Patents by Inventor Anne M. DePalma

Anne M. DePalma 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).

  • Film lamination vehicles and methods
    Patent number: 7857251
    Abstract: Film lamination vehicles and methods that can be used to laminate films to surfaces are disclosed. The vehicles and methods use a moving lamination device that forms a lamination front over which the film is applied to the surface. The lamination front complies to irregularities in the surface such as dips, bumps, etc. while providing substantially uniform pressure such that the film conforms to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jason L. Aveldson, Conrad V. Anderson, H. Aaron Christmann, Anne M. DePalma, Brian T. Loesch, Chin-Yee Ng, Justin W. Wilhelm
  • Steered vacuum-assisted laminating apparatus and methods of use
    Patent number: 6645328
    Abstract: Steered vacuum-assisted laminating apparatus and methods of using the same are disclosed. The apparatus includes a vacuum-assisted laminator for applying large format films to substrates where lamination pressure is generated at least partially by a vacuum drawn in a vacuum cavity. The apparatus also includes a steering system to control the vertical position the laminator and a vehicle to move the laminator along the substrate in a desired direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Conrad V. Anderson, Brett A. Behnke, John R. David, Anne M. DePalma, Ronald S. Steelman
  • Steered vacuum-assisted laminating apparatus and methods of use
    Publication number: 20030116265
    Abstract: Steered vacuum-assisted laminating apparatus and methods of using the same are disclosed. The apparatus includes a vacuum-assisted laminator for applying large format films to substrates where lamination pressure is generated at least partially by a vacuum drawn in a vacuum cavity. The apparatus also includes a steering system to control the vertical position the laminator and a vehicle to move the laminator along the substrate in a desired direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Conrad V. Anderson, Brett A. Behnke, John R. David, Anne M. DePalma, Ronald S. Steelman
  • Steered vacuum-assisted laminating apparatus and methods of use
    Patent number: 6520234
    Abstract: Steered vacuum-assisted laminating apparatus and methods of using the same are disclosed. The apparatus includes a vacuum-assisted laminator for applying large format films to substrates where lamination pressure is generated at least partially by a vacuum drawn in a vacuum cavity. The apparatus also includes a steering system to control the vertical position the laminator and a vehicle to move the laminator along the substrate in a desired direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Conrad V. Anderson, Brett A. Behnke, John R. David, Anne M. DePalma, Ronald S. Steelman