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Patent No.:

US 12565142 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2024

Exterior structure, vehicle exterior structure, and method for controlling exterior structure

Applicant:

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu, JP;

Inventors:

Shunsuke Aoyama, Kiyosu, JP;

Koji Okumura, Kiyosu, JP;

Koji Fukagawa, Kiyosu, JP;

Hiroaki Ando, Kiyosu, JP;

Takeshi Yagami, Kiyosu, JP;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Posz Law Group, PLC

Primary Examiner:

Eric Blount

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/28 (2006.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21S 43/20 (2018.01); F21S 43/33 (2018.01); F21W 103/60 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/5035 (2022.05); B60Q 1/0023 (2013.01); B60Q 1/28 (2013.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21S 43/255 (2018.01); F21S 43/331 (2024.05); F21W 2103/60 (2018.01);
Abstract

An exterior structure includes a non-light-transmitting portion configured to not transmit an external light, and a light-transmitting portion arranged near the non-light-transmitting portion and configured to reflect and transmit the external light. Light released outward from the non-light-transmitting portion includes light reflected by the non-light-transmitting portion. Light released outward from the light-transmitting portion includes a combination of light reflected by the light-transmitting portion and light applied to the light-transmitting portion from an inner side and passing through the light-transmitting portion. The color difference ΔE between the light released outward from the non-light-transmitting portion and the light released outward from the light-transmitting portion is 5 or less.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Aoyama, Shunsuke. (2026). Exterior structure, vehicle exterior structure, and method for controlling exterior structure (U.S. Patent No. 12565142). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12565142

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