Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.

Hiroyuki Nakano

Kimihiro Iimura

Kozo Hirotani

Akihiro Hirose

Kazuki Takao

Yasushi Niimi

A vehicle exterior part includes a decoration body including a layer structure formed by laminating layers in a front-rear direction, and includes a heater sheet including a transparent sheet base and a heater wire. The decoration body includes a transparent resin layer at a frontmost part of the decoration body and a decorative layer located rearward from the transparent resin layer. The transparent resin layer includes a general portion and an outer edge. A front surface of the general portion includes a general surface. The outer edge includes a bend surface that is curved or angular to a larger extent than the general surface. The sheet base includes a body located in front of the transparent resin layer and an extension extending from a periphery of the body. The body and a portion of the heater wire arranged on the body are located in front of only the general surface.

Vehicle exterior part

A vehicle exterior part includes a decorative body, a heater sheet, a connector pin. The decorative body includes a base material, and a transparent resin layer. The heater sheet includes a heat generating body, and an extending portion. A part of the heater wire in the extending portion is joined to the connector pin inside an outer periphery of the base material by a joining portion made of a conductive material. The outer periphery is formed with a window configured to join the heater wire to the connector pin by the joining portion in a state where a joining position is exposed to an outside of the outer periphery. The window is provided with a waterstop portion configured to restrict water from entering the joining position. The waterstop portion is formed by filling the window with a potting material.

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Kiyosu, Japan

Hiroyuki Nakano