JP5650170B2 - Cabover type vehicle - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cab-over type vehicle, and more particularly to a structure for installing an information acquisition device that acquires information from the outside.

This type of information acquisition device is provided in a driving support system that supports a driver's driving operation. For example, a GPS antenna of a navigation device, an imaging device such as a CCD camera that images the outside of the vehicle, an object in front of the vehicle Radar devices such as millimeter wave radar that detect
For example, a GPS antenna receives a GPS signal from a satellite, and the position of the vehicle is specified by a navigation device based on the GPS signal and used for route guidance to a destination. In addition, the imaging device captures an area on the left diagonally forward and diagonally downward or diagonally forward and diagonally below the driver's blind spot, and the captured image is displayed on a display in the vehicle interior for driving support. Is done. In addition, the radar device detects a preceding vehicle traveling in front of the host vehicle, and if it is determined that the inter-vehicle distance is inappropriate based on the relative distance or relative speed calculated from the detection information, it may Alarm and automatic braking are executed.

  The information acquisition device described above needs to be installed at an appropriate position in order to maximize the original performance. For example, with a GPS antenna, in order to ensure good reception sensitivity (that is, the number of captured satellites), a position where the upper portion is not blocked by a member constituting the vehicle body is desirable. In a cab-over type truck, the inclination of the front window is small. Therefore, if a GPS antenna is installed on the instrument panel in the passenger compartment, the GPS antenna is directly blocked by a roof made of a steel plate and reception sensitivity is lowered.

Therefore, in many cases, the GPS antenna is generally installed on the roof of the vehicle. However, in this case, the GPS antenna is exposed to the outside, which makes it vulnerable to mischief by a third party. In addition, since a hole is provided in the roof in order to draw the signal line from the GPS antenna into the vehicle interior, there is a risk of rain leaking into the vehicle interior due to secular change even if waterproofing measures are taken.
As an installation structure of the GPS antenna, for example, a technique described in Patent Document 1 can be cited. In the technique of Patent Document 1, an opening is formed in a part of a metal roof of a vehicle and covered with a synthetic resin exterior material, and a GPS antenna is installed on the exterior side of the vehicle interior.

JP 2003-124719 A

  However, the technique described in Patent Document 1 has no problem in terms of GPS antenna reception sensitivity and mischief prevention. However, since the opening is formed in the roof of the vehicle, even if it is blocked by an exterior material, it does not leak. The problem cannot be solved completely. Moreover, since the work of cutting out a part of the roof and disposing the exterior material takes time, a new problem of inevitably increasing the manufacturing cost also occurs.

Although the above describes the GPS antenna, the same applies to the imaging device and the radar device, and it is necessary to install in an appropriate position in order to maximize the original performance. It is necessary to give consideration to the situation, and the present situation is that an optimal installation position that satisfies all requirements cannot be found.
The present invention has been made in order to solve such problems, and the purpose of the present invention is to optimally exhibit the original performance to the maximum and satisfy the requirements such as prevention of mischief and prevention of rain leakage. An object of the present invention is to provide a cab-over type vehicle in which an information acquisition device can be installed at an appropriate position.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a corner panel is provided between the front panel located on the lower side of the front window and the left and right door panels, and a part of the vehicle body panel constituting the cabin is provided. In a cab-over type vehicle concealed by a corner panel, at least one of the left and right corner panels is formed with a bulging portion that bulges toward the front side of the vehicle from the surface where the front panel surface and the door panel surface are continuous. Te, define a receiving space between the bulge portion and the vehicle body panel corner panel state, and are not were provided with information acquiring apparatus that acquires information from outside the accommodation space, the bulged portion, further The vehicle is positioned behind the front end of the vehicle.

