CN205484774U - A radar sensor subassembly for machine - Google Patents

A radar sensor subassembly for machine Download PDF

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CN205484774U
CN205484774U CN201620103067.2U CN201620103067U CN205484774U CN 205484774 U CN205484774 U CN 205484774U CN 201620103067 U CN201620103067 U CN 201620103067U CN 205484774 U CN205484774 U CN 205484774U
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M·A·麦克塔维什
F·戈拉耶
L·奥拉鲁
H·阿里
T·G·中西
D·J·弗雷里克斯
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    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01SRADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01SRADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01SRADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S13/00Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
    • G01S13/88Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications
    • G01S13/93Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes
    • G01S13/931Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles
    • G01S2013/9327Sensor installation details
    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01SRADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S13/00Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
    • G01S13/88Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications
    • G01S13/93Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes
    • G01S13/931Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles
    • G01S2013/9327Sensor installation details
    • G01S2013/93271Sensor installation details in the front of the vehicles
    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01SRADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S13/00Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
    • G01S13/88Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications
    • G01S13/93Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes
    • G01S13/931Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles
    • G01S2013/9327Sensor installation details
    • G01S2013/93272Sensor installation details in the back of the vehicles
    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01SRADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S13/00Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
    • G01S13/88Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications
    • G01S13/93Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes
    • G01S13/931Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles
    • G01S2013/9327Sensor installation details
    • G01S2013/93274Sensor installation details on the side of the vehicles

Abstract

The utility model relates to a radar sensor subassembly for machine, it includes shell, radar sensor, radar sensor support and bush, radar sensor includes signal reception unit and installation department, the radar sensor support includes that bottom plate and sensor keep the portion, the radar sensor support is used for supporting radar sensor for signal reception unit is towards the transparent cap of shell and the installation department keeps the portion towards the sensor, the bush holds in the shell and hold the radar sensor support, the bush is including the base portion that has first side and second side, first side covers the support side of shell basically, second side is including a plurality of archs, wherein a plurality of bellied each all have and be about 1 greatly: 1 the bottom with the height the ratio. Adopt the utility model discloses can alleviate cross talk to consequently, the degree of accuracy of object detection improves.

