Invention Application
- Patent Title: METHOD OF DECORATING PARTS OF MOTOR VEHICLES
- Patent Title (中): 装载电机部件的方法
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Application No.: PCT/US2008/073300Application Date: 2008-08-15
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Publication No.: WO2009026144A2Publication Date: 2009-02-26
- Inventor: MULLER, Carlo, A. , LANDO, Matteo
- Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY , MULLER, Carlo, A. , LANDO, Matteo
- Applicant Address: 3M Center Post Office Box 33427 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 US
- Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY,MULLER, Carlo, A.,LANDO, Matteo
- Current Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY,MULLER, Carlo, A.,LANDO, Matteo
- Current Assignee Address: 3M Center Post Office Box 33427 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 US
- Agency: ALLEN, Gregory, D. et al.
- Priority: EP07114701.1 20070821
- Main IPC: B29C51/16
- IPC: B29C51/16 ; B29C45/14
Abstract:
There is provided a method of decorating a part of a vehicle, comprising (i) printing an ink composition onto a major surface of a transparent thermoformable polymeric sheet to obtain a printed sheet and : (ii) providing a mold having the shape and size of the part to be decorated; (iii) heating the printed sheet; (iv) pressing the mold against the printed sheet and applying vacuum thereto to allow the printed sheet to wrap around the mold; (v) removing the printed sheet from the mold; and (vi) mounting the printed and formed sheet on the part of said vehicle such that the printed ink composition faces the part of the vehicle that is being decorated; or alternatively : (ii) providing a part to be decorated; (iii) heating the printed sheet; and (iv) pressing the part against the printed side of the printed sheet and applying vacuum thereto to allow the printed sheet to wrap around the part.
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