# US 12,003,020 B2 · Radar compatible badge for vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,003,020 B2 - Document ID: US12003020B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/357,510 - Filed: 2019-03-19 - Published: 2020-09-24 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-19 - Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Inventors: Linda D. VanFleteren; James P. Ebling; Scott H. Gaboury - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12003020B2 ## CPC - H01Q 1/3233: {particular used as part of a sensor or in a security system, e.g. for automotive radar, navigation systems} - B60R 13/005: {Manufacturers' emblems, name plates, bonnet ornaments, mascots or the like; Mounting means therefor} - H01Q 1/422: {comprising two or more layers of dielectric material (H01Q1/425 takes precedence)} - H01Q 1/44: using equipment having another main function to serve additionally as an antenna {, e.g. means for giving an antenna an aesthetic aspect}(H01Q1/27 - H01Q1/34 take precedence) - B29C 45/14: incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles {(B29C45/1671 takes precedence)} - B29K 2009/06: SB polymers, i.e. butadiene-styrene polymers - B29K 2033/12: {Polymers of methacrylic acid esters, e.g. PMMA, i.e. polymethylmethacrylate} - B29K 2055/02: ABS polymers, i.e. acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymers - B29K 2705/00: Use of metals, their alloys or their compounds, for preformed parts, e.g. for inserts - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - B29K: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR {MOULDS, } REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS ## Abstract A method of forming a badge may include thermally forming an indium film into a desired shape for the badge, including thermally forming a raised symbol above a front surface on the front side of the indium film; molding a plastic back layer to a back side of the thermally formed indium film; and molding a plastic front layer to a front side, opposite to the back side, of the thermally formed indium film. The badge may be mounted on a front of a vehicle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of forming a badge comprising: thermally forming an indium film into a desired shape for the badge; molding a plastic back layer to a back side of the thermally formed indium film; and molding a plastic front layer to a front side, opposite to the back side, of the thermally formed indium film. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein thermally forming the indium film includes thermally forming a raised symbol above a front surface on the front side of the indium film. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2 wherein the raised symbol includes a side wherein a first section of the side is thermally formed to extend outward from the front surface at a non-perpendicular angle to the front surface and a second section of the side is thermally formed to extend outward from the first section to a top surface of the symbol essentially at a perpendicular angle to the front surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3 wherein the non-perpendicular angle is about twenty degrees from perpendicular to the front surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3 wherein the first section of the side is three to four times longer than the second section, in the direction perpendicular to the front surface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3 further including mounting the badge on a front of a vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the back layer is injection molded to the indium film. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7 wherein the back layer is formed of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7 wherein the back layer is formed of polymethylmethacrylate. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the front layer is injection molded to the indium film. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10 wherein the front layer is formed of polymethylmethacrylate. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further including mounting the badge on a front of a vehicle. ### Claim 13 A method of forming a badge comprising: thermally forming an indium film into a desired shape for the badge, including thermally forming a raised symbol above a front surface on the front side of the indium film; molding a plastic back layer to a back side of the thermally formed indium film; molding a plastic front layer to a front side, opposite to the back side, of the thermally formed indium film; and mounting the badge on a front of a vehicle. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13 wherein the raised symbol includes a side wherein a first section of the side is thermally formed to extend outward from the front surface at a non-perpendicular angle to the front surface and a second section of the side is thermally formed to extend outward from the first section to a top surface of the symbol essentially at a perpendicular angle to the front surface. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 wherein the non-perpendicular angle is about twenty degrees from perpendicular to the front surface. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15 wherein the first section of the side is three to four times longer than the second section, in the direction perpendicular to the front surface.