Description

Radar sensor assembly for machine
Technical field
This utility model relates generally to the vehicle-installed obstacle detecting system for machine.More specifically, this utility model relates to the lining of a kind of radar sensor assembly for machine.
Background technology
The heavy-duty machines such as such as wheel loader, off-highway haul truck, excavator, motor-driven grader and other earth moving machine are used for performing various task.The movement of some position that the task of heavy-duty machines is usually directed in building site and stopping.It addition, such as the barrier such as light vehicle or other objects is owing to noticing and moving about at heavy-duty machines to be common entirely without by operator.When barrier is not noted, it is understood that there may be the risk that heavy-duty machines and barrier collide.
Existing known system includes using such as radar (radio detection and range finding) and/or other detection techniques to detect barrier to prevent from clashing into and the system of warning.These systems detect the barrier in working environment in the case of being often used in need not visual touch.The application of these detection techniques is extended to be included in passive and active both CAS and uses.In these crashproof application, detecting system barrier in the path detecting mobile machine.When an obstacle is detected, take appropriate measure to avoid and mobile machine collision.These measures can include closing mobile machine, changing the mobile route of machine or only send the alarm of collision threat to the operator moving machine.
Arranging and operating environment based on system performance, threshold value, conventional system may easily produce false alarm.Therefore, the challenge for the CAS of use conventional inspection systems is minimizing of false alarm.Such as, in the environment of metal object high concentration, these objects may be revealed as the barrier of CAS mistakenly.
No. 8,432,309 United States Patent (USP) (hereinafter referred to as ' 309 patent) discloses the radar system for vehicle.This radar system includes being contained in and the transmitter unit moulded in the shell that damper material flushes and receiver unit, to absorb radio wave that is that can rebound and/or that reflect in the enclosure.But, the radar system of ' 309 patent includes effectiveness and the performance of the sensor with signals leakiness and noise, signals leakiness and lower noise radar system.
Summary of the invention
This utility model relates to a kind of radar sensor assembly for machine, to efficiently reduce the generation of erroneous detection signal.
Radar sensor assembly for machine of the present utility model includes that shell, described shell include support-side and transparent cap;Described radar sensor assembly also includes radar sensor, radar sensor support and lining;Described radar sensor includes signal receiving part and installation portion;Described radar sensor support includes that base plate and sensor maintaining part, described radar sensor support are used for supporting radar sensor so that signal receiving part is towards transparent cap and installation portion towards sensor maintaining part;Described lining is contained in shell and for accommodating described radar sensor support;Additionally, described lining includes having the first side and the base portion of the second side, the support-side of described first side covering shell, described second side includes that multiple projection, each in the plurality of projection have the bottom of 1:1 and the ratio of height.
Technical scheme mentioned above can reduce signals leakiness and thus improve the degree of accuracy of target detection.
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Fig. 1 is the diagrammatic view of the machine including radar sensor assembly according to concept of the present utility model;
Fig. 2 is the perspective view of radar sensor assembly in the Fig. 1 according to concept of the present utility model;
Fig. 3 is the decomposition view of radar sensor assembly in the Fig. 2 according to concept of the present utility model;
Fig. 4 is the perspective view of the lining of radar sensor assembly in the Fig. 3 according to concept of the present utility model;
Fig. 5 is perspective view and the zoomed-in view of multiple projections of lining in the Fig. 4 according to concept of the present utility model.
Detailed description of the invention
With reference to Fig. 1, it is shown that the machine 10 being positioned on building site 14 and barrier 12.Building site 14 can be ground, ore deposit, landfill yard, stone pit, construction site or another type of building site as known in the art.Although machine 10 is depicted as off-highway haul truck, but it is contemplated that machine 10 can be another type of heavy-duty machines, such as wheel loader, excavator or motor-driven grader.Barrier 12 is described as service vehicle (service vehicle).It is contemplated that barrier 12 can be another type of barrier, such as shuttle or passenger vehicle.Machine 10 can include framework 16, dump body 18, driver's cabin 20, front component 22, wheel assembly 24, power supply (not shown) and radar sensor assembly 26.Framework 16 is configured to support dump body 18 and the driver's cabin 20 of machine 10.Driver's cabin 20 is installed on framework 16, and operator's console (not shown) is positioned in driver's cabin 20.Operator's console (not shown) can include various operator's input equipment, to control and to monitor the operation of machine 10.Additionally, framework 16 includes such as support shaft assembly (not shown), it is pivotably supported again front component 22 and wheel assembly 24.The propulsion die (not shown) of such as electromotor or electromotor, can be used to make wheel assembly 22 and 24 driveably rotate, to be advanced along required direction by machine 10.Framework 16 also supports dump body 18.Dump body 18 tiltable is between down position and/or lifting position, to be dumped away from dump body 18 by material in a conventional manner.
Additionally, machine 10 also includes radar sensor assembly 26, it may be mounted to that the front of machine 10, the back side or side or above-mentioned combination in any.Radar sensor assembly 26 is configured to whether detection exists one or more barrier near machine 10.It should be understood that radar sensor assembly 26 is provided with the information of 10 surroundings that shut down for operator.
