Patents by Inventor Ming Y. Kao

Ming Y. Kao 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).

  • Method for making a vehicle seat component with improved resistance to permanent deformation
    Patent number: 5494627
    Abstract: A process to form a body of thermoplastic polymeric fibers and improve the body's resistance to permanent deformation. The vehicle seat component of this invention is compressed twice at progressively greater pressures during the molding process in order to break and reform the bonds between the polymeric fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Inventors: James A. Kargol, Neil J. Bush, Steven M. Winoker, Gregary A. Haupt, Ming Y. Kao