Patents by Inventor Andrew R. Kneisel

Andrew R. Kneisel 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).

  • Process for applying an adhesion primer to a window
    Patent number: 7736692
    Abstract: A process for applying an adhesion primer to a window. The process includes the steps of directing light (11) onto the window (10) to illuminate a portion (13) of the window and then applying an adhesion primer along the illuminated portion of the window. If the adhesion primer contains a component that evaporates, then the process can further include the step of forming an infrared image (19) of the window as the component evaporates to indicate the area of application (20) of the adhesion primer. If the adhesion primer contains a component that fluoresces when illuminated by ultraviolet light, then the process can further include the step of illuminating the window with ultraviolet light (22) to indicate the area of application (23) of the adhesion primer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Dominic J. Allam, Andrew R. Kneisel, Syed Z. Mahdi
  • Process for applying an adhesion primer to a window
    Publication number: 20030232152
    Abstract: A process for applying an adhesion primer to a window. The process includes the steps of directing light (11) onto the window (10) to illuminate a portion (13) of the window and then applying an adhesion primer along the illuminated portion of the window. If the adhesion primer contains a component that evaporates, then the process can further include the step of forming an infrared image (19) of the window as the component evaporates to indicate the area of application (20) of the adhesion primer. If the adhesion primer contains a component that fluoresces when illuminated by ultraviolet light, then the process can further include the step of illuminating the window with ultraviolet light (22) to indicate the area of application (23) of the adhesion primer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventors: Dominic J. Allam, Andrew R. Kneisel, Syed Z. Mahdi
  • Vehicle window and a process for the preparation thereof
    Patent number: 5799450
    Abstract: A prefabricated vehicle window comprises (a) a vehicle window; (b) a substantially uncured, deformable bead of a moisture-curable adhesive material deposited along the periphery of the vehicle window; and (c) a peelable, moisture-impermeable coating covering the bead of moisture-curable adhesive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Essex Specialty Products
    Inventors: Terence P. Sammon, Henry W. Griffin, Andrew R. Kneisel
  • Process for bonding a vehicle window
    Patent number: 5741383
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for bonding a vehicle window to a vehicle flange comprising the sequential steps of:a) applying a liquid masking composition to a vehicle flange,b) painting the vehicle, and drying or curing the liquid masking composition sufficiently to form a strippable mask;c) removing the mask from the flange; andd) adhesively bonding the vehicle window to the vehicle flange. Such a masking process advantageously eliminates the need for the use of solvent-based primers normally used to prime a painted vehicle flange, and provides a mask which is more easily applied and removed from the flange than masking means which initially comprise a solid substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Essex Specialty Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew R. Kneisel