Patents Examined by William P. Waltkins, III
  • Heat shield for blow-molded component
    Patent number: 6268037
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for making a shielded automobile component and the shielded automobile component itself. The component includes a composite formed of a metal sheet which includes protrusions which extend from a surface of the metal sheet and a blow-molded thermoplastic layer formed around the protrusions which fixes the blow-molded layer to the metal sheet during the molding process. The protrusions on the metal sheet define plain polygonal areas which are free of protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Acoust-A-Fiber Research and Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard M. Butler, Hiten T. Shah