US 12,080,942 B2
Decorative radome and method of producing the same
Dean Caruso, Lonsdale (SA); Simon Belcher, Lonsdale (AU); Scott Edwards, Lonsdale (AU); Tim Symonds, Lonsdale (AU); Garry Gordon Leslie Fimeri, Lonsdale (AU); and Bastian Stoehr, Lonsdale (AU)
Assigned to Motherson Innovations Company Limited, London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/285,422
Filed by MOTHERSON INNOVATIONS COMPANY LIMITED, London (GB)
PCT Filed Oct. 14, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/077800
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/078916, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018903894 (AU), filed on Oct. 15, 2018; application No. 10 2019 100 669.4 (DE), filed on Jan. 11, 2019; application No. 10 2019 101 033.0 (DE), filed on Jan. 16, 2019; and application No. 2019902697 (AU), filed on Jul. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0384622 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); H01Q 1/44 (2006.01); B29K 55/02 (2006.01); B29K 669/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/34 (2006.01); C23C 14/20 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/422 (2013.01) [B29C 45/14688 (2013.01); H01Q 1/44 (2013.01); B29C 2045/14877 (2013.01); B29K 2055/02 (2013.01); B29K 2669/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3456 (2013.01); C23C 14/205 (2013.01)] 48 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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,
wherein the substrate is radio-transmissive, and wherein the radio-transmissive substrate and the decorative layer are heated prior to overmolding.