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In-vehicle radar device and cover for in-vehicle radar device

  • US 8,368,587 B2
  • Filed: 02/22/2012
  • Issued: 02/05/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An in-vehicle radar device which radiates electromagnetic waves and receives reflected waves, from an object, of the electromagnetic waves so as to detect a location of the object and which is mounted on a rear of a vehicle, the in-vehicle radar device comprising:

  • a transmission-and-reception section that transmits the electromagnetic waves and receives the reflected waves;

    a detection section that detects the location of the object based on the reflected waves; and

    a cover member that is provided below a rear bumper of the vehicle and that covers the transmission-and-reception section in a manner that a rear surface of the cover member faces a transmission-and-reception surface of the transmission-and-reception section so as to be spaced apart therefrom, whereinthe cover member includes at leasta cover portion that is formed from a material through which electromagnetic waves are transmitted and that covers the transmission-and-reception surface, anda lower protrusion portion that is provided below the cover portion and formed so as to protrude beyond a surface side of the cover member with respect to the cover portion, the lower portion having a convex shape and the cover portion having a concave shape.

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