Radio-wave transparent cover
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorsRisa Suzuki, Hideto Maeda, Yuhki Maji, Kimihiro Iimura
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Abstract
The radio-wave transparent cover includes a plastic transparent layer, a decorative layer provided on the rear-side surface of the transparent layer, and a plastic base layer provided on the rear-side surface of the decorative layer. The transparent layer has a peripheral part having a protrusion extending rearward. The protrusion defines a peripheral edge of the transparent layer. The protrusion has an inner circumferential surface forming a part of an engaging end projecting rearward from the protrusion. The decorative layer is provided in a region of the rear-side surface of the transparent layer adjoining the inner circumferential surface of the engaging end.
Claims7
A radio-wave transparent cover configured to be disposed in a radio path of a radar system, the radio-wave transparent cover comprising:
- a plastic transparent layer;
- a decorative layer disposed on a rear-side surface of the transparent layer;
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- a one-piece molded plastic base layer disposed on a rear-side surface of the decorative layer, wherein
- the transparent layer has a peripheral part having a protrusion extending rearward and defining a peripheral edge of the transparent layer,
- the protrusion has an inner circumferential surface forming a part of an engaging end projecting rearward from the protrusion, and the engaging end has a rearward facing surface that is different from the inner circumferential surface,
- the engaging end is completely surrounded by the one-piece molded plastic base layer,
- the rear-side surface of the transparent layer has a recessed part located inwardly adjacent the engaging end,
- the recessed part has an inclined surface that is inclined forward when viewed radially inward,
- the inclined surface is adjoining the inner circumferential surface of the engaging end,
- the decorative layer extends over the inner circumferential surface of the engaging end and the inclined surface,
- the decorative layer does not extend to the rearward facing surface of the engaging end, and
- the engaging end has the decorative layer only on the inner circumferential surface of the engaging end.
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