Patents by Inventor Kyle Fleeger

Kyle Fleeger 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).

  • METHODS TO AVOID OVER-DEVELOPED ALUMINIZED COATINGS DURING HOT STAMPING LINE STOPPAGES
    Publication number: 20200216922
    Abstract: A method of treating a blank is provided. The method includes moving a blank through a first section of a furnace at an inter-critical temperature and through a second section of the furnace at a critical temperature greater than the inter-critical temperature before hot stamping the blank. Movement of the blank from the first section to the second section of the furnace is delayed during a hot stamping line stoppage. The blank is in the first section of the furnace for a first time period and in the second section of the furnace a second time period less than the first time period. Also, the first section of the furnace may have a first length and in the second section of the furnace may have a second length that is less than the first length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Constantin Chiriac, Maik Broda, Kyle Fleeger, Jagbir Guron, Torsten Hallfeldt, Elizabeth Bullard