VEHICLE FORWARD INFORMATION ACQUIRING DEVICE
First Claim
1. A vehicle forward information acquiring device, comprising:
- a vehicle forward information acquiring sensor;
a bracket fixed on an inner surface of a windshield; and
a cover positioned on a side opposite to the windshield through intermediation of the bracket so as to cover the vehicle forward information acquiring sensor,wherein the cover is mounted to the bracket by being moved up to a preset position along the bracket in a predetermined direction defined along the inner surface of the windshield,wherein one of the bracket and the cover comprises a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion spaced apart from each other in the predetermined direction,wherein another one of the bracket and the cover comprises a first engaged portion and a second engaged portion spaced apart from each other in the predetermined direction,wherein the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are engaged with the first engaged portion and the second engaged portion, respectively, through movement of the cover along the bracket in the predetermined direction,wherein under a state in which the first engaging portion and the first engaged portion are engaged with each other, at least one of the first engaging portion and the first engaged portion is elastically deformed by another one of the first engaging portion and the first engaged portion to generate a first elastic force of mutually pressing the bracket and the cover,wherein under a state in which the second engaging portion and the second engaged portion are engaged with each other, at least one of the second engaging portion and the second engaged portion is elastically deformed by another one of the second engaging portion and the second engaged portion to generate a second elastic force of mutually pressing the bracket and the cover,wherein the first elastic force and the second elastic force are changed through the movement of the cover along the bracket in the predetermined direction, andwherein a position of the cover on the bracket when the first elastic force becomes a maximum value is different from a position of the cover on the bracket when the second elastic force becomes a maximum value.
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Abstract
A vehicle forward information acquiring device includes a bracket fixed to a windshield, a cover mounted to the bracket by being moved along the bracket in one direction, and a vehicle forward information acquiring sensor accommodated between the bracket and the cover. The cover is mounted to the bracket while being pressed against the bracket by a first elastic force and a second elastic force generated when a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion formed on the cover are respectively engaged with a first engaged portion and a second engaged portion formed on the bracket. A position of the cover on the bracket when the first elastic force becomes a maximum value is different from a position of the cover on the bracket when the second elastic force becomes a maximum value.
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7 Claims
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1. A vehicle forward information acquiring device, comprising:
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a vehicle forward information acquiring sensor; a bracket fixed on an inner surface of a windshield; and a cover positioned on a side opposite to the windshield through intermediation of the bracket so as to cover the vehicle forward information acquiring sensor, wherein the cover is mounted to the bracket by being moved up to a preset position along the bracket in a predetermined direction defined along the inner surface of the windshield, wherein one of the bracket and the cover comprises a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion spaced apart from each other in the predetermined direction, wherein another one of the bracket and the cover comprises a first engaged portion and a second engaged portion spaced apart from each other in the predetermined direction, wherein the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are engaged with the first engaged portion and the second engaged portion, respectively, through movement of the cover along the bracket in the predetermined direction, wherein under a state in which the first engaging portion and the first engaged portion are engaged with each other, at least one of the first engaging portion and the first engaged portion is elastically deformed by another one of the first engaging portion and the first engaged portion to generate a first elastic force of mutually pressing the bracket and the cover, wherein under a state in which the second engaging portion and the second engaged portion are engaged with each other, at least one of the second engaging portion and the second engaged portion is elastically deformed by another one of the second engaging portion and the second engaged portion to generate a second elastic force of mutually pressing the bracket and the cover, wherein the first elastic force and the second elastic force are changed through the movement of the cover along the bracket in the predetermined direction, and wherein a position of the cover on the bracket when the first elastic force becomes a maximum value is different from a position of the cover on the bracket when the second elastic force becomes a maximum value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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