Patents by Inventor Pete Ermie

Pete Ermie 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).

  • Sub-ambient pressure morphology control process for use in molding extruded polymer foams, and parts produced therefrom
    Patent number: 11161285
    Abstract: A method of sub-ambient pressure processing of blow-molded polymer foams and skin-over-foam sandwich panel configurations for lightweight components having improved structural properties. The method can create either skinned or un-skinned foams that offer smooth interior and exterior surfaces, zero or controlled surface porosity, skins of pre-defined thickness, and foam cells that are expanded and oriented normal to the material plane, effectively spherical or polyhedral in nature, and offering improved bending and compressive strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Toledo Molding & Die, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Beard, Pete Ermie, Chris Lambert, Jay Myers, Erich Vorenkamp, Steve Wagener
  • Sub-ambient pressure morphology control process for use in molding extruded polymer foams, and parts produced therefrom
    Publication number: 20190152099
    Abstract: A method of sub-ambient pressure processing of blow-molded polymer foams and skin-over-foam sandwich panel configurations for lightweight components having improved structural properties. The method can create either skinned or un-skinned foams that offer smooth interior and exterior surfaces, zero or controlled surface porosity, skins of pre-defined thickness, and foam cells that are expanded and oriented normal to the material plane, effectively spherical or polyhedral in nature, and offering improved bending and compressive strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Brian Beard, Pete Ermie, Chris Lambert, Jay Myers, Erich Vorenkamp, Steve Wagener
  • Sub-ambient pressure morphology control process for use in molding extruded polymer foams, and parts produced therefrom
    Patent number: 10220549
    Abstract: A method of sub-ambient pressure processing of blow-molded polymer foams and skin-over-foam sandwich panel configurations for lightweight components having improved structural properties. The method can create either skinned or un-skinned foams that offer smooth interior and exterior surfaces, zero or controlled surface porosity, skins of pre-defined thickness, and foam cells that are expanded and oriented normal to the material plane, effectively spherical or polyhedral in nature, and offering improved bending and compressive strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Toledo Molding & Die, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Beard, Pete Ermie, Chris Lambert, Jay Myers, Erich Vorenkamp, Steve Wagener
  • Sub-ambient pressure morphology control process for use in molding extruded polymer foams, and parts produced therefrom
    Publication number: 20180250891
    Abstract: A method of sub-ambient pressure processing of blow-molded polymer foams and skin-over-foam sandwich panel configurations for lightweight components having improved structural properties. The method can create either skinned or un-skinned foams that offer smooth interior and exterior surfaces, zero or controlled surface porosity, skins of pre-defined thickness, and foam cells that are expanded and oriented normal to the material plane, effectively spherical or polyhedral in nature, and offering improved bending and compressive strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Brian Beard, Pete Ermie, Chris Lambert, Jay Myers, Erich Vorenkamp, Steve Wagener
  • Sub-ambient pressure morphology control process for use in molding extruded polymer foams, and parts produced therefrom
    Publication number: 20160052180
    Abstract: A method of sub-ambient pressure processing of blow-molded polymer foams and skin-over-foam sandwich panel configurations for lightweight components having improved structural properties. The method can create either skinned or un-skinned foams that offer smooth interior and exterior surfaces, zero or controlled surface porosity, skins of pre-defined thickness, and foam cells that are expanded and oriented normal to the material plane, effectively spherical or polyhedral in nature, and offering improved bending and compressive strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Beard, Pete Ermie, Chris Lambert, Jay Myers, Erich Vorenkamp, Steve Wagener