Manufacturing method for metal and plastic composite bodies

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9573303-B2
Application number	US-201514942762-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2015
Priority date	Jan 30, 2015
Publication date	Feb 21, 2017
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017

Abstract

A manufacturing method of metal and plastic composite bodies integrated by etching a surface of a metal member and forming a thermoplastic resin on an etching surface may include forming a printing layer which prints a pattern or a character on an exposed surface of a metal member and a protective layer for protecting the printed pattern thereon, grease-removing and cleaning to remove a passivation oxidized film at a rear side of the metal member to be integrally coupled with a plastic portion, surface-treating a surface by using and etching a ferric chloride solution in a range of pH 3 to 4.5 so as to form a minute unevenness at the rear side, removing a smut generated in the surface-treating process, and molding for integrally forming the plastic portion with the metal member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A manufacturing method of integrating metal and plastic composite bodies by etching a surface of a metal member and forming a thermoplastic resin on an etching surface, the manufacturing method comprising:
forming a printing layer which prints a pattern or a character on an exposed surface of a metal member, and forming a protective layer for protecting the printed pattern thereon;
grease-removing and cleaning to remove a passivation oxidized film at a rear side of the metal member to be integrally coupled with a plastic portion;
surface-treating the exposed surface by using a ferric chloride solution in a range of pH 3 to 4.5 so as to form an unevenness at the rear side;
removing a smut generated in the surface-treating process; and
molding the plastic portion with the metal member, wherein the printing layer is formed by printing a pattern on the exposed surface of the metal member and the protective layer is formed on the printing layer by coating the pattern with a coating matter in order to prevent the pattern printed on an upper surface from spreading and protect from damage to the pattern, wherein the metal member is made of an aluminum material, and wherein the coating matter is a super-glass material.

2. The manufacturing method of claim 1 , wherein in the molding for integrally forming the plastic portion with the metal member, a mold is maintained at 100±20° C.

3. The manufacturing method of claim 2 , wherein the thermoplastic resin injected in the molding for integrally forming the plastic portion with the metal member is maintained at a melting temperature or more in a molten state to be deeply penetrated into an unevenness of the metal member formed by the surface-treatment.

4. The manufacturing method of claim 2 , wherein in order to increase a coupling area and a coupling force of the plastic material and the metal member, slots, scratches, or grooves are formed on the surface of the metal member in advance before the grease-removing and cleaning, and in the surface-treating, more grooves are more deeply formed on the surface of the metal member by performing etching on the surface.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp
• Hankook Nat Co Ltd
• Hyndai Motor Company

Inventors

• Yu Byung Seob
• Lee Yang Gi
• Choi Chan Mook
• Kim Hyung Chul

Classifications

• B29K2705/02

  Aluminium · CPC title

• C23F1/20

  for etching aluminium or alloys thereof · CPC title

• B29C2045/14868

  Pretreatment of the insert, e.g. etching, cleaning · CPC title

• B29C45/14311 Primary

  using means for bonding the coating to the articles (B29C45/14795 takes precedence) · CPC title