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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:
Oct. 29, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1994
Diana D Granger, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Leroy J Miller, West Hills, CA (US);
Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for preparing the surface of a cured cyanate ester resin or composite for metal plating. The composite may comprise graphite fibers embedded in a cured cyanate ester resin matrix The surface is treated with a preheated solution containing an alkali metal salt of an alkoxide. Preferred alkoxides are methoxide, ethoxide, propoxide, isopropoxide, butoxide, tert-butoxide, sec-tutoxide, 2- methyl-2-butoxide, pentoxide and hexoxide. The method of the invention operates to improve adhesion between the treated surface and a subsequently plated metal, such that the resulting cured cyanate ester resin or composite may replace certain metallic components in such applications as aircraft, spacecraft, and automobiles given its highly conductive metallic coating.