Patents by Inventor Lou Grenier

Lou Grenier 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).

  • Process for copper free chrome plating of a vehicle wheel surface
    Patent number: 6997787
    Abstract: A cutting tool having a hard tip is pressed with a uniform pressure against a surface of a vehicle wheel as the wheel is rotated to smooth and seal the surface. The smoothed and sealed wheel surface is then chrome plated with a process that includes applying a nickel layer directly upon smoothed and sealed wheel surface and a chromium layer over the nickel layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey L. Gatton, Lou Grenier, Peter Yee
  • Process for copper free chrome plating of a vehicle wheel surface
    Publication number: 20050120557
    Abstract: A cutting tool having a hard tip is pressed with a uniform pressure against a surface of a vehicle wheel as the wheel is rotated to smooth and seal the surface. The smoothed and sealed wheel surface is then chrome plated with a process that includes applying a nickel layer directly upon smoothed and sealed wheel surface and a chromium layer over the nickel layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Geoffrey Gatton, Lou Grenier, Peter Yee