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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:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Phillip S. Wilson, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Magna International of America, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/16 ;
Abstract
A reinforced continuous molded article which is equally reinforced in all aspects is suitable for molding into automobile exterior trim. The article comprises at least one thermoplastic, having essentially homogeneously mixed therein about 2% to about 15% by volume reinforcing particles having one or more layers of 0.7 nm-1.2 nm thick platelets, wherein more than about 50% of the reinforcing particles are less than about 20 layers thick. A method of producing reinforced articles comprising these reinforcing particles is also disclosed. Optionally, such articles may have embossed surfaces or may have a decorative film laminated thereto.