Patents by Inventor Kevin Aaron Hawkins

Kevin Aaron Hawkins 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).

  • Papermaking belts having offset openings, papermaking processes using belts having offset openings, and paper products made therefrom
    Patent number: 11578460
    Abstract: A belt for creping a web in a papermaking process. The belt includes a surface onto which the web is transferred during the papermaking process. A plurality of openings extend through the surface, with the openings being arranged in lines that are offset from lines in the machine direction (MD) and cross-machine direction (CD) of the belt. Paper products, such as absorbent sheets, made from the belt have hollow dome regions and connecting regions between the domes, with the domes being arranged in lines that are offset from lines in the MD and CD of the paper products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: GPCP IP Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Hue Ming Sze, Frank D. Harper, Kevin Aaron Hawkins, Eric J. Lepp, Vipul Kumar, Nathan Capps, Joseph H. Miller
  • PAPERMAKING BELTS HAVING OFFSET OPENINGS, PAPERMAKING PROCESSES USING BELTS HAVING OFFSET OPENINGS, AND PAPER PRODUCTS MADE THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20210087748
    Abstract: A belt for creping a web in a papermaking process. The belt includes a surface onto which the web is transferred during the papermaking process. A plurality of openings extend through the surface, with the openings being arranged in lines that are offset from lines in the machine direction (MD) and cross-machine direction (CD) of the belt. Paper products, such as absorbent sheets, made from the belt have hollow dome regions and connecting regions between the domes, with the domes being arranged in lines that are offset from lines in the MD and CD of the paper products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Hue Ming Sze, Frank D. Harper, Kevin Aaron Hawkins, Eric J. Lepp, Vipul Kumar, Nathan Capps