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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2001
Toshinobu Mizutani, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kiyohide Imaeda, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yoshio Ohashi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masakazu Aoki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masaaki Ito, Aichi-ken, JP;
Wataru Horio, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masahide Inayama, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tadayoshi Kato, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A housing for a member disposed at a vehicle exterior is formed by assembling a plurality of parts substantially in a vehicle longitudinal direction. At a matching portion when the plurality of parts are assembled together substantially in the vehicle longitudinal direction, a housing outer side end portion of a matching surface substantially at a vehicle frontward side is displaced further outward than a housing outer side end portion of a matching surface substantially at a vehicle rearward side. Or, the housing outer side end portion of the matching surface substantially at the vehicle rearward side may have a curved surface or a flat surface.