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Chip resistant, vibration damping coatings for vehicles

US6153709A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 26, 1999
Grant dateNov 28, 2000
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Expiry dateJan 26, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31551
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A formulation for covering vehicle panels, such as the inner fenders or floor boards of an automobile, with a chip resistant, vibration damping coating. The formulation includes a blocked polyurethane prepolymer (or a blocked polyisocyanate and a polyol), an epoxy resin, a filler and a plasticizer. A method for forming a chip resistant, vibration damping coating on such a panel including the steps of applying a coating mixture to the panel, the coating mixture including a blocked polyurethane prepolymer (or a blocked polyisocyanate and a polyol) and an epoxy resin, and then heating the panel to form the coating. An improved vehicle panel, wherein the improvement is a polyurethane modified epoxy coating (or a coating which is an interpenetrating network of polyurethane resin and epoxy resin) on the panel.

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