The invention of claim 2 is to Oite to claim 1, the information acquisition device, and the GPS antenna for receiving GPS information from a satellite.
A third aspect of the present invention are those Oite to claim 1, the information acquisition device, and an imaging device for imaging the outside of the vehicle.
The invention of claim 4 is a Oite to claim 1, the information acquisition device, and a radar device for detecting the object ahead of the vehicle.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention , there is provided a cabover in which a corner panel is disposed between the front panel located on the lower side of the front window and the left and right door panels, and a part of the vehicle body panel constituting the cabin is concealed by the corner panel. In the type vehicle, at least one of the left and right corner panels is formed with a bulging portion that bulges toward the front side of the vehicle with respect to the front panel surface and the surface of the door panel. An information acquisition device for defining information from the outside is provided in the storage space, and an information acquisition device and a mirror are provided at the location of the vehicle body panel concealed by the corner panel. A mounting portion common to the electric storage unit is provided, and either the information acquisition device or the electric storage unit is selectively disposed in the housing space. One in which was fixable.
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect , a through hole common to the information acquisition device and the electric storage unit is provided in the place of the vehicle body panel together with the mounting portion, and the information acquisition device or the electric storage is provided through the through hole. The signal line of the unit can be drawn into the passenger compartment.

  As described above, according to the cab-over type vehicle of the first aspect of the present invention, the corner panel disposed between the front panel and the door panel has a vehicle more than the surface where the surface of the front panel and the surface of the door panel are continuous. A bulging portion that bulges toward the front side is formed, and the information acquisition device is disposed in a housing space defined between the bulging portion and the vehicle body panel.

  Therefore, the information acquisition apparatus can easily acquire external information via the corner panel, and can maximize its original function. In addition, the location where the signal line of the information acquisition device is drawn into the passenger compartment is covered with a corner panel and raindrops do not hit directly, so rain leakage is possible compared to when the information acquisition device is installed on the roof where raindrops directly collide, for example Can be reduced. Furthermore, since the information acquisition device concealed in the corner panel is not an object of mischief by a third party such as when installed on the roof, damage due to mischief can be prevented in advance.

According to the cab over type vehicle of the invention of claim 2, in addition to claim 1, the information acquisition device is a GPS antenna that receives GPS information from a satellite.
As a result of the GPS antenna being installed in the corner panel, the GPS antenna is positioned more forward than in the case of, for example, a vehicle interior, and the area blocked by the upper roof is reduced. Sensitivity can be ensured.

According to the cab over type vehicle of the invention of claim 3, in addition to claim 1, the information acquisition device is an imaging device for imaging the outside of the vehicle.
The outside of the vehicle can be easily imaged by the imaging device via the corner panel. In particular, since the corner panel is disposed at a position closest to the driver's blind spot, an area that is blocked by the vehicle body panel and becomes a blind spot can be accurately imaged and displayed on a display or the like.

According to the cab over type vehicle of the invention of claim 4, in addition to claim 1, the information acquisition device is a radar device for detecting an object in front of the vehicle.
An object in front of the vehicle can be easily detected by the radar device via the corner panel. In particular, when a set of radar devices are spaced apart on the left and right sides of the front of the cabin, it is necessary to avoid the lights and secure the place for installing the radar device, but by using the inside of the left and right corner panels The radar device can be disposed at an appropriate position without affecting the peripheral members.

According to the cab-over type vehicle of the fifth aspect of the invention, in addition to the first to fourth aspects, the information acquisition device provided on the vehicle body panel and the mounting portion of the mirror electric storage unit are shared, and the information acquisition device and the electric drive unit are electrically operated. Any one of the storage units can be selectively fixed.
For example, even when the information acquisition device and the electric storage unit are selectively disposed in the accommodation space according to the destination of the vehicle, it is not necessary to provide a dedicated mounting portion on the vehicle body accordingly. If necessary, only corner panels can be handled using dedicated products. Therefore, the work process at the time of vehicle manufacture can be simplified, and the manufacturing cost of a vehicle can be reduced by extension.

According to the cab-over type vehicle of the sixth aspect of the invention, in addition to the fifth aspect, the through hole for drawing the signal line of the information acquisition device and the electric storage unit into the vehicle compartment is also used in common with the mounting portion.
Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a dedicated through hole on the vehicle body side according to the information acquisition device and the electric storage unit, and the work process at the time of vehicle manufacture can be further simplified.

