DECORATIVE RADOME AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20210384622A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-09

    申请号:US17285422

    申请日:2019-10-14

    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of producing a decorative radome, comprising providing a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; applying, to at least a portion of the second surface of the substrate, a decorative layer comprising a layer of a metal or an alloy comprising a metal and a metalloid; and overmolding at least the decorative layer with a radio-transmissive polymer to provide an overmolded layer as well as a decorative radome comprising a first layer comprising a, preferably radio-transmissive, polymer, the first layer having a front surface; a second layer comprising a, preferably radio-transmissive, polymer, the second layer having a rear surface; and a decorative layer, between at least a portion of the first and second layer, comprising a layer of metal or an alloy comprising a metal and a metalloid, wherein the second layer directly or indirectly abuts the decorative layer and is directly adhesion bound or indirectly connected to the first layer, and wherein at least one of the first or second layers is comprised of a polymer capable of being formed by overmolding at a barrel nozzle temperature below 300 degrees Celsius.

    DECORATIVE PVD COATED ITEMS AND RADOMES AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220065422A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17460727

    申请日:2021-08-30

    Abstract: A decorative radome including a radio-transmissive substrate having a first surface on a first side and a second surface on a second side; and a first surface radio-transmissive decorative coating; methods of manufacturing a PVD coated system include applying a hard coating to the substrate; applying a PVD coating by magnetron sputtering to the substrate; and laser etching one or more of a pattern or a graphic into the PVD coating; and A decorative PVD coated item, comprising: a substrate; a hard coating applied to the substrate; a PVD coating provided on the hard coating and the substrate, wherein the PVD coating is laser etched with one or more of a pattern or a graphic so that the PVD coating is at least partially removed and the pattern or the graphic is revealed as a result of the contrast between the substrate and the PVD coating.

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