Patents by Inventor Kenneth Raymond Jones

Kenneth Raymond Jones 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).

  • Methods of making interior panels having integrated airbag deployment doors for motor vehicles
    Patent number: 9713890
    Abstract: Methods of making interior panels having integrated airbag deployment doors for motor vehicles are provided. In one example, a method of making an interior panel comprises contacting a molten resin in a molding tool cavity with a plurality of juxtaposed pressurized gas streams to form a series of holes, bubbles, knit lines, or combinations thereof in the molten resin. The molten resin is solidified to form a substrate. The series of holes, bubbles, knit lines, or combinations thereof define a frangible tear seam in the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Twork, Kenneth Raymond Jones
  • METHODS OF MAKING INTERIOR PANELS HAVING INTEGRATED AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT DOORS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20160144562
    Abstract: Methods of making interior panels having integrated airbag deployment doors for motor vehicles are provided. In one example, a method of making an interior panel comprises contacting a molten resin in a molding tool cavity with a plurality of juxtaposed pressurized gas streams to form a series of holes, bubbles, knit lines, or combinations thereof in the molten resin. The molten resin is solidified to form a substrate. The series of holes, bubbles, knit lines, or combinations thereof define a frangible tear seam in the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Michael J. Twork, Kenneth Raymond Jones