IP Library Granted Patent US 11,241,959
Granted Patent B2
US 11,241,959 · App. 15/412,599 · Granted Feb 8, 2022

Resin molded product and vehicle display device

Inventor: Teruomi Sano (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,241,959
App. No.
15/412,599
Granted
Feb 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A resin molded product that is applied to a vehicle display device has a surface on which a plurality of fine irregularities having surface roughness of equal to or larger than 1.0 μm and equal to or smaller than 10.0 μm and an array pitch of equal to or larger than 3.0 μm and equal to or smaller than 18.0 μm are molded. In other words, the resin molded product has the surface on which the fine irregularities causing a gloss value at an incident angle of 85° to be equal to or lower than 2 are molded. This configuration provides an effect that the resin molded product and the vehicle display device can lower gloss of the surface.

Claims (23)

1. A vehicle display device comprising:

a display unit that is mounted on a vehicle and displays information relating to the vehicle;

a surrounding face that surrounds the display unit as a face opposing a viewing position for viewing the display unit; and

a resin molded product that is located between a light source part included in the display unit and the viewing position, wherein

the resin molded product is provided on a standing face projecting from an edge portion of the surrounding face along an alignment direction of the light source part and the viewing position,

the resin molded product comprises a surface of the resin molded product on which a plurality of fine irregularities are molded, the fine irregularities having a surface roughness of equal to or larger than 1.0 μm and equal to or smaller than 10.0 μm, and an array pitch of equal to or larger than 3.0 μm and equal to or smaller than 18.0 μm,

the standing face is inclined between the light source part and the viewing position and is configured to reduce reflection of light incident on the standing face from the light source part so as to lower gloss of the standing face, and

four standing faces, including the standing face, in total are provided and include one at each of both of up and down sides in a vertical direction of the surrounding face along a width direction and one at each of both of right and left sides in the width direction of the surrounding face along the vertical direction.

2. A vehicle display device comprising:

a display unit that is mounted on a vehicle and displays information relating to the vehicle;

a surrounding face that surrounds the display unit as a face opposing a viewing position for viewing the display unit; and

a resin molded product that is located between a light source part included in the display unit and the viewing position,

wherein the resin molded product is provided on a standing face projecting from an edge portion of the surrounding face along an alignment direction of the light source part and the viewing position,

wherein the resin molded product has a surface on which a plurality of fine irregularities causing a gloss value at an incident angle of 85° to be equal to or lower than 2 are molded,

wherein the resin molded product comprises a surface of the resin molded product on which a plurality of fine irregularities are molded, the fine irregularities having a surface roughness of equal to or larger than 1.0 μm and equal to or smaller than 10.0 μm, and an array pitch of equal to or larger than 3.0 μm and equal to or smaller than 18.0 μm, or a surface roughness of equal to or larger than 1.15 μm and equal to or smaller than 10.00 μm, and an array pitch of equal to or larger than 3.0 μm and equal to or smaller than 14.0 μm,

wherein the standing face is inclined between the light source part and the viewing position and is configured to reduce reflection of light incident on the standing face from the light source part so as to lower gloss of the standing face, and

four standing faces, including the standing face, in total are provided and include one at each of both of up and down sides in a vertical direction of the surrounding face along a width direction and one at each of both of right and left sides in the width direction of the surrounding face along the vertical direction..

3. The vehicle display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the fine irregularities have a surface roughness of equal to or larger than 1.4 μm and equal to or smaller than 3.0 μm, and an array pitch of equal to or larger than 4.0 μm and equal to or smaller than 13.0 μm.

4. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resin molded product comprises a plurality of dial plates, and

wherein the standing face is separated from the dial plates in a direction from the light source part and the viewing position, and

wherein the standing face comprises a greater surface area than surface areas of the dial plates facing the viewing position.

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 Jan 23, 2017
From: SANO, TERUOMI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041049/0407 →