ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,981, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Superior Industries International Inc. (Southfield, Mich.).
"Method of coating alloy wheels" was invented by Parveen Kakar (Novi, Mich.) and Henry Clay Chenault (Fayetteville, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alloy wheel is formed having a three dimensional configuration defining a face and recessed surfaces. The face of the wheel is machined providing a smooth surface at the face and defining an edge between the smooth surface of the face and the recessed surfaces. A nozzle element for projecting a plasma jet toward the wheel is provided. The plasma jet is projected toward the smooth sur...