Patents by Inventor Donna Hawes

Donna Hawes 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).

  • Panel with integral hidden door cover and method of manufacture and materials thereof
    Patent number: 9421937
    Abstract: A panel having a deployable cover for an airbag module is provided. The panel having: an outer layer having a show surface and an inner surface opposite the show surface; a tear seam formed in the outer layer, the tear seam defined by a plurality of holes formed in the outer layer extending from the inner surface towards the show surface, wherein a residual wall thickness of the outer layer is located between each of the plurality of holes and the show surface, wherein the outer layer includes at least one filler material, that exhibits an absorbance of a wavenumber of a laser used to form the plurality of holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: John F. O'Gara, Srimannarayana Kakarala, Donna Hawes
  • PANEL WITH INTEGRAL HIDDEN DOOR COVER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE AND MATERIALS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150137491
    Abstract: A panel having a deployable cover for an airbag module is provided. The panel having: an outer layer having a show surface and an inner surface opposite the show surface; a tear seam formed in the outer layer, the tear seam defined by a plurality of holes formed in the outer layer extending from the inner surface towards the show surface, wherein a residual wall thickness of the outer layer is located between each of the plurality of holes and the show surface, wherein the outer layer includes at least one filler material, that exhibits an absorbance of a wavenumber of a laser used to form the plurality of holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: John F. O'Gara, Srimannarayana Kakarala, Donna Hawes
  • Panel with integral hidden door cover and method of manufacture and materials thereof
    Patent number: 8967659
    Abstract: A panel having a deployable cover for an airbag module is provided. The panel having: an outer layer having a show surface and an inner surface opposite the show surface; a tear seam formed in the outer layer, the tear seam defined by a plurality of holes formed in the outer layer extending from the inner surface towards the show surface, wherein a residual wall thickness of the outer layer is located between each of the plurality of holes and the show surface, wherein the outer layer includes at least one filler material, that exhibits an absorbance of a wavenumber of a laser used to form the plurality of holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Inteva Products, LLC
    Inventors: John F. O'Gara, Srimannarayana Kakarala, Donna Hawes
  • PANEL WITH INTEGRAL HIDDEN DOOR COVER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE AND MATERIALS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140265267
    Abstract: A panel having a deployable cover for an airbag module is provided. The panel having: an outer layer having a show surface and an inner surface opposite the show surface; a tear seam formed in the outer layer, the tear seam defined by a plurality of holes formed in the outer layer extending from the inner surface towards the show surface, wherein a residual wall thickness of the outer layer is located between each of the plurality of holes and the show surface, wherein the outer layer includes at least one filler material, that exhibits an absorbance of a wavenumber of a laser used to form the plurality of holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: John F. O'Gara, Srimannarayana Kakarala, Donna Hawes