It is a perspective view which shows the cabin of the cab over type truck to which the installation structure of the GPS antenna of embodiment is applied. It is a perspective view which shows the arrangement | positioning state of the GPS antenna corresponded to A location in FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the arrangement | positioning state of a GPS antenna. It is a perspective view corresponding to FIG. 2 which shows the arrangement | positioning state of an electric storage unit. FIG. 3 is a perspective view corresponding to FIG. 2 showing an arrangement state of the imaging device. It is explanatory drawing which shows a driver | operator's visual field seen from the vehicle front, and the imaging region of an imaging device. It is explanatory drawing which shows a driver | operator's visual field seen from the vehicle left side surface, and the imaging region of an imaging device. It is a perspective view corresponding to FIG. 2 which shows the arrangement | positioning state of the radar apparatus on the left side.

Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is embodied in a GPS antenna installation structure in a cab-over type truck will be described.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a cabin of a cab over type truck to which the GPS antenna installation structure of the present embodiment is applied.
A vehicle cabin 1 is formed of a steel plate body panel so as to form a box shape as a whole, and is installed at a front portion of a body frame (not shown). Exterior members such as left and right door panels 4 having a front window 2 and side mirrors 3 are attached to the openings 1a and 1b formed in the cabin 1, and an instrument panel, a driver's seat, and the like are installed in the cabin of the cabin 1. Is arranged.

The vehicle body panel forms a front panel 5 below the front window 2 on the front surface of the cabin 1, and a front grill 6 is mounted below the front panel 5. Lamps 7 are installed on the left and right of the front grille 6, and a front bumper 8 is attached to the lower side of the front grille 6 and the lamps 7.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an installed state of the GPS antenna corresponding to the position A in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the installed state of the GPS antenna.

  A synthetic resin corner panel 11 is mounted between the front panel 5 and the left and right door panels 4. The corner panel 11 may be mounted with screws or may be mounted using latching latches. In addition to synthetic resin, fiber reinforced plastic such as SMC (Sheet Molding Compound) may be used as the material of the corner panel 11. The location of the body panel concealed by the corner panel 11 is recessed by an amount corresponding to the thickness of the corner panel 11 with respect to the surface of the adjacent front panel 5 and door panel 4. The surface of the corner panel 11 is substantially flush with the surfaces of the panel 5 and the door panel 4.

However, a bulging portion 12 is formed in the upper portion of the corner panel 11, and the surface of the front panel 5 and the surface of the door panel 4 are continuous at the location of the bulging portion 12 (that is, a surface that is flush with the above surface). The surface of the corner panel 11 bulges toward the front of the vehicle body. Due to the formation of the bulging portion 12, an accommodation space 13 is defined between the bulging portion 12 of the corner panel 11 and the vehicle body panel inside thereof.
Further, the bulging portion 12 of the corner panel 11 bulges forward in this way, but is located behind the front of the front bumper 8 corresponding to the foremost end of the vehicle. Thereby, since the bulging part 12 can be formed without extending the vehicle length, the corner panel 11 forming the bulging part 12 can be easily mounted on the vehicle without adjusting the design of the entire vehicle.
The left and right corner panels 11 have the same configuration that is symmetrical to the left and right, and are common to attachment to the body panel. However, while the right corner panel 11 only serves a design function, the accommodation space 13 in the left corner panel 11 is also used for installing a GPS antenna, and the details will be described below. .

In the accommodation space 13 of the left corner panel 11, a mounting portion for mounting a GPS antenna 14 (information acquisition device) is provided on the vehicle body panel. The mounting portion is a total of four screw holes 15 that are spaced apart vertically and horizontally on the vehicle body panel. Although not shown, each screw hole 15 is formed by welding a nut to the back side of the hole penetrating the vehicle body panel. It is configured.
The GPS antenna 14 is disposed in the accommodation space 13 and is attached to these screw holes 15 via brackets 16. The GPS antenna 14 may be directly attached to the vehicle body panel without using the bracket 16, or an attachment portion other than the screw hole 15 may be provided.

  The bracket 16 is manufactured by bending a steel plate, a mounting surface 16a on which the GPS antenna 14 is mounted / fixed, a pair of left and right connecting surfaces 16b bent upward from the left and right ends of the mounting surface 16a, It is composed of a pair of left and right mounting surfaces 16c bent leftward and rightward from the rear ends of both connecting surfaces 16b. A pair of upper and lower screw holes 16d are formed in the left and right mounting surfaces 16c (three positions are shown in FIG. 3), and screws 17 are screwed from the front to the respective screw holes 15 of the vehicle body panel through these screw holes 16d. By doing so, the bracket 16 is attached to the vehicle body panel.

