IP Library Granted Patent US 11,772,707
Granted Patent B2
US 11,772,707 · App. 16/982,193 · Granted Oct 3, 2023

Method of manufacturing vehicle rear module, vehicle back door, vehicle rear module, and vehicle module

Inventors: Yasuaki Tsutsumi (Shizuoka, JP); Daisuke Mochizuki (Shizuoka, JP); Hideaki Yamamoto (Shizuoka, JP); Takenao Yoshimura (Shizuoka, JP); Yuki Takahashi (Shizuoka, JP); Masaaki Nakabayashi (Shizuoka, JP); Hiroaki Hara (Shizuoka, JP); Masayuki Kobayashi (Shizuoka, JP); Masaru Kaneko (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
B62D25/08B29C45/1628B60J1/18B60J5/10B60Q1/34B60Q1/44B62D29/041B29C45/16B29K2023/12B29K2069/00B29K2995/002B29K2995/0026B29L2031/3005
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Patent No.
US 11,772,707
App. No.
16/982,193
Granted
Oct 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing a vehicle rear module that includes: a clear member monolithically including a lamp section and a window section; and a colored member for shielding at least part of a vehicle interior from the exterior. The method for producing the vehicle rear module comprises: a step for injecting a transparent resin from a single resin injection hole into a first cavity to form the clear member; and a step for injecting a colored resin from a plurality of resin injection holes into a second cavity to form the colored member.

Claims (28)

1. A method of manufacturing a vehicle rear module to be attached to open and close an opening provided in a rear portion of a vehicle,

wherein the vehicle rear module includes:

a clear member monolithically including a lamp portion that transmits light of at least a stop lamp and a turn signal lamp and a window portion; and

a colored member configured to shield at least a part of inside of the vehicle from outside, and

wherein the method of manufacturing the vehicle rear module includes:

injecting a transparent resin from a single resin injection hole into a first cavity to form the clear member; and

injecting a coloring resin from a plurality of resin injection holes into a second cavity to form the colored member.

2. The method of manufacturing the vehicle rear module according to claim 1 ,

wherein the coloring resin is injected into the second cavity in which the clear member is disposed to form the colored member.

3. The method of manufacturing the vehicle rear module according to claim 1 ,

wherein the transparent resin is injected into the first cavity in which the colored member is disposed to form the clear member.

4. A vehicle rear module to be attached to open and close an opening provided in a rear portion of a vehicle, the vehicle rear module comprising:

a lamp portion that transmits light of at least a stop lamp and a turn signal lamp;

a window portion,

a clear element monolithically including the lamp portion and the window portion; and

a colored element configured to shield at least a part of inside of the vehicle from outside when viewed from rear of the vehicle,

wherein a hard coat layer is provided on at least a surface of the window portion which faces outside of the vehicle,

wherein the hard coat layer is made of an acrylic resin or an acrylic urethane resin, a coloring material, and silica nanoparticles, and

wherein the hard coat layer is provided on a surface of the colored element which faces the outside of the vehicle.

5. The vehicle rear module according to claim 4 ,

wherein the hard coat layer is provided over a surface of the clear element which faces the outside the vehicle and the surface of the colored element which faces the outside of the vehicle.

6. The vehicle rear module according to claim 5 ,

wherein the hard coat layer is provided over the entire surface of the clear element which faces the outside of the vehicle and the entire surface of the colored element which faces the outside of the vehicle.

7. A vehicle rear module to be attached to open and close an opening provided in a rear portion of a vehicle, the vehicle rear module monolithically comprising:

a window portion spreading along a first imaginary plane; and

a pair of left and right lamp portions configured to transmit light from lamp units,

wherein at least a portion of each of left and right end portions of the vehicle rear module extends along a second imaginary plane intersecting the first imaginary plane,

wherein a thickness of each of the end portions measured in a direction parallel to the first imaginary plane increases in a normal direction of the first imaginary plane as the end portion extends away from the window portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2020
From: TSUTSUMI, YASUAKI; MOCHIZUKI, DAISUKE; YAMAMOTO, HIDEAKI; YOSHIMURA, TAKENAO; TAKAHASHI, YUKI; NAKABAYASHI, MASAAKI; HARA, HIROAKI; KOBAYASHI, MASAYUKI; KANEKO, MASARU
To: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (7)
JP 2018-053289 · Mar 20, 2018 · national
JP 2018-053290 · Mar 20, 2018 · national
JP 2018-053291 · Mar 20, 2018 · national
JP 2018-053292 · Mar 20, 2018 · national
JP 2018-053293 · Mar 20, 2018 · national
JP 2018-053294 · Mar 20, 2018 · national
JP 2018-053295 · Mar 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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