(19)
(11) EP 4 790 832 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.10.2026 Bulletin 2026/41

(43) Date of publication A2:
12.08.2026 Bulletin 2026/33

(21) Application number: 26173112.9

(22) Date of filing: 16.08.2022
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H01Q 1/44(2006.01)
H01Q 1/42(2006.01)
 H01Q 1/32(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
H01Q 1/44; H01Q 1/3233; H01Q 1/422
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(30) Priority: 30.08.2021 US 202117460727

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
22190462.6 / 4142048

(71) Applicant: Motherson Innovations Company Limited
London E14 5HU (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • CARUSO, Dean
    Lonsdale, South Australia, 5160 (AU)
  • BELCHER, Simon
    Lonsdale, South Australia, 5160 (AU)
  • FIELD, Simon-David
    Lonsdale, South Australia, 5160 (AU)
  • Koehne, Shane Randell
    Lonsdale, 5160 (AU)
  • HERRMANN, Andreas
    70327 Stuttgart (DE)
  • EDWARDS, Scott
    Lonsdale, South Australia, 5160 (AU)
  • STOEHR, Bastian
    Lonsdale, South Australia, 5160 (AU)
  • SYMONDS, Tim
    Lonsdale, South Australia, 5160 (AU)

(74) Representative: Holzwarth-Rochford, Andreas 
Jones Day Nextower Thurn-und-Taxis-Platz 6
60313 Frankfurt am Main
60313 Frankfurt am Main (DE)

   


(54) DECORATIVE PVD COATED ITEMS AND RADOMES AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME


(57) A decorative radome including a radio-transmissive substrate having a first surface on a first side and a second surface on a second side; and a first surface radio-transmissive decorative coating; methods of manufacturing a PVD coated system include applying a hard coating to the substrate; applying a PVD coating by magnetron sputtering to the substrate; and laser etching one or more of a pattern or a graphic into the PVD coating; and A decorative PVD coated item, comprising:a substrate; a hard coating applied to the substrate; a PVD coating provided on the hard coating and the substrate, wherein the PVD coating is laser etched with one or more of a pattern or a graphic so that the PVD coating is at least partially removed and the pattern or the graphic is revealed as a result of the contrast between the substrate and the PVD coating.







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