The GPS antenna 14 is mounted on the mounting surface 16a of the bracket 16 and fixed with a screw (not shown), and the signal line 14a is drawn into the vehicle compartment via a through hole 18 provided in the vehicle body panel and is not shown. Connected to the device. The space between the through hole 18 and the signal line 14 a is waterproofed by a packing 19.
On the other hand, the cab over type truck of the present embodiment is configured such that the electric storage unit 22 of the side mirror 21 can be disposed in the left corner panel 11 instead of the GPS antenna 14. Therefore, like the GPS antenna 14, the electric storage unit 22 is configured to be attachable to the screw hole 15 of the vehicle body panel. When the electric storage unit 22 is disposed in the left corner panel 11, the side mirror 3 provided on the left door panel 4 is eliminated. The electric storage unit 22 may also be disposed in the right corner panel 11.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view corresponding to FIG. Flange portions 22a are formed on both the left and right sides of the electric storage unit 22, and although not shown, screw holes are formed in both flange portions 22a in the same arrangement as the bracket 16 of the GPS antenna 14. The electric storage unit 22 is fixed to the screw hole 15 of the vehicle body panel by screws 17 through these screw holes.
The signal line 22b of the electric storage unit 22 is drawn into the vehicle compartment through the through hole 18 of the vehicle body panel, and is connected to a storage switch (not shown) and a power source for storing the side mirror 21.

A stay 23 protrudes from the upper surface of the electric storage unit 22, and the stay 23 extends outward through a stay hole 11 a penetrating the upper surface of the corner panel 11 and bends in a crank shape. The mirror 21 is fixed. In addition to the side mirror 21, a side under mirror for visually recognizing the foot may be provided.
The electric storage unit 22 incorporates a motor and a gear mechanism, and the side mirror 21 is driven to rotate in the horizontal direction together with the stay 23 via the gear mechanism by driving the motor. When the side mirror 21 may interfere with surrounding obstacles, such as in a garage, the storage switch is operated, and the side mirror 21 is moved from the normal angle by the electric storage unit 22 in accordance with the operation. This prevents the side mirror 21 from being damaged due to interference with obstacles.

Which device is disposed in the left corner panel 11 is determined according to the destination of the vehicle, for example. In Japan, the provision of a side under mirror is required by law. Therefore, the electric storage unit 22 may be provided in the left corner panel 11 and the side under mirror may be provided together with the side mirror 21.
On the other hand, in Brazil, for example, it is required by law to install a tracking system that automatically transmits the vehicle position so that the vehicle can be tracked when the vehicle is stolen. For receiving the GPS antenna 14 is essential. Therefore, a GPS antenna 14 may be provided in the left corner panel 11 in a vehicle for Brazil. Moreover, you may make it select which GPS antenna 14 or the electric storage unit 22 is mounted according to a customer's hope.

Next, the effect | action by the installation structure of the GPS antenna 14 in the cab over type vehicle comprised as mentioned above is demonstrated.
As is well known, the GPS antenna 14 receives a GPS signal from a satellite, the position of the vehicle is specified by the navigation device based on the GPS signal, and driving assistance such as route guidance to the destination is displayed on the vehicle interior (not shown). Or by a speaker.
In order for the GPS antenna 14 to perform its original function, it is necessary to ensure good GPS signal reception sensitivity. For this purpose, the upper part of the GPS antenna 14 constitutes a vehicle body, such as the roof portion of the cabin 1. It must be unobstructed. In particular, in the cab-over type vehicle in which the front window 2 has a small inclination as described in [Background Art], when the GPS antenna 14 is installed on the instrument panel in the passenger compartment, the GPS antenna 14 is blocked by the metal roof. The reception sensitivity is lowered.

  In the present embodiment, since the GPS antenna 14 is disposed in the corner panel 11 outside the vehicle, the GPS antenna 14 is positioned more forward than the case where the GPS antenna 14 is installed on the instrument panel. The blocked area is reduced. As a result, the number of captured satellites can be increased to ensure good reception sensitivity, and the performance of the GPS antenna 14 can be maximized.

