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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2020
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
An in-vehicle device includes a housing having an opening, an openable and closable cover disposed over the opening, a sealing member disposed around the opening such that the sealing member is held between the housing and the cover when the cover is closed, at least one first vibration sensor to measure mechanical vibration of the cover, and a degradation determiner to determine whether any degradation occurs in the sealing member. The degradation determiner determines whether any degradation occurs in the sealing member on the basis of the mechanical vibration measured by the at least one first vibration sensor while the cover is closed.