Patents by Inventor Kirk Samowitz

Kirk Samowitz 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).

  • Fixed-width towpreg apparatus and process
    Publication number: 20070029434
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for winding a towpreg having a spool winding machine having a rod-shaped body for mounting a core of a spool, wherein the core is shuttled on the rod-shaped body to allow the towpreg to maintain a straight path substantially normal to an axis of the rod-shaped body are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: Zoltek Companies Inc.
    Inventors: David Rasmussen, Ronald Roser, Joseph Barlow, Kirk Samowitz, Kurt Olsen
  • Large-tow fiber-placement system
    Publication number: 20060260106
    Abstract: A large-tow fiber placement system having (1) a creel, (2) a tow feeding mechanism, (3) a tow cutting mechanism, and (4) a tow consolidation system, wherein the creel shuttles a spool to maintain a substantially fixed exit path of a large-tow exiting the spool, the tow feeding mechanism has a head that is cooled by a fluid to control integrity of the large-tow and the tow consolidation system has interlocking shoes to provide a continuous application of the head is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: Zoltek Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Roser, David Rasmussen, Trond Pedersen, Scott Cutler, Ken Warfield, Dennis Hegerhorst, Paul Merrill, Kirk Samowitz, Mark Liddiard, Curtis Veit