Patents by Inventor Alan Robert Deeks

Alan Robert Deeks has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Vehicle trim panel
    Patent number: 5951802
    Abstract: A method for making a vehicle trim panel includes bonding an interior lining material to a preformable foam sheet and preforming the bonded lining material and foam sheet to provide a preformed blank, and joining the preformed blank to a second lining material and bonding both the preformed blank and the second lining material to a substrate to make the vehicle trim panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Marley Automotive Components Limited
    Inventor: Alan Robert Deeks
  • Trim panel for a vehicle
    Patent number: 5947547
    Abstract: A trim panel 1 for a vehicle door structure 20 comprises a panel body 2, and an edge strip 3, secured thereto, the edge strip having at intervals therealong a plurality of connector housings 6 for receiving connectors 12 which are engageable, in use, in respective sockets 21 provided in the vehicle door structure 20 to connect the trim panel 1 thereto. The edge strip has an abutment surface 18 arranged to be sealingly engageable by a door seal 23 of a vehicle body structure when the vehicle door is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Magna International Investments Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Robert Deeks, Kenneth Stephen Smith