Patents by Inventor Christopher Allen Watts

Christopher Allen Watts 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).

  • DECORATIVE APPLIQUE WITH POLYMERIC OVER-COATING AND METHOD OF APPLYING SAME
    Publication number: 20240116309
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel is defined by a substrate including a face and a rim portion. The face defines a plurality of spokes extending radially outwardly between a central portion of the face and the rim portion and defining a mating portion. An applique is affixed to the wheel at the mating portion. A polymer over-coating that is substantially transparent extends over the applique and the wheel substrate defining a continuous polymer surface over the applique and the wheel substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER ALLEN WATTS, HENRY CLAY CHENAULT, III
  • Decorative applique with polymeric over coating and method of applying same
    Patent number: 11932053
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel is defined by a substrate including a face and a rim portion. The face defines a plurality of spokes extending radially outwardly between a central portion of the face and the rim portion and defining a mating portion. An applique is affixed to the wheel at the mating portion. A polymer over-coating that is substantially transparent extends over the applique and the wheel substrate defining a continuous polymer surface over the applique and the wheel substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Watts, Henry Clay Chenault, III
  • MULTI-COLOR VEHICLE WHEEL USING LASER COATING ABLATION
    Publication number: 20230381892
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel and method of manufacturing the vehicle wheel is disclosed. A first polymeric coating is applied to a surface of an alloy substrate that defines the vehicle wheel. The first polymeric coating defines a first coloration. An intermediate clear polymeric coating is applied over the first polymeric coating. A second polymeric coating is applied over the first polymeric coating with the second polymeric coating defining a second coloration that is distinguishable from the first coloration. A laser scans a pattern over the second polymeric coating resulting in ablation of the second polymeric coating rendering the first polymeric coating visible through the intermediate clear polymeric coating defining a pattern of exposed first polymeric coating. Thus, a two-tone appears is present between the first coloration and the second coloration in the shape of the pattern scanned by the laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Schwing, Henry Clay Chenault, III, Christopher Allen Watts
  • DECORATIVE APPLIQUE WITH POLYMERIC OVER COATING AND METHOD OF APPLYING SAME
    Publication number: 20220041008
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel is defined by a substrate including a face and a rim portion. The face defines a plurality of spokes extending radially outwardly between a central portion of the face and the rim portion and defining a mating portion. An applique is affixed to the wheel at the mating portion. A polymer over-coating that is substantially transparent extends over the applique and the wheel substrate defining a continuous polymer surface over the applique and the wheel substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Watts, Henry Clay Chenault, III