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Patent No.:

US 12606254 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 26, 2022

Conductive motor vehicle paint enabling wind drag reduction

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);

Darren Palmer, Dearborn, MI (US);

Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);

Katherine Howard-Cone, Canton, MI (US);

Kevin Howard, Plymouth, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorney:

Burris Law, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Cheng Yuan Huang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 29/04 (2006.01); B62D 35/00 (2006.01); C09D 5/08 (2006.01); C09D 5/24 (2006.01); C09D 7/61 (2018.01); C09D 123/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 29/043 (2013.01); B62D 35/00 (2013.01); C09D 5/08 (2013.01); C09D 5/24 (2013.01); C09D 7/61 (2018.01); C09D 123/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A motor vehicle body component includes a substrate, at least one corrosion protection layer disposed on the substrate, a basecoat layer disposed on the at least one corrosion protection layer, and a clearcoat layer disposed on the basecoat layer. The clearcoat layer includes a material having a conductive network of linked nanostructures and also defines a Class A surface finish.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Salter, Stuart. (2026). Conductive motor vehicle paint enabling wind drag reduction (U.S. Patent No. 12606254). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12606254

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