Patents by Inventor Clarice Fasano

Clarice Fasano 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 of bonding a seat trim cover to a foam cushion utilizing magnetic induction bonding
    Patent number: 5534097
    Abstract: The method includes using a contoured mold (22) with copper tubing (40) coiled and embedded beneath the contoured surface. The fabric or trim cover (14) and an adhesive film (16) is placed on the mold (22) and drawn by a vacuum in to contour with the mold (22). The foam cushion (12) is placed thereon in compression. The adhesive film (16) includes a polyamide resin doped with micron sized ferromagnetic particles. Copper coil tubing (40) is energized by an oscillatory radio frequency generator (50) to produce a magnetic flux to induce eddy currents in the ferromagnetic particles to generate heat to thereby melt the polyamide resin. The adhesive film melts, creating a bond between the trim cover (14) and the foam cushion (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Clarice Fasano, Jeffrey J. Frelich