  In addition, when a GPS antenna is installed on the roof where raindrops directly collide in rainy weather, there is a risk of rain leakage due to the signal line being pulled into the vehicle interior. This is the patent that covers the roof opening with an exterior material. The same applies to the technique of Document 1. In the present embodiment, since the GPS antenna 14 is disposed in the corner panel 11, raindrops do not directly hit the position of the through hole 18 for drawing the signal line 14a into the vehicle interior. Therefore, it is possible to greatly reduce the possibility of rain leakage in the passenger compartment due to the installation of the GPS antenna 14.

  Needless to say, the GPS antenna 14 concealed in the corner panel 11 is not subject to mischief by a third party as in the case of being installed on the roof. In particular, the vehicle for Brazil described above is equipped with a tracking system, but when the GPS antenna 14 is installed on the roof, the GPS antenna 14 is destroyed and tracked by a criminal who recognizes the function of the tracking system. It can be impossible. By disposing the GPS antenna 14 in the corner panel 11, damage can be avoided even against such malicious intent.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, a screw hole 15 common to the GPS antenna 14 and the electric storage unit 22 is provided as a mounting portion in the vehicle body panel in the left corner panel 11, and a penetration for drawing in the signal wires 14a and 22b is provided. The hole 18 is also shared.
Therefore, even when the GPS antenna 14 and the electric storage unit 22 are selectively mounted according to the destination of the vehicle, a dedicated screw hole 15 and through-hole 18 are provided on the vehicle (cabin 1) side accordingly. There is no need to provide this, and only the corner panel 11 can be handled by using a dedicated product (with or without stay holes 11a). Therefore, the work process at the time of vehicle manufacture can be simplified, and the manufacturing cost of the vehicle can be reduced.

  By the way, the information acquisition device disposed in the corner panel 11 is not limited to the GPS antenna 14 described above. For example, an imaging device such as a CCD camera that images the outside of the vehicle, or a millimeter that detects an object in front of the vehicle. There are also radar devices such as wave radar. In the present embodiment, these imaging device and radar device can also be disposed in the corner panel 11 instead of the GPS antenna 14, and these examples will be sequentially described below.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view corresponding to FIG. 2 showing an arrangement state of the image pickup apparatus. First, an installation structure of the image pickup apparatus will be described with reference to FIG.
As in the case of the GPS antenna 14, the imaging device 31 is also disposed in the accommodation space 13 formed by the bulging portion 12 of the left corner panel 11 and is attached to the vehicle body panel by the bracket 16. And the signal wire | line 31a of the imaging device 31 is drawn in into the vehicle interior via the through-hole 18 of a vehicle body panel, and is connected to the display which is not shown in figure.
The basic configuration of the bracket 16 is the same as that for the GPS antenna 14 and is attached by screws 17 to a common screw hole 15 provided as an attachment portion on the vehicle body panel. A lens hole 11b is provided in the bulging portion 12 of the corner panel 11 at a position corresponding to the imaging device 31, and imaging by the imaging device 31 is performed through the lens hole 11b.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the driver's field of view and the imaging region of the imaging device 31 as viewed from the front of the vehicle, and FIG. 7 is an explanation showing the driver's field of view and the imaging region of the imaging device 31 as viewed from the left side of the vehicle. FIG.
The mounting surface 16a of the bracket 16 on which the imaging device 31 is placed and fixed is set at an angle so that the imaging device 31 is oriented in a predetermined imaging direction.
Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the driver's field of view to the left obliquely forward is good in the substantially horizontal direction, but the vehicle body constituting the cabin 1 is obliquely below indicated by an arrow in the figure. It is almost blocked by the panel. The angle of the mounting surface 16a of the bracket 16 is set so that the imaging device 31 is directed diagonally left frontward and diagonally downward as indicated by an arrow so that the imaging device 31 captures a blind spot for the driver. The captured image is input to the display via the signal line 31a, and the captured image is displayed on the display while the vehicle is running.

