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Often, automotive parts will be desired to be adhered to the exterior of an automobile without drilling or otherwise making holes for screws, bolts and/or rivets. Drilling causes damage to the Paint, clear coat and the underlying structural body. Without an embodiment of the present invention, one might adhere the part directly to the Paint and/or clear coat surface using only glue or tape, however when attempting to remove the part, considerable difficulty and damage to the Paint is likely to occur. Thus, a protective intermediary layer which bonds to the Painted surface and to the top of which a part is glued will be desirable.
The present invention method relates to an initial automotive paint and/or clear coat protection intermediary layer onto which an additional auto part is to be adhered and be easily removable without major damage to the clear coat or paint substrate.
Patent No.: U.S. Pat. No. 9,028,629 B2
Title: Methods of refurbishing an adhered component and composites comprising adhered components
Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
Inventors: Carlos A. Fracchia, Ballwin, Mo. (US);
Terry A. Sewell, Ballwin, Mo. (US);
Charles A. Rhodes, Saint Louis, Mo. (US)
The invention relating to Methods of refurbishing an adhered component and composites comprising adhered components pertains to some aspects to the present invention. Like the present invention titled, “Intermediary Protective Bonding Layer Onto Which an Additional Part(s) is to be Adhered for both Cosmetic Appeal and Ease of Undamaged Removal” the patent cited does use layers of adhesives and a permeable woven scrim to adhere a consumable second component for replacement. The differences at the core of the cited patent and the present invention are as follows. The adhesive woven fabric of the cited patent is permeable and allows only for the two components to be cleaved apart, thereby leaving a residue and a permanently damaged original surface. The permeable nature of the scrim allows permanent adhesive to permeate. The consumable nature of the second component demands that that the method of the cited component does not have the utility of leaving an undamaged original surface (the non-consumable component), but merely a means to remove and refurbish or replace an exterior consumable component. The cited patent uses an adhesive stack wherein the adhesives comingle and impregnate. The adhesives and/or scrim used are not ocularly transparent or otherwise cosmetically desirable such as paint protective film so as to preserve the cosmetic nature of the underlying original surface during the time the present invention is assembled.
This embodiment of the present invention provides for a method of protecting substrate surfaces. The method of this invention includes the steps of adhering to the Paint surface a plurality of removable impermeable protective layers onto the top of which a plurality of glue types may be used to adhere a plurality of additional parts. An embodiment of the present inventive method will be hereinafter referred to as a “Intermediary Protective Bonding Layer” (“IPBL”). An automotive (among others) industry exists wherein numerous products are designed to protect the valuable paint, clear coat, wax coat, synthetic wax coating, ceramic, glass and/or other coat, and/or substrate beneath against scratches, chips, vandalism among other unpredictable aversive occurrences, and be removable (such an embodiment of the substrate shall together be referred to as the “Paint” with regard to the further and prior use herein, whereby the automotive industry is primarily exemplified for illustrative and practical purposes, whereas a plurality of applicable industries exist). Such protective products may have a plurality of forms, compositions, adhesives and/or other properties. However, with regard to protecting the Paint in the automotive industry, this form is most often a flexible ocularly transparent sheath, sheet, covering, wrap, bra, clear bra, coating, film, extrusion or other embodiment, which is often incorporates an adhesive backing layer (or plurality of adhesive layers and/or sheathes) and may be clear, colored or patterned. This material (which shall for the sake of this embodiment of the present inventive method constitute the IPBL) in combination with a topical adhesive/glue which is planned to mate the additional part to the automobile constitutes the improved inventive method. The area which the IPBL may cover is an area at least as large as the contacting surface area of the added part(s), which may include any extra surface area which the topical glue may require, or additional layers of topical glue which may be used to reinforce the part(s) bonding to the top surface of the IPBL, or for cosmetic reasons. Further, the surface area covered by the IPBL may be larger than the minimum described. The surface area may be extended to provide additional strength of adherence and/or fail-proof extension areas along the surface of the Paint. The covered surface area(s) may constitute a plurality of segments. The surface area(s) may also constitute a plurality of segments should the additional part(s) have a plurality of contact areas. Further, the surface area(s) may constitute a plurality of segments or large single segment which covers the entire Painted surface; whether or not that entire Painted surface constitutes the Painted areas of a whole structural body panel or the whole painted surface(s) of the entire automobile. In addition to the Paint, the covered surface area(s) may constitute glass, metal, plastic, composite, epoxy, resin, laminate and/or other part(s) which may exist on the automobile, or be added by any means.
With reference to the drawings shown in
The embodiment of the present invention as illustrated in
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/780,935, filed Dec. 18, 2018.
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62780935 | Dec 2018 | US |