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US 2025/0109616 A1Published application
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.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- molding a door handle;
- masking a first portion of the door handle;
- and
- metalizing a second portion of the door handle,
- wherein the first portion of the door handle includes a non-metalized appearance and the second portion of the door handle includes a metallized appearance.
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A method, comprising:
- molding a vehicle door handle to include a ditch;
- applying a mask to the ditch;
- and
- metalizing an un-masked portion of the vehicle door handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.