  In the cab-over type truck configured as described above, the imaging device 31 is required to accurately capture an area that is a blind spot of the driver. Since the corner panel 11 is installed at a position closest to the driver's blind spot, the imaging device 31 can accurately capture an area that is blocked by the vehicle body panel and becomes a blind spot. Moreover, not only the imaging area is accurate as described above, but also the imaging direction can be optimized by arranging the imaging device 31 in the corner panel 11.

In other words, when the driver confirms the captured image on the display, even if an area that is a blind spot is displayed, the image is actually captured from an angle different from the sight visually recognized by the driver from the sitting position. Therefore, the driver cannot intuitively grasp the situation displayed in the image.
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the driver's field of view obliquely left frontward and diagonally downward is blocked by a vehicle body panel corresponding to the position of the corner panel 11 to form a blind spot. For this reason, the imaging device 31 disposed in the corner panel 11 is positioned on the driver's line of sight indicated by an arrow in the drawing, and as described above, the driver's line of sight (diagonally forward and left) It is oriented diagonally downward. For this reason, the imaging device 31 captures an area that is a blind spot at an angle similar to that of the scene visually recognized by the driver with the naked eye.

As a result, a captured image similar to the sight visually recognized by the driver with the naked eye is displayed on the display, and the driver can intuitively grasp the situation displayed in the image, for example, the presence or absence of an obstacle. By arranging the imaging device 31 in the corner panel 11 as described above, the performance can be maximized.
In this example, the imaging device 31 is provided only on the left corner panel 11, but the imaging device 31 may also be provided in the right corner panel 11. Although not shown, the right imaging device 31 is set so as to capture the blind spot on the right side of the driver, i.e., the area diagonally forward and diagonally to the right. Therefore, similarly to the left-side imaging device 31 described above, it is possible to capture and display an area that is a blind spot at the same angle as the sight visually recognized by the driver, and the driver can intuitively grasp the situation.

Next, the installation structure of the radar device will be described. FIG. 8 is a perspective view corresponding to FIG. 2 showing the arrangement of the left radar device.
In this example, a set of radar devices 41 are arranged on both the left and right sides of the front surface of the cabin 1 and the principle of recognizing an object in front of the vehicle based on detection signals from both radar devices 41 is adopted. It is obliged to install lights 7 etc. on the left and right positions on the front of the cabin 1 in accordance with laws and regulations. For this reason, it is necessary to secure the installation location of the radar device 41 while avoiding the lights 7 and the like, and due to the characteristics of the radar device 41, installation at a high place causes a decrease in detection function.

Corner panels 11 are positioned on both the left and right sides of the front surface of the cabin 1, and the height is within a range in which the normal detection function of the radar device 41 can be maintained. Therefore, radar devices 41 are disposed in the left and right corner panels 11.
The specific arrangement state of the radar device 41 is the same as that of the GPS antenna 14 and the imaging device 31 described above. A radar device 41 is disposed in the accommodation space 13 of the left and right corner panels 11 and is attached to the vehicle body panel by a bracket 16. The signal line 41a of the radar device 41 is drawn into the vehicle compartment through the through hole 18 of the vehicle body panel, and is connected to a control circuit and display for controlling the inter-vehicle distance (not shown).

The bracket 16 is attached by screws 17 to a common screw portion 15 provided as an attachment portion on the vehicle body panel. A grill 11c is formed in the bulging portion 12 of the corner panel 11 at a position corresponding to the radar device 41, and radio waves are transmitted and received from the radar device 41 to the front of the vehicle via the grill 11c.
For example, when the radar device 41 detects a preceding vehicle traveling in front of the host vehicle, the control circuit calculates a relative distance, a relative speed, and the like based on the detection information, and the inter-vehicle distance is determined to be inappropriate. Alarms on the display and automatic braking are executed as necessary.

As described above, by using the inside of the left and right corner panels 11 as the installation location of the radar device 41, the left and right radar devices 41 can be arranged at appropriate positions without affecting peripheral members such as the lights 7, The original performance can be maximized.
As is well known, there is a method of using an imaging device instead of the radar device 41 for this type of inter-vehicle distance control. In this method, imaging devices are spaced apart from each other on the front surface of the cabin 1, and an inter-vehicle distance or the like is determined by analyzing images captured by the respective imaging devices and used for inter-vehicle distance control. Even in such a case, if the left and right imaging devices are arranged in the left and right corner panels 11, the same effects as the radar device 41 can be obtained.

