Patents by Inventor Kenneth W. Rood

Kenneth W. Rood 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).

  • Motor vehicle seal assembly and method of manufacture
    Publication number: 20040018339
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a first body part with a seal support flange thereon that supports a unitary seal construction having a flexible bulb seal portion engageable with second vehicle body part including a hood or other vehicle body part for sealing against leakage between the first and second vehicle body parts and an integrally formed base portion and wherein the flexible bulb seal is hollow and is formed of a soft low density thermoplastic foam and the integrally formed base portion is integrally extruded with the flexible bulb seal and is formed solely from polymeric material having spaced walls defining a recess for fitting the unitary seal construction in place on the support flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Rood
  • Motor vehicle seal assembly and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 6617015
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a first body part with a seal support flange thereon that supports a unitary seal construction having a flexible bulb seal portion engageable with second vehicle body part including a hood or other vehicle body part for sealing against leakage between the first and second vehicle body parts and an integrally formed base portion and wherein the flexible bulb seal is hollow and is formed of a soft low density thermoplastic foam and the integrally formed base portion is integrally extruded with the flexible bulb seal and is formed solely from polymeric material having spaced walls defining a recess for fitting the unitary seal construction in place on the support flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Hahn Elastomer Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Rood
  • Motor vehicle seal assembly and method of manufacture
    Publication number: 20010031351
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a first body part with a seal support flange thereon that supports a unitary seal construction having a flexible bulb seal portion engageable with second vehicle body part including a hood or other vehicle body part for sealing against leakage between the first and second vehicle body parts and an integrally formed base portion and wherein the flexible bulb seal is hollow and is formed of a soft low density thermoplastic foam and the integrally formed base portion is integrally extruded with the flexible bulb seal and is formed solely from polymeric material having spaced walls defining a recess for fitting the unitary seal construction in place on the support flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Rood