Patents by Inventor Mikil Sockow

Mikil Sockow 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 of assembling a SMC vehicle roof assembly
    Patent number: 10421262
    Abstract: A rear SMC component is adhesively bonded to a central SMC component to form a cavity adjacent the rear wall that encloses a tapping plate. A reinforcing SMC component is adhesively bonded to the central SMC component with a rail portion against the top wall and a rear gusset portion against the rear wall. Conductive heaters are positioned directly against the surfaces on both sides of the adhesive for the rail portion but only on the interior side of the adhesive for the gusset portion, because the rear component blocks access thereto. As a result, the adhesive for the gusset portion is only partially cured by the heater. A gusset fastener is installed through the rear gusset portion and the rear wall and into the tapping plate to fixedly retain the rear gusset portion against the rear wall while this partially cured adhesive subsequently cures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Jason E Schultz, Zachariah Smith, Mikil Sockow
  • METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A SMC VEHICLE ROOF ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20180141322
    Abstract: A rear SMC component is adhesively bonded to a central SMC component to form a cavity adjacent the rear wall that encloses a tapping plate. A reinforcing SMC component is adhesively bonded to the central SMC component with a rail portion against the top wall and a rear gusset portion against the rear wall. Conductive heaters are positioned directly against the surfaces on both sides of the adhesive for the rail portion but only on the interior side of the adhesive for the gusset portion, because the rear component blocks access thereto. As a result, the adhesive for the gusset portion is only partially cured by the heater. A gusset fastener is installed through the rear gusset portion and the rear wall and into the tapping plate to fixedly retain the rear gusset portion against the rear wall while this partially cured adhesive subsequently cures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Jason E. Schultz, Zachariah Smith, Mikil Sockow