The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2014
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi Aichi-ken, JP;
Songtao Wu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Khoa Vo, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Debasish Banerjee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Masahiko Ishii, Okazaki Aichi, JP;
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A process of forming a multi-layered pigment comprising the steps of: providing a metal core material; treating the metal core material with an acid, depositing a passivation layer onto the metal core material; densifying the metal core material having the passivation layer reducing a pore size of the passivation layer; and depositing a high refractive index material onto the sintered material wherein the high refractive index layer is uniform and crack free.