Vehicle including multi-tone paint scheme
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsHua-tzu Fan, Marcel James Isrow, Ryan J. Odegaard, John Patrick Spicer, Michael J. Moore, Robert Dale Burns, Jorge F. Arinez
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Abstract
A method for painting a body of a vehicle with a multi-tone paint scheme. The method includes: applying a first paint of a first color to the body; oven-curing the first paint; applying a second paint of a second color to the body, the second paint configured to be cured by ultraviolet light, the second color is different from the first color, and curing the second paint by exposing the second paint to ultraviolet light.
Claims20
A method for painting a body of a vehicle with a multi-tone paint scheme, the method comprising:
- applying a first paint of a first color to the body;
- oven-curing the first paint;
- applying a second paint of a second color to the body, the second paint configured to be cured by ultraviolet light, the second color is different from the first color;
- and
- curing the second paint by exposing the second paint to ultraviolet light.
A method for painting a body of a vehicle with a multi-tone paint scheme, the method comprising:
- applying a first paint of a first color to the body;
- oven-curing the first paint;
- applying a second paint of a second color onto less than an entirety of the first paint with a non-atomizing paint applicator, the second paint configured to be cured by ultraviolet light, and the second color is different from the first color;
- applying a third paint of a third color onto one of the second paint and the first paint with the non-atomizing paint applicator, the third paint configured to be cured by ultraviolet light;
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- curing the second paint and the third paint by exposing the second paint and the third paint to ultraviolet light.
A vehicle including a multi-tone paint scheme, the vehicle comprising:
- a first paint of a first color painted onto a body of the vehicle;
- and
- a second paint of a second color painted onto the first paint with a non-atomizing paint applicator, the second paint configured to be cured by ultraviolet light, and the second color different from the first color.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.