US 12,466,338 B2
Vehicle exterior component
Shinsuke Hosono, Ota (JP); Yasuhiko Irie, Tokyo (JP); and Miyoshi Itahana, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Shigeru Co., Ltd, Ota (JP); and Subaru Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SHIGERU CO., LTD., Ota (JP); and SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/140,887.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-078647 (JP), filed on May 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0365077 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 13/04 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 13/04 (2013.01) [B29L 2031/302 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3041 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle exterior component comprising:
a body having a plate configuration; and
a plurality of protruded ridges protruded from a back side of the body and extending with a generally constant distance from each other, wherein the vehicle exterior component is adhesively attached to a vehicle body panel via a shared double-faced adhesive tape continuously adhered to distal end surfaces of the plurality of protruded ridges, wherein
the plurality of protruded ridges respectively include regions having curved configurations, and wherein in the region having curved configuration, height of the protruded ridge on an inner side varies such that the distal end surface of the protruded ridge on the inner side has a wave shape.