Vehicle exterior component
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorYuki TANAKA
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Abstract
The vehicle exterior component includes a light source, a resin housing that includes an opening portion and accommodates the light source, and a cover welded to a peripheral edge of the housing. The cover includes a cover body and a resin frame bonded to a peripheral edge of the cover body. The cover body includes a resin base that has visible light transmittance and a decorative member laminated onto an outer surface of the base. The decorative member includes a light-transmitting portion that transmits visible light and a light shield portion that blocks visible light. The frame includes a part of an outer surface of the cover that overlaps with the peripheral edge of the housing in an opening direction of the open portion.
Claims5
A vehicle exterior component, comprising:
- a light source;
- a resin housing including an open portion open toward an outer side of a vehicle and accommodating the light source;
- and
- a cover welded to a peripheral edge of the housing and closing the open portion, wherein
- the cover includes
- a cover body that covers the open portion and forms part of an exterior body of the vehicle, and
- a resin frame bonded to a peripheral edge of the cover,
- the cover body includes a resin base having visible light transmittance and a decorative member laminated onto an outer surface of the base,
- the decorative member includes a light-transmitting portion that transmits visible light and a light shield portion that blocks visible light, and
- the frame includes a part of an outer surface of the cover that overlaps with the peripheral edge of the housing in an opening direction of the open portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.