ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,001, issued on June 30, was assigned to ZEPHYROS INC. (Romeo, Mich.).

"Multi-shot injection molded method and product" was invented by Gordon Morgan (Davison, Mich.), Dean Quaderer (Livonia, Mich.) and Keith Lewis (Washington, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention contemplates a method of forming a member comprising injection molding a first layer into a first tool cavity, overmolding a second layer into a second tool cavity selected from the group consisting of an expandable layer, a sealing layer, an acoustic layer, and adhesive layer, a reinforcement layer, a fastening layer, a second carrier layer, and any co...