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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2008
Larry P. Haack, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ann Marie Straccia, Southgate, MI (US);
Larry P. Haack, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ann Marie Straccia, Southgate, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
According to at least one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for forming a polymerized coating on a surface of a substrate. In at least one embodiment, the method comprises providing a plasma gun having an outlet; introducing a pre-polymer molecule into the outlet of the plasma gun to form a number of fragments of the pre-polymer molecule as a plasma output including a direct-spray component and an over-spray component; at least partially isolating the direct-spray component and the over-spray component from each other to respectively obtain an isolated directed-spray component and an isolated over-spray component; and depositing at least a portion of the isolated direct-spray component and the isolated over-spray component onto the surface of the substrate through the outlet to form a base polymerized coating. The plasma gun is optionally operated at atmospheric pressure.