Patents by Inventor Robert vonBERGE

Robert vonBERGE 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).

  • Use of non-ionically stabilized waterborne antisoil coatings for automotive leather
    Patent number: 11254991
    Abstract: A leather finishing composition includes water, a polymeric component, and a non-ionic surfactant component covalently bonded to the polymeric component. Advantageously, the leather finishing composition is substantially free of ionic groups. A method for applying the leather finishing composition to a leather substrate is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventor: Robert vonBerge
  • USE OF NON-IONICALLY STABILIZED WATERBORNE ANTISOIL COATINGS FOR AUTOMOTIVE LEATHER
    Publication number: 20210010097
    Abstract: A leather finishing composition includes water, a polymeric component, and a non-ionic surfactant component covalently bonded to the polymeric component. Advantageously, the leather finishing composition is substantially free of ionic groups. A method for applying the leather finishing composition to a leather substrate is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Robert vonBerge
  • Method of digitally grading leather break
    Patent number: 10297018
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for grading leather based upon the size and spacing of the breaks in the leather. All or a portion of a hide is fed to a fixture that compresses a local area of the hide into a concave shape. The outer side of the hide is compressed and the inner side of the hide is expanded to cause breaks to be manifested in a local area. The local area of the hide is scanned with a digitizing profilometer that measures the depth of the breaks as the hide is fed through the fixture. The depth data measured by the digitizing profilometer is recorded by a controller. The depth data is then correlated with location data representing the local area scanned to develop a map of the break.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Robert vonBerge
  • METHOD OF DIGITALLY GRADING LEATHER BREAK
    Publication number: 20190017128
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for grading leather based upon the size and spacing of the breaks in the leather. All or a portion of a hide is fed to a fixture that compresses a local area of the hide into a concave shape. The outer side of the hide is compressed and the inner side of the hide is expanded to cause breaks to be manifested in a local area. The local area of the hide is scanned with a digitizing profilometer that measures the depth of the breaks as the hide is fed through the fixture. The depth data measured by the digitizing profilometer is recorded by a controller. The depth data is then correlated with location data representing the local area scanned to develop a map of the break.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Robert vonBERGE