(19)
(11) EP 2 871 489 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
24.06.2015 Bulletin 2015/26

(43) Date of publication:
13.05.2015 Bulletin 2015/20

(21) Application number: 14191649.4

(22) Date of filing: 04.11.2014
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G01S 7/02(2006.01)
 G01S 13/93(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 05.11.2013 JP 2013229663

(71) Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, 471-8571 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Niwa, Takuto
    Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, 471-8571 (JP)

(74) Representative: Kuhnen & Wacker 
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltsbüro Prinz-Ludwig-Straße 40A
85354 Freising
85354 Freising (DE)

   


(54) Obstruction detecting device


(57) A connection-wire connector (18) is disposed on a back surface (14) of an obstruction detecting device (10) so that its short direction is along a vehicle front-rear direction. Accordingly, a distance (L1) of the obstruction detecting device (10) with respect to a rear member (60) is longer than a distance (L2) thereof with respect to the rear member (60) in a case where the connection-wire connector is disposed so that its longitudinal direction is along the vehicle front-rear direction, thereby improving pedestrian protection performance. Further, since the connection-wire connector (18) is disposed on the back surface (14) of the device main body (12), the connection-wire connector (18) is hard to be viewed from an opening of a front grille (42), so that a design thereof is not impaired.