Patents by Inventor Gerald Norman Chavka

Gerald Norman Chavka 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).

  • Processing systems for automated manufacture of preforms
    Patent number: 6890465
    Abstract: Methods for the manufacture of reinforcing preforms for structural composite products. Minimum contact eyelets reduce friction in the supply provide chopped reinforcing materials to both of said first and second mold members, and spraying said chopped reinforcing materials into both of said first and second mold members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Dahl, Eric Daniel Kleven, Gerald Norman Chavka, Carl Frederick Johnson
  • Processing systems for automated manufacture of preforms
    Patent number: 6527533
    Abstract: Systems for the manufacture of reinforcing preforms for structural composite products. Minimum contact eyelets reduce friction in the supply system for string reinforcing materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Dahl, Eric Daniel Kleven, Gerald Norman Chavka, Carl Frederick Johnson