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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2017
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kosuke Sakakibara, Toyota, JP;
Masanobu Ohmi, Kasugai, JP;
Seiji Yamamoto, Seto, JP;
Yoshiaki Matsumura, Toyota, JP;
Kazuki Sugie, Miyoshi, JP;
Misato Kinoshita, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular object detection device including: a rocker section that extends substantially along a vehicle front-rear direction, at a lower side of a side section of a vehicle, and that is configured by plural rocker configuration members; and an object detection sensor that is disposed in the rocker section and that detects an object at at least one of a side or the lower side of the vehicle, wherein: among the plural rocker configuration members, a rocker configuration member disposed at a vehicle width direction outer side of the object detection sensor is configured by a resin, or the rocker configuration member disposed at the vehicle width direction outer side of the object detection sensor is formed with a detection opening that is open toward a vehicle outer side at a position corresponding to a transceiver of the object detection sensor.