Exterior panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025360883-A1
Application number	US-202519173396-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 8, 2025
Priority date	May 23, 2024
Publication date	Nov 27, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An exterior panel includes a panel body including a first ornamental surface and a recess, and a cover member, including an ornamental wall that covers an open portion of the recess. The recess includes a peripheral wall and a bottom wall. The cover member includes the ornamental wall, an abutment wall that abuts the bottom wall, and a connection wall that connects with an edge of the abutment wall and an inner surface of the ornamental wall. The peripheral wall includes the inner surface on which positioning ribs are arranged. The positioning ribs extend in a first direction. The inner edge of the open portion includes an inclined portion that is inclined to widen the open portion as the first ornamental surface becomes closer in the first direction. An outer edge of the ornamental wall is in contact with the inclined portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An exterior panel configured to form at least a part of an exterior body of a mobile unit, the exterior panel comprising:
a panel body including a first ornamental surface and a recess that opens in the first ornamental surface; and a cover member including an ornamental wall that is inserted into the recess to cover an open portion of the recess, the ornamental wall including a second ornamental surface, wherein, the first ornamental surface and the second ornamental surface form an ornamental surface of the exterior panel, the recess includes a peripheral wall connected to an inner edge of the open portion, and a bottom wall connected to the peripheral wall, the cover member includes the ornamental wall, an abutment wall that abuts the bottom wall, and a connection wall that connects an edge of the abutment wall and an inner surface of the ornamental wall, the peripheral wall includes an inner surface on which positioning ribs are arranged at intervals around the recess, the positioning ribs contacting an outer surface of the connection wall and extending in a first direction, in which the cover member is inserted into the recess, the inner edge of the open portion includes an inclined portion that is inclined to widen the open portion as the first ornamental surface becomes closer in the first direction, and an outer edge of the ornamental wall is in contact with the inclined portion.

2 . The exterior panel according to claim 1 , wherein
the connection wall extends in the first direction, the connection wall and the abutment wall are connected by a connection portion, and the connecting portion has higher flexibility than the abutment wall and the connection wall.

3 . The exterior panel according to claim 2 , wherein
the connecting portion is curved inwardly toward the abutment wall with respect to the first direction.

4 . The exterior panel according to claim 2 , wherein
the connecting portion is thinner than the abutment wall and the connection wall.

5 . The exterior panel according to claim 1 , wherein
the abutment wall is rectangular and includes two first sides and two second sides, and the connection wall includes a first side wall corresponding to one of the first sides, a second side wall corresponding to one of the second sides, and a notch at a corner between the first side wall and the second side wall.

6 . The exterior panel according to claim 1 , wherein
the abutment wall includes an abutment wall body and a projection projecting from the abutment wall body toward the bottom wall, and the projection includes an abutment surface that abuts the bottom wall.

7 . The exterior panel according to claim 6 , wherein
the bottom wall includes an insertion hole for insertion of a screw, and the projection includes a tubular portion for insertion of the screw.

8 . The exterior panel according to claim 7 , wherein
the projection includes extensions extending outward from the tubular portion, and the tubular portion and the extensions both include the abutment surface.

9 . The exterior panel according to claim 1 , wherein
the ornamental wall is permeable to electromagnetic waves.

10 . The exterior panel according to claim 9 , wherein
the bottom wall is one of two bottom walls spaced apart from each other in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, the abutment wall is one of two abutment walls spaced apart from each other in the second direction, and a through hole between the two bottom walls, and an open space between the two abutment walls extend over each other in the first direction.

11 . The exterior panel according to claim 9 , wherein
the ornamental wall includes a base permeable to electronic waves, and a coating permeable to electronic waves and applied to an outer surface of the base.

Assignees

• Toyoda Gosei Kk

Inventors

• Takahashi Kazuhisa
• Yamaguchi Jun
• Fukagawa Koji
• Okumura Koji
• Kuramitsu Yuhki

Classifications

• B60R13/04 Primary

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