Patent ID: 6926972

Claim:
A method of providing an electroluminescent coating system for a vehicle, said method comprising the steps of: (A) providing a conductive substrate; (B) forming a dielectric film layer on the conductive substrate; and (C) applying a conductive coating composition, comprising an electroconductive additive, to the dielectric film layer thereby forming a conductive film layer on the dielectric film layer, wherein the electroluminescent phosphor is excitable by an electrical field established across the dielectric film layer such that the coating system of the vehicle is electroluminescent upon application of an electrical charge to the conductive substrate and the conductive film layer, and wherein the step of forming the dielectric film layer comprises, applying an insulating coating composition, comprising a dielectric additive, between the conductive substrate and the conductive film layer thereby forming an insulating film layer, and applying an electroluminescent coating composition, comprising from 5 to 25 parts by weight of an electroluminescent phosphor based on 100 parts by weight of the electroluminescent coating composition, between the conductive substrate and the conductive film layer thereby forming an electroluminescent film layer.