Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki

Muneaki Inagaki

Kenji Chiba

Ikkei Ohgitani

Keiji Yoshifusa

A vehicle lighting device configured to be mounted on a vehicle. The vehicle lighting device includes a bar-shaped light guide and a light emitter. The light guide includes a first body section and a second body section. The first body section includes a first end, a second end, which is opposite to the first end, a straight section, which extends from the first end, and a curved section, which extends from the straight section to the second end. The second body section branches off from the straight section and extends in a direction different from a direction in which the curved section extends. The light emitter is arranged to emit light toward the first end of the first body section. The curved section and the second body section are configured to emit light in different directions.

Vehicle lighting device

A vehicle exterior member attaching structure for attaching a vehicle exterior member onto a protruding target location of a vehicle includes a vehicle engagement portion located at a target section, an attachment hole located at the target section, a covering portion located on the vehicle exterior member, an engagement portion located on the covering portion and configured to be engaged with the vehicle engagement portion, and an attachment piece located on the covering portion and configured to be inserted into the attachment hole. The covering portion and the attachment piece are integrally formed with a portion of the attachment piece connected to the covering portion forming a thin integral hinge.

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Kariya, Japan

Muneaki Inagaki