Mounting structure of decorative cap
AssigneeAlpha Corporation
InventorsShinji Ichikawa, Tsutomu Kawanishi
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Abstract
A mounting structure of a decorative cap includes a door panel, a cylinder lock fixed to the door panel, and a decorative cap member. A protrusion portion of a cylinder lock protruding 5 from the door panel is covered with the decorative cap member. The decorative cap member includes a water guide channel guiding infiltrated water from a gap between a key insertion opening and a surface of the cylinder lock, to a water ejection opening which is opened on a peripheral wall. The key insertion opening 10 exposes a key insertion section of the cylinder lock.
Claims10
A mounting structure of a decorative cap comprising:
- a door panel;
- a cylinder lock fixed to the door panel;
- and
- a decorative cap member;
- wherein a protrusion portion of the cylinder lock protruding from the door panel is covered with the decorative cap member,
- wherein the decorative cap member includes a water guide channel guiding infiltrated water from a gap between a key insertion opening of the decorative cap member and the cylinder lock, to a water ejection opening which is opened on a peripheral wall of the decorative cap member,
- wherein the key insertion opening exposes a key insertion section of the cylinder lock,
- wherein a water guide groove is formed on a peripheral edge rear surface of the key insertion opening of the decorative cap member, and
- wherein the water guide groove guides water that is retained at a peripheral edge of the key insertion opening.
A decorative cap that covers a part of a cylinder lock, the decorative cap comprising:
- a key insertion opening configured to expose a key insertion section of the cylinder lock;
- a water ejection opening which is opened on a peripheral wall of the decorative cap;
- and
- a water guide channel configured to guide infiltrated water from a gap between the key insertion opening and the cylinder lock,
- wherein a water guide groove is formed on a peripheral edge rear surface of the key insertion opening, and
- wherein the water guide groove guides water that is retained at a peripheral edge of the key insertion opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.