US Patent Issued to Dynaflex Products on Dec. 16 for "Method of plating an automotive exhaust pipe" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,076, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Dynaflex Products (Commerce, Calif.).

"Method of plating an automotive exhaust pipe" was invented by Cory Pehrsson (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of protecting a metal pipe from corrosion, comprises depositing a layer of nickel composition over both inside and outside of the pipe, and depositing a layer of chrome over the nickel composition on the outside of the pipe. The nickel composition is preferably deposited using an electroless plating, and the chrome is preferably deposited using electroplating. Pipes coated using these methods are particularly useful ...