Vehicle mounting and alignment bracket

US7988212B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Motor Company · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey Alan Hartley · Standish, US
• Paul Schmitt · Ypsilanti, US
• John Vincent Bond, III · Inkster, US
• John Wuerth · Novi, US
• Michael Czarnecki · Grosse Pointe Woods, US
• Joseph Ciaravino · Berlin Township, US
• John Juronoc · Clinton Township, US
• Aaron L. Mills · Ann Arbor, US
• Kurt Peterson · Livonia, US
• Paul L. Stanko · Brighton, US
• John Wesley Wilds · Trenton, US
• Harish Dutt · Canton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 25, 2007
• Grant date: Aug 2, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 31, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49902
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A bracket for attaching and aligning a forward-looking radar (FLR) having a front face is disclosed according to one embodiment. The bracket includes a bracket frame having an attachment feature for attaching the FLR to the bracket frame. The bracket also includes a first mounting feature extending from the bracket frame for coupling the bracket face and the first mounting surface of the conveyance to define a first mounting surface angle. The bracket also includes a bracket member extending from the bracket frame. The bracket member includes an end portion disposed proximate to the bracket face and a distal end portion, which includes a second mounting feature for coupling the bracket member and the second mounting surface thereby defining a second mounting surface angle and aligning the FLR front face to an alignment angle.