US 11,692,049 B2
Additively manufactured thermoset polymers for metal plating and metal plated parts formed therefrom
Xiaojiang Wang, Saline, MI (US); Shannon Christine Bollin, South Lyon, MI (US); Robert D. Bedard, Allen Park, MI (US); Matthew Cassoli, Dearborn, MI (US); and Ellen Cheng-chi Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/25,397.
Prior Publication US 2022/0089799 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. C08F 220/18 (2006.01); C08F 2/48 (2006.01); C08F 222/10 (2006.01); C08F 216/12 (2006.01); C23C 18/16 (2006.01); C23C 18/20 (2006.01); C23C 18/38 (2006.01); C23C 18/32 (2006.01); C23C 18/50 (2006.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/129 (2017.01)
CPC C08F 220/1808 (2020.02) [C08F 2/48 (2013.01); C08F 216/125 (2013.01); C08F 220/1804 (2020.02); C08F 222/102 (2020.02); C23C 18/1641 (2013.01); C23C 18/1651 (2013.01); C23C 18/2013 (2013.01); C23C 18/32 (2013.01); C23C 18/38 (2013.01); C23C 18/50 (2013.01); B29C 64/129 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermoset resin for forming parts to be metal plated, the thermoset resin comprising:
a vat photopolymerization (VPP) thermoset resin; and
an etchable phase disposed in the VPP thermoset resin, wherein the etchable phase is configured to be etched from a surface of a part formed from the VPP thermoset resin such that a plurality of micro-mechanical locking sites is formed on the surface of the part.