Patents by Inventor Dave Roche

Dave Roche 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).

  • Method and apparatus for production of carbon fiber components
    Patent number: 10668649
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of a carbon fiber article comprises providing a preform mold having a region that is shaped to compliment a shape of a preform part that is to be produced the surface being provided with at least one bore or groove that is connected to at least one conduit that passes through the mold to a manifold, laying a sheet of release material onto the surface covering at least some of the plurality of holes, applying reduced pressure to the manifold to cause the sheet to be sucked down onto the mold surface, laying carbon fiber material into the mold on top of the sheet of release material, applying an increase pressure to the manifold to push the preform free from the mold surface, and removing the preform from the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Penso Holdings Ltd
    Inventors: Dave Roche, Daniel Hurcombe, Jevon Thurston-Thorpe
  • Method and Apparatus for Production of Carbon Fiber Components
    Publication number: 20160271839
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of a carbon fiber article comprises providing a preform mold having a region that is shaped to compliment a shape of a preform part that is to be produced the surface being provided with at least one bore or groove that is connected to at least one conduit that passes through the mold to a manifold, laying a sheet of release material onto the surface covering at least some of the plurality of holes, applying reduced pressure to the manifold to cause the sheet to be sucked down onto the mold surface, laying carbon fiber material into the mold on top of the sheet of release material, applying an increase pressure to the manifold to push the preform free from the mold surface, and removing the preform from the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Dave Roche, Daniel Hurcombe, Jevon Thurston-Thorpe