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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jennifer Haijin Zhu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ji Zhang, Nanjing, CN;
Mark Allen Dearth, Dearborn, MI (US);
Timothy James Hallifax, Toorak, AU;
Mica Marie Debolt, Saline, MI (US);
Deborah Frances Mielewski, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 9/365 (2013.01); C08J 2201/036 (2013.01); C08J 2375/04 (2013.01); C08J 2405/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of reducing aldehyde concentration in a vehicle cabin air, the method includes applying a solution comprising aldehyde scavenger(s) onto an outer surface of a foam article located or to be located within a vehicle cabin to form a top layer of the article such that aldehyde species are trapped within the article and prevented from being released into the cabin air.