Nissan Motor Company Limited

Marui Industrial Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Kanamori

Isao Sano

Nobumasa Aoki

Takeshi Kanazawa

Takehiro Shigeya

A decorative arrangement for a vehicle, such as a motor car or a ship, includes a transparent resin main body and a decorative member at least partially spaced from and covered by the main body. Adhesive bonds the main body and the decorative member. After the bond is completed, the adhesive remains flexible. The deformable adhesive prevents unwanted deformation of and damage to the main body and the decorative member even if the main body and the decorative member are made of materials having different coefficients of thermal expansion.

Decorative arrangement

Disclosed is a resin molding decorative member having a back surface formed with intersecting masking jig mounting grooves which define numerous segments separated from each other by the grooves. Also disclosed is a method for providing a desired pattern on the back surface of the member.

Resin molding decorative member

A collapsible ornament according to the present invention includes a base fixed to an outer panel of a hood, and an ornament body having a hollow part formed by supporting a decorative laminated sheet and a hollow cylindrical shaft connected to the hollow part to hold the ornament body up. A coil spring is inserted into the hollow cylindrical shaft. The lower end of the spring is supported by a supporting body which is located at the bottom end of the hollow cylindrical shaft. In addition, a shaft member extends into the inside of the spring and its lower end is engaged with a hole formed in the base. An upper end of the shaft is coupled to the upper end of the spring.

Collapsible ornament structure

In a marking display structure for a motor vehicle window, a means is provided which is arranged to illuminate, from inside, a marking display element so that the marking, which represent the type, model or the like of the motor vehicle, can be recognized not only during day time but also at night.

Electrolumiscent display structure for motor vehicle window

An ornament to be attached to a vehicle body such as automobile body to indicate a mark such as the manufacturer's mark for example. The ornament is of the self-illuminating type essentially made up of a base to be attached to an outer part of the vehicle body, a lamp such as an electroluminescent panel supported by the base and a cover which is a one-piece member formed of a transparent material attached to the base so as to entirely cover the lamp with a space therebetween. By processing of its inner side, the cover has a first area which is in a pattern corresponding to the shape of the mark to be indicated and allows the light emitted by the lamp to pass therethrough but in the daylight prevents recognition of the lamp from the outside, and a second portion which is contiguous to the first area and does not allow the light to pass therethrough. The processing of the cover has enabled to exclude partly transparent and/or semitransparent plates disposed between the lamp and the cover in conventional vehicle ornaments of fundamentally the same type, with the effect of improving the appearance of the ornament and reducing the production cost.

Self-illuminating ornament for vehicles

An aluminum die-cast base of the type having a sleeve-like extension is provided with anchor posts on which clips are fitted. The clips are adapted to resiliently deform for insertion into the attaching holes in a panel and then expand to grip the panel for thereby securing the base to the panel.

Mounting of tiltable ornaments on motor vehicles

A stop indicator arrangement for an automotive vehicle furnished with a rear window and a brake system, has a pair of main stop indicator units and a auxiliary stop indicator unit all of which emit light when energized. The main units are positioned at the opposite ends of the lower portion of the vehicle's rear under the rear window in such a manner as to face backward. The auxiliary unit is positioned just below the rear window but above the main units in such a manner as to face backward. An electric power source is connected to the main and auxiliary units through a brake switch, which is operated when the brake system is applied. All of the main and auxiliary units are energized to emit light backward when the brake system is applied.

Stop indicator arrangement for an automotive vehicle

A yieldable type ornament assembly has an ornament body member which includes a base section fixedly attached to a section of a vehicle body by fastening means and an ornamented section projecting from said base section outwardly of the vehicle body. The ornamented section is made of an elastic material so as to be elastically deformable when subjected to a force exceeding a predetermined value and restorable to its initial shape when said force disappears.

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Yokohama, Japan

Hiroshi Kanamori