William M. Humphrey
19Patents
9h-index
20Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: May 15, 1974 → May 8, 2017
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5580501A | Method of manufacturing an interior trim panel using polyurethane powder | Performing Operations; Transporting | 39 | Expired |
| US5567375A | Method for casting a thermoplastic automotive air bag cover skin with a lesser strength thermoplastic tear seam strip insert | Performing Operations; Transporting | 31 | Expired |
| US5824738A | Light stable aliphatic thermoplastic urethane elastomers and method of making same | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 27 | Expired |
| US5512233A | Method of making a panel with a spray formed skin | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 23 | Expired |
| US6187859A | Light stable aliphatic thermoplastic urethane elastomers and method of making same | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 20 | Expired |
| US5562883A | Solvent flush reaction injection molding mixhead | Performing Operations; Transporting | 16 | Expired |
| US5232957A | RIM molded energy absorbing polyurethane foam | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 15 | Expired |
| US5530057A | Filled aliphatic thermoplastic urethane automotive air bag door tear seam insert | Performing Operations; Transporting | 13 | Expired |
| US6440541B1 | Top coat for metallic island coating system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US3933938A | Grafted polyether diol-based thermoplastic urethane elastomer | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 9 | Expired |
| US5121942A | Airbag cover assembly and method of forming same | Performing Operations; Transporting | 9 | Expired |
| US3933937A | Molding-grade polyurethane | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 8 | Expired |
| US4578447A | Rim nylon-based urethane block polymer composition | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Expired |
| US8129015B2 | Modified moldable urethane with tunable haptics | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 1 | Active |
| US7833623B2 | Modified slush moldable TPU for instrument panels with seamless airbag deployment capability | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US6562268B1 | Interior trim panels and method for manufacturing such panels using silaceous materials | Performing Operations; Transporting | 1 | Expired |
| US9796807B2 | Thermoplastic polyurethane copolymer molding compositions | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US10683417B2 | Method for making thermoplastic aliphatic urethane/urea elastomers and molding compositions | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US9708438B2 | Thermoplastic polyurethane copolymer molding compositions | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.