Metallic toned dial plate and production method of the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9296163-B2
Application number	US-201414554579-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2014
Priority date	Aug 11, 2011
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

Abstract

A metallic layer is formed on a resin-made dial plate main body by surface treatment. A front surface of the main body is provided with a circular or arc-shaped second design face around a rotation shaft of a pointer, and a first inwardly inclined face and an outwardly inclined face continued to the second design face so as to rim an inside and an outside of the second design face and gradually extending toward a rear surface as extending away from the second design face. These first inwardly inclined face and outwardly inclined face are provided on a smooth face. Other portions except these first inwardly inclined face and outwardly inclined face are provided on a corrugated face on which a plurality of convexes and concaves are formed and having a surface roughness rougher than the smooth face.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A production method of a metallic toned dial plate producing a metallic feeling comprising steps of:
producing a main body provided with a smooth face and a corrugated face on which a plurality of convexes and concaves are formed and having a surface roughness rougher than the smooth face by resin molding using a molding die provided with
a smooth face formed as an inclined, beveled face relative to a corrugated face and formed to rim a design face formed on a convex portion, and convexes and concaves are formed on the design face and
the corrugated face on which a plurality of convexes and concaves are formed and having a surface roughness rougher than the smooth face, and

providing a metallic layer on the smooth face and the corrugated face of the main body by surface treatment, wherein
the convex portion is in a circular or an arc shape centering around a rotation shaft of a pointer with a top surface being the design face thereof and being a circular or arc-shaped face, and a pair of the smooth faces are adjacent to the top surface of the convex portion to rim the design face.

2. The production method of a metallic toned dial plate as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a step of: respectively forming the smooth face and the corrugated face with individual molding dies.

3. A production method of a metallic toned dial plate producing a metallic feeling comprising steps of:
resin-molding a main body with
molding, with a first molding die, a smooth face formed as an inclined, beveled face relative to a corrugated face and formed to rim a design face formed on a top surface of a convex portion of the main body, and
molding, with a second molding die, the corrugated face on which a plurality of convexes and concaves are formed and having a surface roughness rougher than the smooth face; and

providing a metallic layer on the smooth face and the corrugated face of the main body by surface treatment,
wherein on the main body:
the smooth face is formed as an inclined, beveled face relative to the corrugated face and formed to rim a design face formed on a convex portion, and convexes and concaves are formed on the design face;
the corrugated face on which a plurality of convexes and concaves are formed has a surface roughness rougher than the smooth face;
the convex portion is in a circular or an arc shape centering around a rotation shaft of a pointer with a top surface being the design face thereof and being a circular or arc-shaped face; and
a pair of the smooth faces are adjacent to the top surface of the convex portion to rim the design face.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Sakurai Isamu

Classifications

• B60K35/22 Primary

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/60

  Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) · CPC title

• B29K2101/00

  Use of unspecified macromolecular compounds as moulding material {(use of unspecified rubbers B29K2021/00)} · CPC title

• B29K2995/0026

  Transparent · CPC title

• Y10T428/218

  Aperture containing · CPC title