EXTERIOR EQUIPMENT FOR VEHICLE

• Main Authors: HIROYA KOZO, NIIMI YASUSHI, NAKANO HIROYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 26.07.2022
• Subjects: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

To keep a joining state between a heater wire and a connector pin excellent even if an ambient temperature repeatedly varies.SOLUTION: An emblem 15 as exterior equipment for vehicle comprises a decorative body part 21, a heater sheet 51 and a connector pin 32. The decorative body part 21 comprises a base material 22 and a transparent resin layer 35, and the heater sheet 51 comprises a heat generation body part 52 and an extension part 53. A part of the heater wire 57 at the extension part 53 is joined to the connector pin 32 with a joint part 58 inside an outer peripheral part 22a of the base material 22. At the outer peripheral part 22a, a window part 30 for joining the heater wire 57 to the connector pin 32 with the joint part 58 is formed while having a joint part exposed to outside the outer peripheral part 22a. The window part 30 is provided with a cutoff part 71 which restricts water from entering the joint part. A cutoff part 71 is formed by filling the window part 30 with a potting material.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】周囲の温度が繰り返し変化しても、ヒータ線のコネクタピンに対する接合状態を良好に維持する。【解決手段】車両用外装品としてのエンブレム１５は、装飾本体部２１、ヒータシート５１及びコネクタピン３２を備える。装飾本体部２１は、基材２２及び透明樹脂層３５を備え、ヒータシート５１は、発熱本体部５２及び延出部５３を備える。ヒータ線５７のうち延出部５３における部分は、接合部５８により、基材２２の外周部２２ａの内部でコネクタピン３２に接合される。外周部２２ａには、ヒータ線５７を接合部５８によりコネクタピン３２に接合するための窓部３０が、接合箇所を外周部２２ａの外部に露出させた状態で形成される。窓部３０には、接合箇所への水の浸入を規制する止水部７１が設けられる。止水部７１は、ポッティング材が窓部３０に充填されることにより形成される。【選択図】図３