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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Ken Egashira, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Egashira, Kanagawa, JP;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A stainless steel article which has a transparent and uniform resin coating thereon, which can utilize the surface appearance of the stainless steel used as a substrate, which shows a high adhesive strength between the resin coating and stainless steel as a ground, which can be easily produced with a small number of steps, and which is particularly useful as an automotive exterior article. The stainless steel article comprises a stainless steel substrate and a transparent resin film with which at least one surface of the substrate is coated, the resin film comprising a transparent synthetic resin base and a transparent heat-sensitive adhesive layer formed on the synthetic resin base on the side of the stainless steel substrate, and the resin film being bonded to the stainless steel substrate through a silane coupling agent.