Vehicular electrical and electronic housings
First Claim
1. A vehicular electronic or electrical housing, comprising an organic polymer composition which is coated at least in part only on its surface by a metal, provided that a flexural modulus of said organic polymer composition coated by said metal is at least twice that of said organic polymer compositionwherein the polymer composition includes a reinforcing agent ranging from 25% to 65% by weight of the organic polymer composition,wherein said metal coating provided on the surface is 0.010 mm to 1.3 mm thick and includes at least two layers, at least one layer of said metal coating has an average grain size of 5nm to 200 nm, andwherein an impact energy according to ISO 0179 of a metal coated section of the organic polymer composition is at least 1.5 times an impact energy of an uncoated section of the organic polymer composition.
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Abstract
Metal plated organic polymer compositions are useful as vehicular electronic and electrical housings. Such housings may have lighter weight, better strength and/or stiffer and may be more easily made than conventional housings.
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19 Claims
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1. A vehicular electronic or electrical housing, comprising an organic polymer composition which is coated at least in part only on its surface by a metal, provided that a flexural modulus of said organic polymer composition coated by said metal is at least twice that of said organic polymer composition
wherein the polymer composition includes a reinforcing agent ranging from 25% to 65% by weight of the organic polymer composition, wherein said metal coating provided on the surface is 0.010 mm to 1.3 mm thick and includes at least two layers, at least one layer of said metal coating has an average grain size of 5nm to 200 nm, and wherein an impact energy according to ISO 0179 of a metal coated section of the organic polymer composition is at least 1.5 times an impact energy of an uncoated section of the organic polymer composition.
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16. A vehicular electronic or electrical housing comprising:
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an organic polymer composition having an exterior surface and an interior surface each of which is coated at least in part by a metal having a microstructure which is fine-grained, wherein said metal coating contains a layer comprising Cu and at least one layer comprising Ni having a total thickness of up to 100 microns, wherein the organic polymer composition includes a reinforcing agent which is at least 25% by weight of the organic polymer composition, wherein an impact energy according to ISO 0179 of a metal coated section of the organic polymer composition is at least 1.5 times an impact energy of an uncoated section of the organic polymer composition, and wherein a flexural modulus of the uncoated section of the organic polymer composition is at least 2 times the flexural modulus of the uncoated section of the organic polymer composition. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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