Exterior automotive component of an elastomeric modified polyolefin material having pleasing appearance

• Main Authors: MALM, DOUGLAS N, SHERIFF, SALIM M, WINOWIECKI, KRIS W, MEHL, DAVID F
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 11.07.2001
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; METALLURGY; MOTOR VEHICLES; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCESIN A PLASTIC STATE; RECLAMATION OF CONTAMINED SOIL SOIL; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

An exterior automotive vehicle component having a pleasing appearance comprises an elastomer modified polyolefin resin matrix having a haze level of less than about 50% and a special effects pigment uniformly distributed therein.