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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10086776 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 13, 2016

Vehicle exterior decorating member and method for manufacturing the same

Applicant:

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Tatsuya Sugiura, Kiyosu, JP;

Tatsuya Oba, Kiyosu, JP;

Assignee:

TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-pref., JP;

Attorney:

Posz Law Group, PLC

Primary Examiner:

Adam Krupicka

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 13/00 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B29C 45/00 (2006.01); B60R 19/52 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 13/005 (2013.01); B29C 45/0046 (2013.01); B32B 3/263 (2013.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B60R 19/52 (2013.01); B29C 2045/0049 (2013.01); B29K 2995/002 (2013.01); B29K 2995/003 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0025 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0029 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3005 (2013.01); B32B 2307/402 (2013.01); B32B 2307/41 (2013.01); B32B 2307/414 (2013.01); B32B 2307/416 (2013.01); B32B 2605/00 (2013.01); B60R 2019/525 (2013.01);
Abstract

To provide a vehicle exterior decorating member capable of providing a sufficient gradation effect to an observer, and having enhanced design characteristics, and to provide a method for manufacturing the same. A vehicle exterior decorating member includes a base member made of a colored translucent body having a front surface and a back surface including a surface having unevenness, and a light non-transmissive layer formed on a back surface side of the base member. The base member includes a general portion where a thickness is constant at greater than or equal to 2.5 mm and smaller than or equal to 4.0 mm, and a gradually changing portion where a thickness gradually changes. The gradually changing portion includes a maximum deviation portion where a difference in thickness between the general portion and the gradually changing portion becomes a maximum, and has (A) and/or (B). (A) Difference between a visible light transmissivity at the maximum deviation portion and a visible light transmissivity at the general portion is greater than or equal to 5%. (B) Assuming an L value of a Lab color system defined in JIS Z 8729, a difference between an L value at the maximum deviation portion and an L value at the general portion is greater than or equal to two.

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