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US 12,503,063 B2Granted
Vehicle exterior structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSho Arai, Yoshiaki Miyazaki
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Abstract
A decorating part is provided near a boundary between a front fender panel and a front door panel. For example, the decorating part is provided at a front end in a vehicle longitudinal direction of the front door panel. The decorating part is a member extending in a vehicle vertical direction. For example, the decorating part has a color darker than the color of the front fender panel and the front door panel.
Claims7
A vehicle exterior structure, including:
- a front fender panel;
- a front door disposed adjacent to a vehicle rear side of the front fender panel, the front door having a front door panel that is exposed to the outside of a vehicle;
- and
- a decorating part which is provided adjacent to a boundary between the front fender panel and the front door on either the front fender panel or the front door panel, or both and extended in a vehicle vertical direction,
- wherein the decorating part includes a charge suppressing material provided on a back surface of the decorating part,
- wherein the front fender panel has a wheel arch serving as an opening in which a tire is housed,
- wherein an area where the decorating part is present in the vehicle vertical direction at least partially overlaps an area where the wheel arch is present in the vehicle vertical direction, and
- wherein the charge suppressing material is an electrostatic tape that electrically neutralizes and removes static electricity near the front fender panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.