US 11,807,324 B2
Target installation apparatus
Kazuki Matsumoto, Tokyo (JP); Kenta Miyazawa, Tokyo (JP); Akiko Tsuruya, Tokyo (JP); Mako Seki, Tokyo (JP); Naoki Kawahara, Tokyo (JP); Masaharu Miyoshi, Tokyo (JP); and Eiji Omori, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/939,608.
Application 17/939,608 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/003699, filed on Feb. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-042124 (JP), filed on Mar. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0001996 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G01B 5/14 (2006.01); B62D 5/16 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 5/16 (2013.01) [G01B 5/14 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A target installation apparatus for installing an aiming target of equipment mounted on a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
a rod-shaped member that is configured to be capable of being arranged to extend in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle ahead of or behind the vehicle, and is provided with a target point indicating an installation position of the target; and
a reference member that is formed such that reference points are positioned on left and right outer sides in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle when the reference member is arranged with respect to the vehicle; and
a connection unit that connects the rod-shaped member and the reference member such that a distance from the reference point to the target point in the front-and-rear direction satisfies a predetermined condition, wherein
the connection unit includes
a set of first connection members that connect the rod-shaped member and the reference member on left and right outer sides of the vehicle when the reference member is arranged with respect to the vehicle, and
a set of second connection members that extend from the left and right outer sides of the vehicle toward a center in the vehicle width direction to connect the rod-shaped member and the reference member when the reference member is arranged with respect to the vehicle.