Patents by Inventor Felipe Mappa Franca Rocha

Felipe Mappa Franca Rocha 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).

  • Robotic surface inspection adjacent or in a coil around a mandrel
    Patent number: 11911815
    Abstract: A strip of metal entering or exiting a mill can be redirected about a roller so as to define an angled segment of the strip of metal, with the angled segment extending away from the roller and arranged at an angle relative to the roller. The angled segment can be connected with a coil that is rotated about a mandrel such that a magnitude of the angle of the angled segment changes as the coil is enlarged or reduced by the rotating of the mandrel. A sensor of a surface inspection system can detect a characteristic of a surface of the strip of metal in the angled segment or in the coil. The sensor can be robotically moved to modify a distance and/or an orientation of the sensor of the surface inspection system relative to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NOVELIS, INC.
    Inventors: Roberto Armbrust de Freitas Quintal, Luiz Alberto Murad Veiga, Paul Blain Harlan, Felipe Mappa Franca Rocha, Young Taeg Park, Rajbir Bal, Renato Rufino Xavier, Stephan Haertel
  • ROBOTIC SURFACE INSPECTION ADJACENT OR IN A COIL AROUND A MANDREL
    Publication number: 20220288662
    Abstract: A strip of metal entering or exiting a mill can be redirected about a roller so as to define an angled segment of the strip of metal, with the angled segment extending away from the roller and arranged at an angle relative to the roller. The angled segment can be connected with a coil that is rotated about a mandrel such that a magnitude of the angle of the angled segment changes as the coil is enlarged or reduced by the rotating of the mandrel. A sensor of a surface inspection system can detect a characteristic of a surface of the strip of metal in the angled segment or in the coil. The sensor can be robotically moved to modify a distance and/or an orientation of the sensor of the surface inspection system relative to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Roberto Armbrust de Freitas Quintal, Luiz Alberto Murad Veiga, Paul Blain Harlan, Felipe Mappa Franca Rocha, Young Taeg Park, Rajbir Bal, Renato Rufino Xavier, Stephan Haertel