IP Library Granted Patent US 10,048,099
Granted Patent B2
US 10,048,099 · App. 15/296,862 · Granted Aug 14, 2018

Metallic decorative part for vehicle display device, and vehicle display device

Inventors: Tatsuya Hattori (Shizuoka, JP); Sunao Fujita (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
G01D13/04B44C5/0415B60K35/00B60K37/02B60R13/005G09F21/04B60K2350/20B60K2350/40B60K2350/402Y10T428/1241Y10T428/12438Y10T428/12472Y10T428/24545
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Patent No.
US 10,048,099
App. No.
15/296,862
Granted
Aug 14, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A metallic decorative part for a vehicle display device includes a substrate body molded from a synthetic resin, a metal thin film that is formed of metal and deposited on a surface of the substrate body, and a plurality of grooves deposited on a surface of the metal thin film in accordance with a shape of the surface of the substrate body. The grooves are formed so that a width is larger than 0 and equal to or smaller than 3.0 μm, and a height is larger than 0 and equal to or smaller than 1.0 μm. Accordingly, the metallic decorative part for a vehicle display device can properly secure a metallic texture recognized by a viewer with a configuration in which the metal thin film is deposited on the surface of the substrate body made of resin.

Claims (18)

1. A metallic decorative part for a vehicle display device, the metallic decorative part comprising:

a substrate body made from a synthetic resin and that includes a first plurality of grooves in a surface of the substrate body; and

a metal thin film that is formed of metal and deposited on the surface of the substrate body and that includes a second plurality of grooves on a surface of the metal thin film that correspond to the first plurality of grooves of the surface of the substrate body, wherein

the second plurality of grooves are formed so that a width between bottom points of the second plurality of grooves that are adjacent to each other is larger than 0 and equal to or smaller than 3.0 μm, and a height of an apex between the adjacent grooves from lower one of the bottom points of the adjacent grooves is larger than 0 and equal to or smaller than 1.0 μm,

the second plurality of grooves are formed so that a distribution width of the width is equal to or larger than 1.2 μm, and a distribution width of the height is equal to or larger than 0.3 μm, and

the second plurality of grooves forms a radial mark pattern, and the radial mark pattern is formed by the second plurality of grooves extending radially from a preset reference point or a point nearby the preset reference point outwardly.

2. The metallic decorative part for a vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second plurality of grooves are formed so that the width is larger than 0 and equal to or smaller than 2.7 μm, and the height is larger than 0 and equal to or smaller than 0.35 μm.

3. The metallic decorative part for a vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second plurality of grooves include a first linear groove formed to linearly extend and pass through a predetermined formation region, and a second linear groove formed to linearly extend in which at least one end of the second linear groove is blocked in the formation region.

4. The metallic decorative part for a vehicle display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the second plurality of grooves include a first linear groove formed to linearly extend and pass through a predetermined formation region, and a second linear groove formed to linearly extend in which at least one end of the second linear groove is blocked in the formation region.

5. A vehicle display device comprising:

a display unit that displays information relating to a vehicle; and

a metallic decorative part that includes a substrate body made from a synthetic resin and that includes a first plurality of grooves in a surface of the substrate body, and a metal thin film that is formed of metal and deposited on the surface of the substrate body and that includes a second plurality of grooves on a surface of the metal thin film that correspond to the first plurality of grooves of the surface of the substrate body, wherein

the second plurality of grooves are formed so that a width between bottom points of the second plurality of grooves that are adjacent to each other is larger than 0 and equal to or smaller than 3.0 μm, and a height of an apex between the adjacent grooves from lower one of the bottom points of the adjacent grooves is larger than 0 and equal to or smaller than 1.0 μm,

the second plurality of grooves are formed so that a distribution width of the width is equal to or larger than 1.2 μm, and a distribution width of the height is equal to or larger than 0.3 μm, and

the second plurality of grooves forms a radial mark pattern, and the radial mark pattern is formed by the second plurality of grooves extending radially from a preset reference point or a point nearby the preset reference point outwardly.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2016
From: HATTORI, TATSUYA; FUJITA, SUNAO
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040048/0625 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-205788 · Oct 19, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170106810A1 · Apr 20, 2017
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