Patents by Inventor Robert F. LaForme

Robert F. LaForme 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).

  • Patent number: 5098272
    Abstract: Apparatus for molding a composite metal-elastomer styled wheel in which a middle mold part includes a metal wheel disc and rim subassembly. A base mold part seats against the outboard face of the metal wheel in the closed condition of the mold and has a mold cavity surface to provide an ornamental configuration for the outboard face of the decorative plastic body of the composite wheel. A clamp seats against the inboard face of the middle mold part to urge the middle part into sealing engagement with the base mold part. The mold parts are axially separable from one another to open the molding apparatus to clear the middle mold part from said clamp and base mold parts. The clamp includes a funnel adapted for registry with a liquid reaction mixture injection nozzle coupled with injecting mixing apparatus. The funnel has a nozzle passage registering with a bolt-hole pour opening in the disc in the closed condition of the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Motor Wheel Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Joseph, Robert F. LaForme