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US 12,203,298 B2Granted
Two toned vehicle door handles
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Chester Stanislaus Walawender, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman, Hussein H. Berry
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Abstract
This disclosure details two toned door handles for vehicle doors. An exemplary two toned door handle may include a non-metallized portion and a metallized portion. The metallized portion may include a metallic layer that is transparent to signals sent and received by an antenna module packaged inside the two toned door handle. Exemplary methods for cost-effectively manufacturing the two toned door handle are also disclosed.
Claims17
A vehicle, comprising:
- a door;
- a two toned door handle secured to the door and including a non-metallized portion and a metallized portion,
- wherein the metallized portion includes a metallic layer comprised of indium;
- a molded-in ditch formed in a thermoplastic substrate of the two toned door handle,
- wherein the molded-in ditch is a recess formed in an exterior portion of the thermoplastic substrate and is located on an opposite side of the thermoplastic substrate from the metallized portion;
- and
- a mask secured to the thermoplastic substrate at the molded-in ditch.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a door;
- a two toned door handle secured to the door and including a handle body having a thermoplastic substrate;
- a non-metallized portion of the handle body provided at a first exterior surface of the thermoplastic substrate;
- a metallized portion of the handle body provided at a second exterior surface of the thermoplastic substrate, wherein the metallized portion includes a metallic layer comprised of 99.99% pure indium;
- a ditch formed in the first exterior surface of the thermoplastic substrate, wherein the ditch extends in a direction toward the second exterior surface;
- and
- a mask secured to the thermoplastic substrate at the ditch and arranged to cover the non-metallized portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.