Patents by Inventor Tony M. Pokorzynski

Tony M. Pokorzynski 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).

  • LOCALIZED DEEP SOFT AREA OF A TRIM PANEL
    Publication number: 20100171333
    Abstract: A trim panel and method of forming a trim panel for a vehicle. The trim panel can include a localized cushioned portion of softness (150) at pre-selected locations on the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Nels R. Smith, Bart W. Fox, Tony M. Pokorzynski
  • Foam-in-place seal and method
    Patent number: 6708462
    Abstract: An injection molded skin has an edge which is substantially thicker than the major surface of the skin which is adapted to be fitted within a slot in a skin-receiving substrate, such that it forms a seal when cushioned urethane foam material is injected behind the skin between the skin and substrate. The method of manufacturing the panel includes the steps of providing a substrate having a slot formed therein for receiving a peripheral edge of a skin of material, introducing a peripheral edge of a skin material having a thickness greater than the overall thickness of the skin into the slot, and injection molding a foam polymeric material behind this skin with a pressure which seals the peripheral edge of the skin to the slot for completing the decorative panel so formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Tony M. Pokorzynski, Mark R. Decker, Rob E. Springer
  • Foam-in-place seal and method
    Publication number: 20020125734
    Abstract: An injection molded skin has an edge which is substantially thicker than the major surface of the skin which is adapted to be fitted within a slot in a skin-receiving substrate, such that it forms a seal when cushioned urethane foam material is injected behind the skin between the skin and substrate. The method of manufacturing the panel includes the steps of providing a substrate having a slot formed therein for receiving a peripheral edge of a skin of material, introducing a peripheral edge of a skin material having a thickness greater than the overall thickness of the skin into the slot, and injection molding a foam polymeric material behind this skin with a pressure which seals the peripheral edge of the skin to the slot for completing the decorative panel so formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Tony M. Pokorzynski, Mark R. Decker, Rob E. Springer
  • FIBER-REINFORCED VEHICLE INTERIOR TRIM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20010001687
    Abstract: Fiber-reinforced vehicle interior trim and a method of manufacturing interior trim in a one-step molding process. A skin material and fibrous reinforcement mat are located in a molding tool. A moldable foam-forming material is applied to the tool between the skin material and the fibrous reinforcement mat. The foam-forming material penetrates the mat and expands and cures such that the foam binds to both the skin and the reinforcement mat to produce a molded interior trim piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 1998
    Publication date: May 24, 2001
    Inventors: TONY M. POKORZYNSKI, TIMOTHY J. THEISEN