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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Haibo Zhao, Northville, MI (US);
Daniel Quinn Houston, Dearborn, MI (US);
Rick H. Wykoff, Oakland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C 19/00 (2006.01); C03C 11/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/66 (2006.01); C03C 23/00 (2006.01); C08K 7/28 (2006.01); B24B 31/02 (2006.01); B29K 509/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C 19/00 (2013.01); B24B 31/02 (2013.01); B29C 70/66 (2013.01); C03C 11/002 (2013.01); C03C 23/006 (2013.01); C08K 7/28 (2013.01); B29K 2509/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided for treating the outer surfaces of a plurality of glass bubbles. That method includes loading a plurality of glass bubbles into a processing vessel having a roughened lining and displacing the processing vessel so that the plurality of glass bubbles move against the roughened lining to thereby roughen the outer surfaces. Alternatively, or in addition, the glass bubbles are subjected to air plasma treatment to increase the surface energy of the glass bubbles.