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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2010
John Muldoon, Saline, MI (US);
Monique Richard, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kimber L. Stamm, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Emilyne E. Nicolas, Scarborough, CA;
John Muldoon, Saline, MI (US);
Monique Richard, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kimber L. Stamm, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Emilyne E. Nicolas, Scarborough, CA;
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Abstract
A process for forming a protective layer on a metal surface includes the steps of: providing a metal material having an oxygen containing layer; applying at least two compounds to the oxygen containing layer of the metal material wherein a first compound applied is a molecularly large compound; and applying at least a second compound to the oxygen containing layer of the metal material wherein the second compound is molecularly small.