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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2003
Hitoshi Ohgane, Saitama, JP;
Keisuke Kojima, Saitama, JP;
Hitoshi Ohgane, Saitama, JP;
Keisuke Kojima, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A paint substitute filmis provided which has an excellent property that permits universal application to a variety of components, for example to a complexly shaped component, without decreasing marketability of the component due to undesirable change in color. The paint substitute filmincludes a color coatwhich contains metallic pigmentsand orientation inhibitorsfor inhibiting orientation of the metallic pigmentsWhen the paint substitute filmis bonded onto an exterior component of an automobile or the like, the paint substitute filmis drawn, but the orientation inhibitorseach serve as an obstacle to prevent the metallic pigmentsfrom being uniformly oriented toward a direction parallel to the drawing direction. Accordingly, even after the paint substitute filmis drawn, rays of light incident on the filmdiffuses upon reflection off the metallic pigmentsand thus unfavorable alteration of color in the filmcan be prevented.