Patents by Inventor Kevin Mark Lyons

Kevin Mark Lyons 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 and apparatus for non-woven trim panels
    Patent number: 10377068
    Abstract: A method of forming a trim panel is provided. The method includes the steps of: heating a non-woven material to a predetermined temperature; applying a decorative film having perforations to a first surface of the heated material to create a bilaminate; placing the bilaminate layer into a cavity of a tool such that the decorative film is facing the cavity; heating the cavity; and injecting a thermoplastic resin into the tool such that the thermoplastic resin is adhered to a second surface of the material, the second surface being opposite to the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Mark Lyons, Edward J. Wenzel
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NON-WOVEN TRIM PANELS
    Publication number: 20180085978
    Abstract: A method of forming a trim panel is provided. The method includes the steps of: heating a non-woven material to a predetermined temperature; applying a decorative film having perforations to a first surface of the heated material to create a bilaminate; placing the bilaminate layer into a cavity of a tool such that the decorative film is facing the cavity; heating the cavity; and injecting a thermoplastic resin into the tool such that the thermoplastic resin is adhered to a second surface of the material, the second surface being opposite to the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin Mark Lyons, Edward J. Wenzel
  • Method to reprocess cross-linked foam and products produced therefrom
    Patent number: 9868841
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of making a melt-processable material comprises: processing a cross-linked polymeric foam to form a processed cross-linked polymeric foam material wherein the processed cross-linked polymeric foam material has an average particle size suitable for feeding to a melt processor, feeding the processed cross-linked polymeric foam material to the melt processor, and melt mixing a composition comprising the processed cross-linked polymeric foam material and a thermoplastic material wherein the processed cross-linked foam material has a domain size, under melt mixing conditions, less than or equal to the processing spaces of the melt processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Mark Lyons, Kenneth Alan Gassman, Xinhua He
  • METHOD TO REPROCESS CROSS-LINKED FOAM AND PRODUCTS PRODUCED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20160304695
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of making a melt-processable material comprises: processing a cross-linked polymeric foam to form a processed cross-linked polymeric foam material wherein the processed cross-linked polymeric foam material has an average particle size suitable for feeding to a melt processor, feeding the processed cross-linked polymeric foam material to the melt processor, and melt mixing a composition comprising the processed cross-linked polymeric foam material and a thermoplastic material wherein the processed cross-linked foam material has a domain size, under melt mixing conditions, less than or equal to the processing spaces of the melt processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Kevin Mark Lyons, Kenneth Alan Gassman, Xinhua He