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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2021
Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren Gmbh, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Sylvio Salomon, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Abstract
An ultrasonic sensor assembly () for a motor vehicle () comprises: an ultrasonic sensor () having a housing (), an ultrasonic membrane () mechanically decoupled from the housing () and a sound transducer element () for exciting vibrations and detecting vibrations of the ultrasonic membrane (); and a screen section () arranged in front of the ultrasonic membrane () and made of an acoustic metamaterial. The metamaterial is preferably a broadband metamaterial, which can be tunneled in a non-resonant manner in an angular range. The screen section () may preferably be formed in a shaped part (), such as a bodywork metal sheet of the exterior skin or an interior paneling, of the motor vehicle ().