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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2019
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu-shi, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Hirotaka Fukui, Kiyosu, JP;
Koji Tatematsu, Kiyosu, JP;
Atsushi Obata, Nagakute, JP;
Kakeru Nemoto, Toyota, JP;
TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Kiyosu-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A back door handle device is provided above a license plate of a back door of a vehicle and serves as both a license lamp and a handle switch. The back door handle device includes a light emitting element, a switch that outputs a signal for unlocking or locking the back door, a housing that houses the light emitting element and the switch, and an outer cover that covers the housing and includes an integrally molded article. The integrally molded article includes a transparent portion formed of a material that transmits light emitted from the light emitting element, and an elastic portion covering an outer side of the transparent portion. The transparent portion includes a lens portion that extracts light emitted from the light emitting element. The elastic portion includes a switch cover portion that is applied with a pushing force from an outside for outputting the signal.