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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.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1991
David P Garner, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Alaa A Elmoursi, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
Plastic automotive panels are painted electrostatically by coating the rear of the panel with conductive material to serve as the grounded terminus of an electrostatic paint deposition field and paint is sprayed onto the front of the panel by conventional electrostatic spray guns. The coating is applied to the panels by spraying a conductive salt or a conductive primer to the rear surface and allowed to dry, or the panel is formed with the conductive coating molded in situ. In the latter case, conductive material is sprayed onto a mold surface or a metal foil or metallized plastic sheet is inserted into the mode before the part is formed to result in a panel with a conductive rear surface. Also, in-mold coating can be used to apply a conductive coating during the formation of a plastic panel.