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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2014
Steven Marc Gasworth, Wixom, MI (US);
Gregory Raffi Harley, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Eric F. J. M. Van Der Meulen, Wixom, MI (US);
Stephen Shuler, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Steven Marc Gasworth, Wixom, MI (US);
Gregory Raffi Harley, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Eric F. J. M. van der Meulen, Wixom, MI (US);
Stephen Shuler, Royal Oak, MI (US);
EXATEC, LLC, Wixom, MI (US);
Abstract
A plastic assembly having a permanent mark therein at a subsurface location and formed after substantial manufacture of the panel assembly. The plastic panel includes a substrate and a coating over the substrate, the coating including a surface that defines an exterior surface of the panel assembly. A mark is located beneath the exterior surface of the panel assembly. In making the panel assembly, a plastic substrate is provided and a protective coating is applied to the substrate. After the step of applying the protective coating, a subsurface portion of panel assembly is exposed to a laser light. The laser light opacifies a subsurface portion of the panel assembly, thereby rendering the mark within the panel assembly.