With reference to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, radar sensor assembly 26 includes shell 28, lining 30, radar sensor support 32, radar sensor 34 and transparent cap 36.Shell 28 includes support-side 38, pair of sidewalls 40 and second pair of sidewall 42.Pair of sidewalls 40 is configured to relative to each other and parallel.Second pair of sidewall 42 is configured to relative to each other and parallel.Pair of sidewalls 40 and second pair of sidewall 42 are configured and arranged to open the form of box.Shell 28 is made up of metal such as steel, aluminum or other material known in the art.Sidewall 40,42 and support-side 38 may be bonded together by welding or other metal joining techniques known in the art.Shell 28 includes four installation portions 44, in order to install radar sensor support 32 and radar sensor 34.Installation portion 44 is attached in the support-side 38 of shell 28.Installation portion 44 includes internal thread hole, for installing screw 46(Fig. 2).Although providing four installation portions 44 in this utility model, but it is anticipated that three installation portions can also be installed on radar sensor support 32.Shell 28 can further include four holes 48, and each sidewall in described pair of sidewalls 40 is offered two hole 48(Fig. 3 respectively).Hole 48 is provided to be easy to be fastened on machine 10 radar sensor assembly 26.
Lining 30 is assemblied in inside shell 28 and is configured to receive radar sensor support 32, in order to radar sensor support 32 can cover on lining 30.Lining 30 includes the longitudinal wall of base portion 50, first 52, second longitudinal wall the 54, the 3rd longitudinal wall 58 of longitudinal wall the 56, the 4th and flange part 60.Described longitudinal wall 52 and 56 spaced apart and parallel to each other.Described longitudinal wall 54 and 58 spaced apart and parallel to each other.Base portion 50 is equipped with multiple protruding 62, and this projection 62 is configured to absorb the ripple of about 24 gigahertz order of magnitude frequencies.In addition, lining 30 includes that the installation portion 44 with shell 28 is to four adaptive holes 64.Hole 64 be sized so as to the size slightly larger than installation portion 44, to allow lining 30 and shell 28 to be assembled together and be in alignment with each other.
Lining 30 accommodates radar sensor support 32.Radar sensor support 32 includes multiple hole 66, base plate 68 and sensor maintaining part 70.Multiple holes 66 are constructed and the installation portion 44 corresponding with shell 28 align together with decline.Radar sensor support 32 is so allowed to be connected to shell 28.By this way, lining 30 is clipped between radar sensor support 32 and shell 28.Radar sensor support 32 is applicable to be connected to lining 30.Radar sensor support 32 is configured to support radar sensor 34, and this radar sensor 34 includes signal receiving part 72 and installation portion 74.Radar sensor 34 is connected to radar sensor support 32 by this way, makes signal receiving part 72 towards transparent cap 36, and installation portion 74 is towards sensor maintaining part 70.
Radar sensor 34 is assemblied in sensor maintaining part 70 by casing joint.Sensor maintaining part 70 includes two L brackets 76 and 76 ' forming sleeve shell.Radar sensor 34 is constrained in sensor maintaining part 70 by using two L brackets 76,76 '.Two L brackets 76,76 ' are laid in the both sides of sensor maintaining part 70 respectively so that L bracket 76 abuts against the side of radar sensor 34.L bracket 76,76 ' is connected on base plate 68 by using screw 78.
With reference to Fig. 4, figure shows the perspective view of lining 30.Lining 30 can be made up of absorbent material casting.Such as, the thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) (it is the admixture of rubber and alkene) that absorbent material can be filled by 20 percent carbon is constituted.Absorbent material can have the dielectric constant of greater than about 3.0.As shown in Figure 4, lining 30 includes the longitudinal wall of base portion 50, first 52, second longitudinal wall the 54, the 3rd longitudinal wall 58 of longitudinal wall the 56, the 4th and flange part 60.Except assembly mentioned above, lining 30 can include four holes 80, offers two described holes 80 respectively on longitudinal wall 52 and 56.Hole 80 is provided and constructed on longitudinal wall 52 and 56 so that hole 80 is consistent with the hole 48 of shell 28.Lining 30 also includes opening 82, in order to the wired connection between controller (not shown) on radar sensor 34 and machine 10.
Base portion 50 includes first side 84(Fig. 5) and the second side 86.First side 84(Fig. 5) covers substantially the support-side 38 of shell 28, in order to and lining 30 is contained in shell 28.Multiple protruding 62 it are configured with on second side 86.Each protruding 62 have the bottom of about 1:1 and the ratio of height.Multiple protruding 62 can be regular or stepped pyramid and/or cone in shape.It is contemplated that the height H and base B of this projection 62 can change along with various sizes of shell 28.
With reference to Fig. 5, it is shown that the partial enlarged view of the base portion 50 of lining 30.Base plate 68 is illustrated with the first side 84 and the second side 86.Second side 86 is attached with multiple protruding 62.
Industrial applicibility
At work, radar sensor assembly 26 is configured with and includes multiple lining of protruding 62 30.The structure of radar sensor support 32 is so that it allows ripple to leak from the installation portion 74 of radar sensor 34.Therefore the described ripple from installation portion 74 leakage in shell 28 internal reflection, and may be sent to signal receiving part 72.This may result in the target detection of mistake.Therefore, lining 30 is applicable to absorb rebound in the shell 28 or ripple of reflection.
Lining 30 of the present utility model uses protruding 62 target detection reducing mistake, and this projection 62 is manufactured by ripple absorbing material.Current radar sensor assembly can not realize fully absorbing of described leakage waves.Therefore, the problem that current radar sensor assembly faces target detection mistake.Radar sensor assembly 26 of the present utility model is in place of being better than existing design: disclosed radar sensor assembly 26 provides to arrange and carrys out mitigation signal leakage with solution.This improves the accuracy of target detection, this is favorably improved productivity ratio and facilitates operator.

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1., for a radar sensor assembly for machine, described radar sensor assembly has shell, and described shell includes support-side and transparent cap, it is characterised in that described radar sensor assembly also includes:
Radar sensor, described radar sensor includes signal receiving part and installation portion;
Radar sensor support, described radar sensor support includes base plate and sensor maintaining part, described radar sensor support is used for supporting radar sensor so that described signal receiving part is towards described transparent cap and described installation portion towards described sensor maintaining part;With
Lining, described lining accommodates in the housing, and accommodates described radar sensor support, and described lining includes:
Base portion, described base portion has the first side and the second side, and wherein, described first side covers the described support-side of described shell, and described second side includes multiple projection, and each of the plurality of projection has the bottom of 1:1 and the ratio of height.
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