Patents by Inventor Catarina CARVALHEIRAS

Catarina CARVALHEIRAS 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).

  • Publication number: 20230356429
    Abstract: An assembling device for manufacturing a panel assembly, which includes at least two tooling systems, which both include wooden slat gripping, positioning and securing means, and insulation panel gripping and positioning means, and a tooling controller communicatively coupled to the tooling systems, wherein the tooling systems are instructed so that, if the length of a wooden slat exceeds a predetermined threshold, the wooden slat gripping means grip the wooden slat at different parts, and are moved relatively to each other in order to align their centerlines and to correct the straightness of the wooden slat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: François-Xavier CORDIER, Matteo FERRARI, Catarina CARVALHEIRAS
  • Publication number: 20230339078
    Abstract: Mounting table for manufacturing a panel assembly which includes a plurality of superimposed layers wherein the mounting table includes a holding structure oriented at least partially vertically, a set of suction cups secured to the front side of the holding structure, a set of fixed spacers arranged between suction cups, a channel to let the air flow from the suction cups, and an air outlet arranged to generate vacuum through the channel, arranged so that the first layer of the panel assembly is secured at least partially vertically to the front side of the holding structure by means of the suction cups, while the next layers are securely attached to each other, and so that the weight of the overall panel assembly can be held by the mounting table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: François-Xavier CORDIER, Matteo FERRARI, Catarina CARVALHEIRAS