Patents by Inventor Neal Floyd Enke

Neal Floyd Enke 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).

  • MOLD CORE PACKAGE FOR FORMING A POWDER SLUSH MOLDING TOOL
    Publication number: 20130221191
    Abstract: A powder slush molding tool having heating and cooling features cast as part of the tool, wherein the tool created using molds formed by additive manufacturing techniques, and wherein the tool is further used for making a flexible polymeric soft skin for use in a vehicle interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Harold P. Sears, James Todd Kloeb, Neal Floyd Enke, Alan Lawrence Jacobson
  • Method of preparing a stereolithographically produced prototype for experimental stress analysis
    Patent number: 5783136
    Abstract: A method of preparing a stereolithographically produced prototype for experimental stress analysis. The method includes creating a 3-D solid model prototype through a stereolithographic process. The prototype is cleaned in an alcohol bath and cured by exposing the prototype to a bath of ultraviolet light. Further, curing of the prototype is accomplished by placing the prototype in a thermal oven at an elevated temperature for a period of time. Upon removal and after cooling of the prototype, the prototype can be tested using several different experimental stress analysis procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Neal Floyd Enke