Patents by Inventor José Manuel Santos Gomez

José Manuel Santos Gomez 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).

  • Patent number: 10179253
    Abstract: A system for making an autoclave inert such that flame propagation is prevented in the event of spontaneous internal combustion, which thus prevents damaging the actual system or equipment, tools and parts, for which it essentially has sodium azide capsules which produce a chemical reaction when they reach an activation temperature, releasing nitrogen, making the chamber inert, venting equipment to prevent damage due to overpressure inside the chamber when the capsules have come into action and released the gas, a main cooling circuit and an additional cooling circuit for the capsules, all of this automatically controlled and managed by a control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations, S.L.
    Inventors: Jose Manuel Santos Gomez, Ramón Ramos
  • Publication number: 20150343246
    Abstract: A system for making an autoclave inert such that flame propagation is prevented in the event of spontaneous internal combustion, which thus prevents damaging the actual system or equipment, tools and parts, for which it essentially has sodium azide capsules which produce a chemical reaction when they reach an activation temperature, releasing nitrogen, making the chamber inert, venting equipment to prevent damage due to overpressure inside the chamber when the capsules have come into action and released the gas, a main cooling circuit and an additional cooling circuit for the capsules, all of this automatically controlled and managed by a control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Jose Manuel SANTOS GOMEZ, Ramón RAMOS
  • Publication number: 20120072004
    Abstract: An automatic mould stripping system for moulding modules (7) located in a curing tool (12), comprising: a programmable robot (1) comprising an articulated arm (1a) with one end free, actuation means (13, 14) for conferring a horizontal rotary movement and a vertical tilting movement to the articulated arm (1a), and a head (2) located in the free end of the articulated arm (1a) with at least one vacuum suction pad (11) able to adhere itself to a surface (16, 17) of an object; a voiding,system (15) for generating a vacuum; referencing means (3) for referencing a vertical and horizontal position of each object (6, 7); and programmable controlling means (18) which govern said actuation means (13, 14) so that the articulated arm (1a) can position the suction pad (11) on that surface (16, 17) of the object (6, 7) in an initial position and transport it to a final position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Jorge Lopez-Carrasco Picado, José Manuel Santos Gómez
  • Patent number: 8122576
    Abstract: The system has special application in the manufacture of aircraft wing covers (10 made of carbon fiber and the stringers (3) cured jointly with the wing cover during the polymerization in autoclave. The tool pieces (4) being used are defined by angular elements (5, 6) copying the geometry of the stringers (3). The shape of these stringers corresponds to the “T” section. The angular elements (5, 6) comprise, in their upper part, a pair of battlements (7) in order to be caught by part of the clamps (9) of a head (10) linked to a robot (11) of the spherical type with articulated arm with six axes. The angular elements (5, 6) are made of INVAR material and they are used to keep in position the stringers during the curing cycle in the autoclave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations, S.L.
    Inventors: José Manuel Santos Gómez, José Manuel Menéndez Martín, Antonio Durán Quiroga, Aquilino García García, Julián Sánchez Fernández
  • Publication number: 20110290421
    Abstract: An object (4) to be taped in carbon fiber has a first taping strip (1), beside which a second taping strip (2) is arranged, leaving between both of them a separation between strips (3), having an automatic taping machine (5). One light generator block (7) produces a light mark (6) that is applied to the separation (3) area; an image capture block (8) captures the light mark (6), being analyzed by a processing and control block (10). If the separation measure (ML, MR) between strips (3) is within an accepted tolerance range (T), then the taping method continues without change. But if the value of the measure (ML, MR) is far greater than the tolerance (T) allowed, or it is far less than the tolerance (T) allowed, then signals (SR, SL) are generated and sent to the position control (10) to correct the position to the right or to the left, until obtaining a new measure (ML, MR) value that meets the allowed tolerance (T).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: José Manuel SANTOS GÓMEZ, Pablo Cebolla Garrofe, Iván Martínez Moneo, Jesús Rojas Simón
  • Publication number: 20100154186
    Abstract: The system has special application in the manufacture of aircraft wing covers (1) made of carbon fiber and the stringers (3) cured jointly with the wing cover during the polymerization in autoclave. The tool pieces (4) being used are defined by angular elements (5, 6) copying the geometry of the stringers (3). The shape of these stringers corresponds to the “T” section. The angular elements (5, 6) comprise, in their upper part, a pair of battlements (7) in order to be caught by part of the clamps (9) of a head (10) linked to a robot (11) of the spherical type with articulated arm with six axes. The angular elements (5, 6) are made of INVAR material and they are used to keep in position the stringers during the curing cycle in the autoclave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Jose Manuel Santos Gomez, Jose Manuel Menendez Martin, Antonio Duran Quiroga, Aquilino Garcia Garcia, Julian Sanchez Fernandez
  • Patent number: 7731207
    Abstract: A mobile transport platform for the handling of aeronautical parts with a frame has an array of telescopic actuators vertically arranged in rows and columns, each telescopic actuator is coupled by one end to the frame, and has a coupled head (2c) at its opposite end; a control system connected to each telescopic actuator for individually controlling the actuation of each telescopic actuator so that the telescopic actuator can adapt a position between that of maximum extension in which the head and at least part of the shaft of the telescopic actuator project from the plane of the load surface, and that of maximum retraction in which at least the shaft of the telescopic actuator does not project from the plane of the load surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Airbus Operations, S.L.
