Patent ID: 7481407

Claim:
A bracket for use in installing a sensor in a vehicle, the bracket comprising: a back plate having one or more screw holes formed therein; an upper plate connected to the back plate and forwardly protruded from the back plate, wherein the upper plate and the back plate together create L-shape; a sensing portion connected to a lower surface of the upper plate, the sensing portion being an acceleration sensor; a main body portion having one or more screw holes formed therein; slot portions for receiving and holding end portions of the back plate, the slot portions being connected to both opposite end portions of the main body portion, wherein when the back plate is fitted into the slot portions, the slot portions restrict movement of the back plate therein; and wherein the one or more screw holes formed in the main body portion correspond to the one or more screw holes formed in the back plate so that the back plate and the main body portion can be fixed together to a vehicle by one or more screws.