Housing for member disposed at vehicle exterior
First Claim
1. A housing for a member disposed at a vehicle exterior which is formed by assembling a plurality of parts substantially in a vehicle longitudinal direction, the housing comprising:
- a matching portion which is exposed at an outer surface of the housing at a boundary of the plurality of parts when the plurality of parts are assembled together; and
parallel matching outside surfaces of the plurality of parts which oppose each other at the matching portion and are aligned substantially in the vehicle longitudinal direction, wherein a housing outer side end portion of the outside matching surface positioned substantially at a vehicle frontward side is displaced further toward an outer side than a housing outer side end portion of the parallel outside matching surface positioned substantially at a vehicle rearward side.
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Abstract
A housing for a member disposed at a vehicle exterior is formed by assembling a plurality of parts substantially in a vehicle longitudinal direction. At a matching portion when the plurality of parts are assembled together substantially in the vehicle longitudinal direction, a housing outer side end portion of a matching surface substantially at a vehicle frontward side is displaced further outward than a housing outer side end portion of a matching surface substantially at a vehicle rearward side. Or, the housing outer side end portion of the matching surface substantially at the vehicle rearward side may have a curved surface or a flat surface.
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18 Claims
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1. A housing for a member disposed at a vehicle exterior which is formed by assembling a plurality of parts substantially in a vehicle longitudinal direction, the housing comprising:
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a matching portion which is exposed at an outer surface of the housing at a boundary of the plurality of parts when the plurality of parts are assembled together; and
parallel matching outside surfaces of the plurality of parts which oppose each other at the matching portion and are aligned substantially in the vehicle longitudinal direction, wherein a housing outer side end portion of the outside matching surface positioned substantially at a vehicle frontward side is displaced further toward an outer side than a housing outer side end portion of the parallel outside matching surface positioned substantially at a vehicle rearward side. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A housing for a member disposed at a vehicle exterior which is formed by assembling a plurality of parts together substantially in a vehicle longitudinal direction, the housing comprising:
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a matching portion which is exposed at an outer surface of the housing at a boundary between the plurality of parts when the plurality of parts are assembled together; and
matching surfaces of the plurality of parts opposing each other at the matching portion substantially in the vehicle longitudinal direction, wherein a corner portion of the matching surface substantially at a vehicle rearward side and the part having the matching surface is formed as a curved surface or as a flat surface which is inclined toward an outer side of the housing with respect to a direction of the matching surface substantially at a vehicle frontward side. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A housing for a member disposed at a vehicle exterior which is formed by assembling a plurality of parts together substantially in a vehicle longitudinal direction, the housing comprising:
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a matching portion which is exposed at an outer surface of the housing at a boundary between the plurality of parts when the plurality of parts are assembled together; and
matching surfaces of the plurality of parts opposing each other at the matching portion substantially in the vehicle longitudinal direction, wherein said matching surfaces include, at a vehicle rearward side, a corner portion having a rounded surface or a flat surface inclined obliquely to said vehicle longitudinal direction that forms an outer portion of said housing such that an airflow flowing from a vehicle front side to said vehicle rearward side flows over said rounded or oblique surface with less resistance than if said corner portion included a surface orthogonal to said vehicle longitudinal direction.
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