    Inventor: José Manuel Santos Gómez
  • Patent number: 7677290
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning device (5) to be used in a preimpregnated carbon fiber placement machine including at least one guiding roller (47) for guiding a band (21) of tows to an application head (25), comprising two filtering elements (11, 13) arranged such that a band (21) of tows supported by two plates (15, 17) joined with adjustable clamping means (29) for said filtering elements (11, 13) and means of fixing/separating them to/from said machine, circulates between them. The invention also relates to a preimpregnated carbon fiber placement machine with at least one cleaning device (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Airbus Espana, S.L.
    Inventors: José Manuel Santos Gomez, Pablo Lopez Fernandez
  • Publication number: 20090159095
    Abstract: The procedure includes: a first phase of blowing and suction; a second phase of cleaning by laser where the tool (3) on a positioner (4) is held under a laser head (2); a third phase of applying a releasing agent by spray, and a fourth phase for drying off this releasing agent by means of the aforementioned head (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Jose Manuel Santos Gomez, Angel Lopez Redondo
  • Publication number: 20070272360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning device (5) to be used in a preimpregnated carbon fiber placement machine including at least one guiding roller (47) for guiding a band (21) of tows to an application head (25), comprising two filtering elements (11, 13) arranged such that a band (21) of tows supported by two plates (15, 17) joined with adjustable clamping means (29) for said filtering elements (11, 13) and means of fixing/separating them to/from said machine, circulates between them. The invention also relates to a preimpregnated carbon fiber placement machine with at least one cleaning device (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Jose Manuel Santos Gomez, Pablo Lopez Fernandez
  • Publication number: 20070251641
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing pieces of composite material by means of laying, cutting and hot forming operations comprising two same tables (11, 13) configurable with a planar upper surface (41) or with an upper surface (43) with the shape of the piece to be manufactured and means for generating a vacuum in the closed space on it; an automatic laying head (15) supported by means (19) allowing its displacement on said tables (11, 13) and a cutting head (17) associated to the same; and a tool (21), also displaceable on said tables (11, 13) including a forming membrane (25) and heating means (27). The invention also comprises a process for manufacturing pieces of composite material by means of laying, cutting and hot forming operations carried out on a same device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Jose Manuel Santos Gomez, Jose Cuenca Rincon
  • Publication number: 20070148271
    Abstract: An automatic dismoulding system for moulding modules (7) located in a curing tool (12), comprising: a programmable robot (1) comprising an articulated arm (1a) with one end free, actuation means (13, 14) for conferring a horizontal rotary movement and a vertical tilting movement to the articulated arm (1a), and a head (2) located in the free end of the articulated arm (1a) with at least one vacuum suction pad (11) able to adhere itself to a surface (16, 17) of an object; a voiding system (15) for generating a vacuum; referencing means (3) for referencing a vertical and horizontal position of each object (6, 7); and programmable controlling means (18) which govern said actuation means (13, 14) so that the articulated arm (1a) can position the suction pad (11) on that surface (16, 17) of the object (6, 7) in an initial position and transport it to a final position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Jorge Lopez-Carrasco Picado, Jose Manuel Santos Gomez