Patents by Inventor Mehmet Y. Cakmakci

Mehmet Y. Cakmakci 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).

  • Decorative plastic trim strip
    Patent number: 5240751
    Abstract: An improved decorative automotive vehicle trim strip and method and apparatus for forming are provided by reshaping an end of a previously extruded length of thermoplastic material. The surface of the length of thermoplastic material intended for viewing is maintained at a cold temperature, well below the softening point of the thermoplastic material, during the reshaping operation. The length of thermoplastic material is heated during reshaping by a mold section heated to 400.degree. to 410.degree. F. pressed against the surface intended to be affixed to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignee: Aeroquip Corporation
    Inventor: Mehmet Y. Cakmakci
  • Decorative plastic trim strip and method and apparatus for forming
    Patent number: 5108681
    Abstract: An improved decorative automotive vehicle trim strip and method and apparatus for forming are provided by reshaping an end of a previously extruded length of thermoplastic material. The surface of the length of thermoplastic material intended for viewing is maintained at a cold temperature, well below the softening point of the thermoplastic material, during the reshaping operation. The length of thermoplastic material is heated during reshaping by a mold section heated to 400.degree. to 410.degree. F. pressed against the surface intended to be affixed to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: Aeroquip Corporation
    Inventor: Mehmet Y. Cakmakci
  • Method and apparatus for forming a plastic article with an overlay of varying thickness having a shaded color appearance
    Patent number: 5087488
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastic trim strip and a method and apparatus for forming in which there is provided an extrusion body and an overlay layer of varying thickness and varying color intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Assignee: Aeroquip Corporation
    Inventor: Mehmet Y. Cakmakci
  • Method for molding trim strips by extrusion molding in an open mold
    Patent number: 5063014
    Abstract: Automotive trim strips are molded in an open-faced mold cavity by extruding a ribbon of plastic therein and moving a shaping roller thereover to compression mold the viewing surface of the trim strip into conformity with the surface of the mold cavity and to shape the non-viewing with the shaping roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1991
    Assignee: Aeroquip Corporation
    Inventor: Mehmet Y. Cakmakci
  • Decorative plastic trim strip and method and apparatus for forming
    Patent number: 5023033
    Abstract: An improved decorative automotive vehicle trim strip and method and apparatus for forming by reshaping an end of a previously extruded length of thermoplastic material. The surface of the length of thermoplastic material intended for viewing is maintained at a cold temperature, well below the softening point of the thermoplastic material, during the reshaping operation. The length of thermoplastic material is heated during reshaping by a mold section heated 400.degree. to 410.degree. F. pressed against the surface intended to be affixed to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1991
    Assignee: Aeroquip Corporation
    Inventor: Mehmet Y. Cakmakci
  • Method of making fiber optic duct insert
    Patent number: 4836968
    Abstract: A multi-chambered conduit insert includes at least two spaced-apart longitudinally extending substantially parallel first and second chambers. The cross-sectional configuration of each of the chambers is defined by generally parallel inner and outer side walls joined at one edge thereof by a base wall and joined in an opposite edge thereof by a top wall. A hinge portion connects adjacent edges of the inner walls and the base walls of the chambers together. Opposite ends of the inner walls are spaced farther apart than the adjacent ends of the inner walls in order to expose the exterior surfaces of the inner walls to a cooling medium during the manufacturing process. In one embodiment, the hinge portion can function as a living hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Sterling Engineered Products Inc.
    Inventor: Mehmet Y. Cakmakci