Patents by Inventor Ana Maria Panea

Ana Maria Panea has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Braided textile sleeve with self-sustaining expanded and contracted states and method of construction thereof
    Patent number: 10202714
    Abstract: A protective textile sleeve includes a braided, tubular wall extending lengthwise along a central longitudinal axis between opposite ends. The wall has a decreased length, increased diameter first state and an increased length, decreased diameter second state. Heat-set, braided yarns within the wall impart a bias on the wall, wherein the bias causes the first and second states to be bi-stable and self-sustaining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
    Inventors: Amel Fathallah, Ana Maria Panea
  • Braided textile sleeve with self-sustaining expanded and contracted states and method of construction thereof
    Patent number: 10167581
    Abstract: A textile sleeve and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve includes a braided, tubular wall extending lengthwise along a central longitudinal axis between opposite ends. The wall has a decreased length, increased cross-sectional area first state and an increased length, decreased cross-sectional area second state. Heat-set, yarns within the wall impart a bias on the wall, wherein the bias causes the wall to remain in each of the first and second states absent an externally applied force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
    Inventors: Amel Fathallah, Ana Maria Panea, Zhong Huai Zhang, Jimmy E. Teal, Tianqi Gao, Leigh Krauser
  • BRAIDED TEXTILE SLEEVE WITH SELF-SUSTAINING EXPANDED AND CONTRACTED STATES AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160122915
    Abstract: A protective textile sleeve includes a braided, tubular wall extending lengthwise along a central longitudinal axis between opposite ends. The wall has a decreased length, increased diameter first state and an increased length, decreased diameter second state. Heat-set, braided yarns within the wall impart a bias on the wall, wherein the bias causes the first and second states to be bi-stable and self-sustaining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Amel Fathallah, Ana Maria Panea
  • BRAIDED TEXTILE SLEEVE WITH SELF-SUSTAINING EXPANDED AND CONTRACTED STATES AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160122916
    Abstract: A textile sleeve and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve includes a braided, tubular wall extending lengthwise along a central longitudinal axis between opposite ends. The wall has a decreased length, increased cross-sectional area first state and an increased length, decreased cross-sectional area second state. Heat-set, yarns within the wall impart a bias on the wall, wherein the bias causes the wall to remain in each of the first and second states absent an externally applied force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Amel Fathallah, Ana Maria Panea, Zhong Huai Zhang, Jimmy E. Teal, Tianqi Gao, Leigh Krauser