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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2012
GE Lighting Solutions, Llc, East Cleveland, OH (US);
Dengke Cai, Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Gary Robert Allen, Chesterland, OH (US);
Ashfaqul I. Chowdhury, Broadview Heights, OH (US);
Jeyachandrabose Chinniah, Willoughby Hills, OH (US);
GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC, East Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
Methods are provided for forming a reflective coating by applying a precursor material onto the substrate; soft curing the precursor material at a first curing energy level; and thereafter, hard curing the precursor material at a second curing energy level having a higher amount of energy than the first curing energy level to form the reflective coating. Other methods are provided for forming a reflective coating a surface of a plastic substrate by heating the surface of the plastic substrate to a deposition temperature, applying a polymeric resin onto the heated surface, and crosslinking the polymeric resin to form the reflective coating. The polymeric resin can include a cross-linkable powder, a cross-linker, and a pigment, with the deposition temperature being about 10° C. or greater than the melting point of the cross-linkable binder. Lighting apparatus formed from such methods are also provided.