Patents by Inventor Michael Allen JOHNSON

Michael Allen JOHNSON 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).

  • METALLIC PRODUCTS WITH A MULTI-COLOR CLOTH-LIKE APPEARANCE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20230232140
    Abstract: A metallic product such as an audio speaker cover and a related method of manufacturing that has a surface with a cloth-like appearance, yet allows the passage of sound. The metallic audio speaker cover has a base of expanded metal with polygonal openings or woven wire through which the sound may pass, the openings being defined by filaments that provide structural strength; a pretreatment film that adheres to the expanded metal base, and one or more multi-color powder coating films that adhere to the pretreatment film. In some embodiments, the film also has anti-microbial properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: William Todd MILLER, Michael Allen JOHNSON, Robert Arthur SONNENBERG, Joel Matthew CORMIER, Richard Francois AUDI, Donald Scott SMITH
  • Metallic audio speaker cover with a multi-color cloth-like appearance and method of manufacturing
    Patent number: 11611818
    Abstract: A metallic audio speaker cover and a related method of manufacturing that has a surface with a cloth-like appearance. The metallic audio speaker cover has a base of expanded metal through which sound may pass; a pretreatment film which adheres to the expanded metal base; and one or more multi-color powder coating films that adhere to the pretreatment film. In some embodiments, the surface also has anti-microbial properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: OAKWOOD METAL FABRICATING CO.
    Inventors: William Todd Miller, Michael Allen Johnson, Robert Arthur Sonnenberg, Joel Matthew Cormier, Richard Francois Audi, Donald Scott Smith
  • METALLIC AUDIO SPEAKER COVER WITH A MULTI-COLOR CLOTH-LIKE APPEARANCE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20230064952
    Abstract: A metallic audio speaker cover and a related method of manufacturing that has a surface with a cloth-like appearance. The metallic audio speaker cover has a base of expanded metal through which sound may pass; a pretreatment film which adheres to the expanded metal base; and one or more multi-color powder coating films that adhere to the pretreatment film. In some embodiments, the surface also has anti-microbial properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: William Todd MILLER, Michael Allen JOHNSON, Robert Arthur SONNENBERG, Joel Matthew CORMIER, Richard Francois AUDI, Donald Scott SMITH