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Placement structure for peripheral information detecting sensor, and self-driving vehicle

  • US 10,073,178 B2
  • Filed: 01/27/2016
  • Issued: 09/11/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sensor placement structure comprising:

  • a vehicle skeleton member of a vehicle, the vehicle skeleton member having a closed cross-section defining a hollow chamber that is bounded on all sides by walls of the vehicle skeleton member;

    a peripheral information detecting sensor that is mounted to a vehicle outer side of the vehicle skeleton member, the peripheral information detecting sensor having a detecting section that detects information about a periphery of the vehicle;

    a cover that covers the peripheral information detecting sensor from the vehicle outer side of the peripheral information detecting sensor, the cover being composed of a material that is transmissive of a detection medium that is detected by the detecting section; and

    a wire harness extending from the peripheral information detecting sensor and disposed along an outer surface of the vehicle skeleton member, whereina guide groove, in which the wire harness is placed, is formed in the outer surface of the vehicle skeleton member.

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