  On the other hand, although not redundantly described, in both the imaging device 31 and the radar device 41 as in the case of the GPS antenna 14, the possibility of rain leakage due to the installation can be greatly reduced, and mischief by a third party can be achieved. Can be prevented in advance. Furthermore, the screw hole 15 and the through hole 18 of the vehicle body panel are shared with the GPS antenna 14 and the electric storage unit 22. For this reason, even when the imaging device 31 or the radar device 41 is selectively disposed in the corner panel 11 instead of these devices 14 and 22, the dedicated screw hole 15 and the through hole 18 are provided on the vehicle body side. There is no need to provide it. Therefore, simplification of the work process at the time of manufacture of the vehicle, and consequently reduction of the manufacturing cost can be achieved.

  This is the end of the description of the embodiment, but the aspect of the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to a truck, and a bulging portion 12 is formed in a corner panel 11 provided in the cabin 1 to define a storage space 13, and the electric storage unit 22 of the side mirror 21 is formed in the storage space 13. Although the GPS antenna 14, the imaging device 31, and the radar device 41 are configured to be selectively disposed, the present invention is not limited to this.

For example, it may be embodied in a bus as a cab-over type vehicle, or any device may be omitted, or another device may be newly provided. Furthermore, instead of selectively arranging a plurality of devices in the corner panel 11, only a predetermined specific device, for example, the GPS antenna 14, may be disposed in the corner panel 11. Even in this case, the GPS antenna 14 can be installed at the optimum position to exhibit the maximum performance.
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the screw hole 15 and the through-hole 18 were made common between the electric storage unit 22 and the GPS antenna 14, it does not necessarily need to make it common and according to the apparatus arrange | positioned in a corner panel, a vehicle body You may make it provide the screw hole 15 and the through-hole 18 in a panel.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cabin 2 Front window 4 Door panel 5 Front panel 11 Corner panel 12 Expansion part 13 Accommodating space 14 GPS antenna (information acquisition apparatus)
14a Signal line 15 Screw hole (mounting part)
21 Side mirror 22 Electric storage unit 22b Signal line 31 Imaging device (information acquisition device)
31a Signal line 41 Radar device (information acquisition device)
41a Signal line

Claims (6)

In a cab-over type vehicle in which corner panels are arranged between the front panel located on the lower side of the front window and the left and right door panels, respectively, and a part of the vehicle body panel constituting the cabin is concealed by the corner panel.
At least one of the left and right corner panels is formed with a bulging portion that bulges toward the front side of the vehicle with respect to a surface where the surface of the front panel and the surface of the door panel are continuous. A storage space is defined between the vehicle body panel and the vehicle body panel, and an information acquisition device for acquiring information from the outside is disposed in the storage space, and the bulge portion is further positioned behind the vehicle front end. A cab-over type vehicle characterized by The cab-over type vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the information acquisition device is a GPS antenna that receives GPS information from a satellite. The cab-over type vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the information acquisition device is an imaging device that images the outside of the vehicle. The cabover type vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the information acquisition device is a radar device that detects an object in front of the vehicle. In a cab-over type vehicle in which corner panels are arranged between the front panel located on the lower side of the front window and the left and right door panels, respectively, and a part of the vehicle body panel constituting the cabin is concealed by the corner panel.
At least one of the left and right corner panels is formed with a bulging portion that bulges toward the front side of the vehicle with respect to a surface where the surface of the front panel and the surface of the door panel are continuous. A storage space between the vehicle body panel and the vehicle body panel, and an information acquisition device for acquiring information from outside is disposed in the storage space;
An attachment part common to the information acquisition device and the mirror electric storage unit is provided at a location of the vehicle body panel concealed by the corner panel, and either the information acquisition device or the electric storage unit is installed in the housing space. features and to Ruki Yabuoba type vehicle that selectively arranged to be fixed to the mounting portion. A through hole common to the information acquisition device and the electric storage unit is provided in the body panel portion together with the mounting portion, and the signal line of the information acquisition device or the electric storage unit is connected to the vehicle through the through hole. 6. The cab over type vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the cab over type vehicle can be drawn into the room.

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