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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11845240 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2022

Three shot plastic tailgate

Applicant:

Sabic Global Technologies B.v., Bergen op Zoom, NL;

Inventors:

Geert Jan Schellekens, Glize, NL;

Matteo Terragni, Misinto MB, IT;

Assignee:

SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen op Zoom, NL;

Attorney:

CANTOR COLBURN LLP

Primary Examiner:

Betelhem Shewareged

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 27/00 (2006.01); B60J 1/00 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B32B 27/36 (2006.01); B60J 1/18 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); F21S 43/20 (2018.01); B60J 3/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/16 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29K 69/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 27/00 (2013.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/365 (2013.01); B60J 1/006 (2013.01); B60J 1/18 (2013.01); B60J 3/007 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0035 (2013.01); B60Q 1/26 (2013.01); F21S 43/26 (2018.01); B29C 45/14688 (2013.01); B29C 45/16 (2013.01); B29K 2069/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/30 (2013.01); B32B 2307/41 (2013.01); B32B 2307/412 (2013.01); B32B 2307/414 (2013.01); B32B 2605/006 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24802 (2015.01);
Abstract

A plastic glazing of a tailgate of a vehicle is provided, the plastic glazing comprising a translucent component, wherein a portion of the translucent component forms a rear window of the vehicle, a colored component molded onto the translucent component in a second shot, wherein the colored component comprises a lens of a light unit, a non-transparent component molded onto the translucent component, wherein an overlapping portion of the translucent component and the non-transparent component forms a blackout region proximate to the rear window, wherein the plastic glazing is of one-piece molded plastic construction, wherein the translucent component comprises a first textured surface in a region adjacent to the blackout region, where the first textured surface is configured to conceal a component of the vehicle.

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