US 12,378,688 B2
Selective chrome plating with flush interface
Robert W. Frayer, Troy, MI (US); Sergio Piles Guillem, Liria (ES); and Juan Monleon, Liria (ES)
Assigned to SRG Global Liria, S.L., Liria (ES); and SRG Global, LLC, Troy, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/416,563
Filed by SRG Global Liria, S.L., Liria (ES); and SRG Global, LLC, Troy, MI (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/086779
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/128032, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. ES201831275 (ES), filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0056607 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. C25D 5/56 (2006.01); B29C 45/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/16 (2006.01); C25D 5/02 (2006.01); B29K 55/02 (2006.01); B29K 69/00 (2006.01); C25D 5/40 (2006.01)
CPC C25D 5/56 (2013.01) [B29C 45/0053 (2013.01); B29C 45/16 (2013.01); C25D 5/02 (2013.01); B29C 2045/0079 (2013.01); B29K 2055/02 (2013.01); B29K 2069/00 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0072 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0097 (2013.01); C25D 5/40 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A selectively chrome plated object having a flush interface, the object comprising:
a first portion defining a first top surface, the first portion being an injection molded plateable resin;
a second portion defining a second top surface and a rear surface opposite the second top surface, the second portion being an injection molded non-plateable resin and sitting proud of the first portion such that the second top surface of the second portion is offset a first distance from the first top surface of the first portion; and
a chrome plating layer applied to the first top surface of the first portion in an amount defining a thickness of the chrome plating layer that is equal to the first distance, such that a top surface of the chrome plating layer is flush with the second top surface of the second portion and such that a bottom surface of the chrome plating layer is in direct contact with the first top surface of the first portion,
wherein:
the rear surface of the second portion is an external surface of the selectively chrome plated object; and
a distance between the second top surface and the rear surface of the second portion equals a total thickness of the selectively chrome plated object.