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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2023
Oakwood Metal Fabricating Co., Dearborn, MI (US);
William Todd Miller, Allen Park, MI (US);
Michael Allen Johnson, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Robert Arthur Sonnenberg, Novi, MI (US);
Joel Matthew Cormier, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Richard Francois Audi, Dearborn, MI (US);
Donald Scott Smith, Commerce, MI (US);
OAKWOOD METAL FABRICATING CO., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A metallic product such as an audio speaker cover and a related method of manufacturing that has a surface with a cloth-like appearance, yet allows the passage of sound. The metallic audio speaker cover has a base of expanded metal with polygonal openings or woven wire through which the sound may pass, the openings being defined by filaments that provide structural strength; a pretreatment film that adheres to the expanded metal base, and one or more multi-color powder coating films that adhere to the pretreatment film. In some embodiments, the film also has anti-microbial properties.