Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Yasusi Nagano

Hiroshi Urase

Naoya Azuma

An ultrasonic sensor includes a transceiver device for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves; a circuit board mounted with an electronic circuit processing ultrasonic signals transmitted and received through the transceiver device; a housing including a device storing portion storing the transceiver device, a board storing portion storing the circuit board and a communication hole for bringing the device storing portion and the board storing portion into communication with each other, the board storing portion having an opening; and an electric connection unit extending through the communication hole to electrically interconnect the transceiver device and the circuit board. A cover member is installed in the opening of the board storing portion to hermetically seal the board storing portion.

Ultrasonic sensor

An ultrasonic sensor is provided at a bumperof a vehicleand used in a vehicle obstacle detectorthat detects the presence of an obstacle within a detection area by transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves. The ultrasonic sensor includes a piezoelectric elementconfigured to transmit and receive the ultrasonic waves by using vibrations of a piezoelectric substrate and a plate-shaped acoustic matching layeron one surfaceof which the piezoelectric element is attached. The ultrasonic sensor is inserted in a mounting hole formed through the mounting surface. Another surfaceof the acoustic matching layeropposite to the one surfaceis inclined with respect to the one surfaceon which the piezoelectric element is attached, and is formed to be parallel with the outer surface of the bumper

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Mie, Japan

Yasusi Nagano