Exterior member
AssigneeKawasaki Motors, Ltd.
InventorsDaisuke Sugimoto, Mitsuru Kobayashi
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Abstract
There is provided an exterior member having a light transmitting property. The exterior member includes a reflective design portion having unevenness provided on a front surface portion of the exterior member. The unevenness reflecting light from a light source disposed around the reflective design portion. The exterior member according to the present disclosure can produce a design by reflection and a design by transmission depending on several situations. As a result, one design member can be used to express two different designs, and a new design expression can be obtained.
Claims13
An exterior member having a light transmitting property, comprising:
- a reflective design portion having unevenness provided on a front surface portion of the exterior member that is a side where light is incident from a light source located outside, the unevenness reflecting at least a part of light from the light source;
- and
- a transmissive design portion provided on a back surface portion of the exterior member that is an opposite side to the side where light is incident from the light source located outside, and the transmissive design portion having unevenness being configured to partially change a transmission amount of light, wherein:
- a design is different between the unevenness of the reflective design portion and the unevenness of the transmissive design portion,
- the transmissive design portion includes:
- a first base portion and a rib portion protruding from the first base portion to a thickness direction of the exterior member;
- the rib portion comprises a plurality of protrusion portions;
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- a first design is formed in which the protrusion portions and recesses are arranged in a first and second direction,
- the reflective design portion includes:
- a second base portion and a retraction portion that retracts from the second base portion to an inner side in the thickness direction of the exterior member;
- the retraction portion comprises a plurality of recessed portions;
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- a second design is formed in which the recessed portions are arranged in a first and second direction;
- each of the retraction portion includes a deepest portion and a plurality of inclined portions with the deepest portion positioned at a center of the recessed portion on an outer edge of the retraction portion;
- the second base and the deepest portion are connected to each other by the inclined portions;
- the design of the reflective design portion has a pattern in which a plurality of first motifs are arranged, the first motifs being formed by the unevenness of the reflective design portion;
- the design of the transmissive design portion has a pattern in which a plurality of second motifs are arranged, the second motifs being different from the first motifs and formed by the unevenness of the transmissive design portion;
- the first motifs are arranged in an in-plane direction of the reflective design portion;
- the second motifs are arranged in an in-plane direction of the transmissive design portion;
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- each of the second motifs forming the design of the transmissive design portion is expressed larger than each of the first motifs forming the design of the reflective design portion.
An exterior member having a light transmitting property, comprising:
- a reflective design portion having unevenness provided on a front surface portion of the exterior member that is a side where light is incident from a light source located outside, the unevenness reflecting at least a part of light from the light source;
- and
- a transmissive design portion provided on a back surface portion of the exterior member that is an opposite side to the side where light is incident from the light source located outside, and
- the transmissive design portion having unevenness being configured to partially change a transmission amount of light, wherein:
- a design is different between the unevenness of the reflective design portion and the unevenness of the transmissive design portion;
- the transmissive design portion includes:
- a first base portion and a rib portion protruding from the first base portion to a thickness direction of the exterior member;
- the rib portion comprises a plurality of protrusion portions;
- a first design is formed in which the protrusion portions and recesses are arranged in a first and second direction;
- the reflective design portion includes:
- a second base portion and a retraction portion that retracts from the second base portion to an inner side in the thickness direction of the exterior member;
- the retraction portion comprises a plurality of recessed portions;
- a second design is formed in which the recessed portions are arranged in a first and second direction;
- each of the retraction portion includes a deepest portion and a plurality of inclined portions with the deepest portion positioned at a center of the recessed portions on an outer edge of the retraction portion;
- the second base and the deepest portion are connected to each other by the inclined portions;
- the transmissive design portion has an amount of unevenness greater than an amount of unevenness of the reflective design portion;
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- the transmissive design portion is formed at an angle steeper than that of the reflective design portion.
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