Plated synthetic resin member for vehicle

• US 20050225993A1
• Filed: 06/09/2005
• Published: 10/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ADVANCE Co. Ltd. (KOSE Corporation), Moriroku Kabushiki Kaisha OHRA Sangyo Corporation
• Original Assignee: ADVANCE Co. Ltd. (KOSE Corporation), Moriroku Kabushiki Kaisha OHRA Sangyo Corporation
• Inventors: Sakurai, Akira, Togasaki, Junichi, Sakamoto, Naoki, Yamazaki, Akira, Kosuge, Hideaki, Sugauchi, Yasufumi
• Application Number:
  US11/148,258
• Publication Number:
  US 20050225993A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/488
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2031/3029 Handgrips grips in general B29L2031/463
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2500/20 associated with air conditioning arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/20 for lighting specific fittings of passenger or driving compartments; mounted on specific fittings of passenger or driving compartments lighting for dashboards B60Q3/10
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/267 Door handles; Hand grips
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/82 Switches specially adapted for vehicle interior lighting, e.g. switching by tilting the lens
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 15/1635 of plastics materials springs E05B15/04
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 17/0004 Lock assembling or manufacturing making locksmith's goods of sheet metal B21D53/38; assembling in general B23P21/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 17/10 Illuminating devices on or for locks or keys; Transparent or translucent lock parts; Indicator lights
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 85/12 Inner door handles
• CPC Class Codes: G05G 1/105 comprising arrangements for illumination
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20732 Handles

Abstract

A plated synthetic resin member for a vehicle has a main body made of a synthetic resin and a plating coat formed on the surface of the main body and having a metallic gloss. The main body is molded from a translucent synthetic resin. The plating coat formed on the surface of the main body is translucent. The main body has a built-in lamp that can light up. Lighting up the lamp at night puts the plating coat in a light-emitting state. Thus, the plated synthetic resin member for a vehicle that can provide a high-class image even at night.

Claims

1. A plated synthetic resin member for a vehicle comprising:

a main body molded from a translucent synthetic resin; and

a translucent plating coat formed on the surface of the main body and having a metallic gloss;

wherein the main body has a built-in lamp that can light up,

whereby, in a lighted environment, the plating coat on the surface of the main body gives off a metallic gloss, and in a darkened environment, the lamp within the main body is lit up to inform a vehicle occupant of the presence of the resin member.

2. The plated synthetic resin member for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the main body is an operating main body that is operated manually.

3. The plated synthetic resin member for a vehicle according to either claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the main body is molded from polycarbonate, acrylic, or Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene.

4. A plated synthetic resin member for a vehicle, wherein a lock release lever provided on a door of an automobile comprises a lever main body molded from a translucent synthetic resin, and a translucent plating coat formed on the surface of the lever main body that faces a vehicle compartment, wherein the lever main body comprises a built-in lamp that can light up,

whereby, in a lighted environment, the translucent plating coat on the surface of the lever main body gives off a metallic gloss, and in a darkened environment, the built-in lamp within the main body is lit up to inform a vehicle occupant of the presence of the resin member.

5. The plated synthetic resin member for a vehicle according to claim 4, wherein the lever main body is molded from polycarbonate, acrylic, or Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene.

6. A plated synthetic resin member for a vehicle, wherein an operating knob of an air-conditioner outlet vent device provided in an instrument panel of an automobile comprises a knob main body molded from a translucent synthetic resin, and a translucent plating coat formed on the surface of the knob main body that faces a vehicle compartment, wherein the knob main body has a built-in lamp that can light up,

whereby, in a lighted environment, the translucent plating coat on the surface of the knob main body gives off a metallic gloss, and in a darkened environment, the built-in lamp within the knob main body is lit up to inform a vehicle occupant of the presence of the resin member.

7. The plated synthetic resin member for a vehicle according to claim 6, wherein the knob main body is molded from polycarbonate, acrylic, or Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene.