Decorative member and manufacturing method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11298917-B2
Application number	US-202016828044-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2020
Priority date	Nov 16, 2015
Publication date	Apr 12, 2022
Grant date	Apr 12, 2022

Abstract

A decorative member includes: a transparent resin layer provided on a rear surface thereof with a general portion, a stepped portion recessed or protrudingly provided with respect to the general portion, and an inclination portion provided between the stepped portion and the general portion; and a decorative layer provided on the rear surface, wherein: an inclination angle of the inclination portion with respect to a normal line of the general portion is equal to or more than 25° and is equal to or less than 40°; a width of the inclination portion is large beyond 0.38 mm and is equal to or less than 1 mm; and the decorative layer includes: a first layer that covers the stepped portion of the rear surface; and a second layer that covers a part of the rear surface, which is not covered by at least the first layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A manufacturing method of a decorative member for covering a millimeter wave receiver of a vehicle comprising:
preparing a transparent resin layer provided on a rear surface thereof with a general portion, a stepped portion recessed or protrudingly provided with respect to the general portion, and an inclination portion provided between the stepped portion and the general portion, an inclination angle of the inclination portion with respect to a normal line of the general portion being equal to or more than 25° and being equal to or less than 40° and a width of the inclination portion being large beyond 0.38 mm and being equal to or less than 1 mm;
disposing a first layer, including a metal layer having a wavelength characteristic adapted to the millimeter wave receiver, on at least the stepped portion and the inclination portion of the rear surface of the transparent resin layer;
allowing a part covering the stepped portion in the first layer to remain and separating an excess part, other than the covering the stepped portion, in the first layer by Laser irradiation, wherein
when the excess part is separated, a boundary between an irradiation area and a non-irradiation area of the laser is set as a center in a width direction of the inclination portion; and

disposing a second layer, made of a paint, on the rear surface of the transparent resin layer after the first layer is disposed, wherein the first layer and the second layer are included in a decorative layer for the vehicle.

2. The manufacturing method of the decorative member according to claim 1 , wherein
the first layer is made of indium, and
when the excess part is separated, irradiation energy of laser irradiated to the first layer is equal to or more than 0.3 mJ and is equal to or less than 0.6 mJ.

3. The manufacturing method of the decorative member according to claim 1 , wherein
the first layer is made of indium, and
when the excess part is separated, irradiation energy per unit area of laser irradiated to an overlap part of the first layer and the paint layer is equal to or more than 2.5 mJ and is equal to or less than 3.8 mJ.

4. The manufacturing method of the decorative member according to claim 1 , the decorative layer displaying the first layer and the second layer viewable through the transparent resin layer from a front surface of the decorative member.

Assignees

• Toyoda Gosei Kk
• Shinko Nameplate Co Ltd

Inventors

• Okumura Koji
• Maeda Hideto
• Oba Tatsuya
• Kawashima Daiichiro
• Yoshida Mitsuo

Classifications

• G01S7/03

  Details of HF subsystems specially adapted therefor, e.g. common to transmitter and receiver · CPC title

• B32B37/14

  characterised by the properties of the layers · CPC title

• B44C5/00

  Processes for producing special ornamental bodies · CPC title

• B44C3/025 Primary

  Superimposing layers to produce ornamental relief structures · CPC title

• G01S2013/93271

  in the front of the vehicles · CPC title