Decorative ink for automotive plastic glazing
AssigneeExatec LLC
InventorsSunitha Grandhee, Keith D. Weiss, Hua Ning
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Abstract
The present invention involves an automotive glazing panel having an ink that adheres to a plastic substrate and is compatible with a hard-coat system. The plastic substrate comprises an ink printed thereon and a hard-coat system applied on the ink. The ink has a synthetic resin which is a polycarbonate resin, a polyester resin or mixtures thereof. The hard-coat system includes a solvent having greater than 10 weight percent water and includes either a glycol ether, a ketone, an alcohol or an acetate. The ink is adaptable to adhere to the surface of the substrate and be compatible with the hard coat system.
Claims13
An automotive glazing panel, the panel comprising:
- an ink printed on a plastic substrate, the ink having a synthetic resin, the synthetic resin being a polycarbonate resin, a polyester resin, or mixtures thereof;
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- a waterborne primer in a primer/hard-coat system applied on the ink and the plastic substrate, the primer including a mixture solvent comprising first and second solvents, the second solvent being selected from the group consisting of glycol ethers, ketones, alcohols, and acetates,
- a silicone hard-coat in the primer/hard-coat system applied over the primer;
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- the ink being adaptable to adhere to the surface of the substrate and compatible with the primer/hard-coat system;
- wherein compatibility is determined by the ink passing a compatibility test upon exposure to the primer/hard-coat system and the automotive glazing panel passing a water immersion test and Cataplasma test.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.