Exterior parts
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsYukio Nishikawa, Masayuki Takahashi
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Abstract
An exterior part (200) includes (a) a structure color generation portion (210) having a minute shape (structure color generation region (211)) formed therein, light in a visible light range being produced from the minute shape by a physical phenomenon such as interference or diffraction with the incidence of light, and (b) a resin portion (220) that is made of resin having a light transmitting property and serves as the outer surface of a product, (c) the structure color generation portion (210) and the resin portion (220) are formed by molding, and (d) the structure color generation portion (210) is made of resin different from the resin of the resin portion (220), and covered with the resin portion (220).
Claims7
An exterior part configuring an outer part of a product, comprising:
- a resin portion that is made of resin having a light transmitting property and serves as an outer surface of the product;
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- a structure color generation portion provided with a minute shape from which light in a visible light range is produced by interference or diffraction of incident light, the structure color generation portion being made of resin different from the resin of the resin portion, the structure color generation portion having a surface in contact with the resin portion, and the minute shape being formed on the surface in contact with the resin portion;
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- lock portions connected to the resin portion, the lock portions holding the structure color generation portion,
- wherein the resin portion, the structure color generation portion and the lock portions are formed by molding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.