each
slot 56 is defined through thebase board 51 and one of theextension boards clamp 50 to make theextension boards clamp 50 light-weighted and slightly resilient for deformation, thereby facilitating hooking thefirst hooking elements second hooking elements - The
casing 10 and the assemblingclamp 50 are engaged quickly with each other through thefirst hooking elements second hooking elements clamp 50 covers thecasing 10 and thecap 15 to improve the combination strength of thecasing 10 and thecap 15 so increasing the whole structural strength of the parking sensor device. - Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative only. Changes may be made in the details, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
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