| US 7,468,704 B2 | ||
| Molded component for beam path of radar apparatus | ||
| Itsuo Kamiya, Toyota (Japan); Izumi Takahashi, Toyota (Japan); Hideo Kamiya, Nagoya (Japan); and Koichi Tanaka, Toyota (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 26, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/42,113. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-025793 (JP), filed on Feb. 02, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0168374 A1, Aug. 04, 2005 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); H01Q 1/32 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 343—713 [343/872] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A molded component, for the beam path of a radar apparatus, comprising:
a base body composed of a resin layer, and
a bright decoration layer disposed on the surface of said base body, said bright decoration layer comprising a plurality of
layers including a tin-alone layer and a tin alloy layer, wherein each layer that forms said bright decoration layer has a
thickness of 1 nm to 500 nm, the molded component exhibiting a low level of radio transmission loss that allows passage of
a radar beam therethrough.
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