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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
May. 17, 2007
Masaru Hoshina, Toyota, JP;
Hironori Koeda, Gifu, JP;
Toshio Nakaike, Hiroshima, JP;
Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., Hiroshima-Shi, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
An entrapment prevention sensor detecting an entrapment of an obstacle between an opening and closing door of a vehicle constituting a first member and including a corner portion and a periphery of a body opening portion constituting a second member, includes a protector including an assembly portion and a hollow portion, the assembly portion assembled onto a fitting flange provided at one of the first and second members, the assembly portion prevented from being provided at the corner portion, a sensor main body accommodated within the hollow portion, and a corner member provided at the corner portion and including a receiving portion and a fixed plate portion, the receiving portion having a hollow and curved shape corresponding to a shape of the corner portion and accommodating the sensor main body, the fixed plate portion including a clip bore and fixed to the fitting flange by means of a clip.