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US 2026/0177217 A1Published application
Method for manufacturing a vehicle part comprising a transparent or translucent portion
AssigneeOPmobility SE
InventorGérald ANDRE
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing a vehicle part including masking a portion of a transparent or translucent vehicle part body, so as to form a masked portion of the part body; applying a coat of paint to the part body, in an area encompassing all or part of the masked portion, so as to form a painted area; removing the masking, the masked portion becoming an unmasked, paint-free portion; and irradiating the coat of paint with laser radiation, in a border of the unmasked portion, so as to define a clear paint boundary around the unmasked portion.
Claims16
A method for manufacturing a vehicle part, comprising steps of:
- masking a portion of a transparent or translucent vehicle part body, so as to form a masked portion of the part body;
- applying a coat of paint to the part body, in an area encompassing all or part of the masked portion, so as to form a painted area;
- removing the masking, the masked portion becoming an unmasked, paint-free portion;
- irradiating the coat of paint with laser radiation, in a border of the unmasked portion, so as to define a clear paint boundary around the unmasked portion.
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