Patents by Inventor Manuel A. Santos
Manuel A. Santos 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).
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Publication number: 20240121210Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to systems and methods for digitally unpackaging one or more hosted Internet service products from a set of available hosted Internet service products. The method includes receiving a selection of a starting point and determining whether the selected starting point is one selected from (i) a domain and (ii) a hosted Internet service product. If the starting points is domain, then the method includes prompting for and receiving a selection of at least one hosted Internet service product category in a plurality of hosted Internet service product categories. If the starting point is a hosted Internet service product then the method includes for the hosted Internet service product, prompting for and receiving at least one domain to connect to the hosted Internet service product. The method includes setting up connections between hosted Internet service products selected and configuring the hosted Internet service products selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: NAMECHEAP, INC.Inventors: João Henrique Martins Ferreira GUEDES, Richard KIRKENDALL, Mohan Muthukumar VETTAIKARAN, Rui Rodrigo Cabral Pacheco DE MELO, Artem ZAKHARCHENKO, Denys MUDRICHENKO, Joana Manuel Fachana Cardoso Moreira DA COSTA, Carlos Eduardo Cravo PEREIRA, Sara Rita Azevedo SAMPAIO, João Daniel Santiago MAIO, Pedro Miguel Santos LIMA
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Publication number: 20240068099Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus is provided. The substrate processing apparatus includes a table rotatable around a first axis, a first holder being arranged in a non-rotatable or rotatable manner on a first side of the table and at least one means for processing a substrate in the first substrate plane and directing towards the first side of the table. Furthermore, the substrate processing apparatus includes a pyrometer being arranged on a second side of the table, the second side of the table facing away from the first side of the table, and an optically operative connection between the pyrometer and the side of a substrate, when positioned on the first holder, facing away from the at least one means for processing a substrate. Furthermore, a method of measuring the temperature of a moving substrate and the use of a substrate processing apparatus for measuring the temperature of a substrate are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Silvio GEES, Manuel BASELGIA, Nuno SANTOS
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Publication number: 20230414264Abstract: Various articulating tools for driving fasteners or other surgical implements are disclosed. The articulating tool may be removably connected to a handpiece comprising a motor. The articulating tool may include a torque transmission mechanism that includes a first shaft that extends through the lumen of the elongate outer housing. The first shaft may transfer the torque from the motor to an articulating torque transmission unit. The articulating torque transmission unit may transfer the torque to the bit that interlocks to the fastener. The articulating tool may include an orientation mechanism that is separate from the torque transmission mechanism. The orientation mechanism can have one or more controllers to rotate the articulating unit and driver head adapter about one or more axes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Justin Taber, Daniel Manuel Santos
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Publication number: 20230285062Abstract: Various surgical impactors are disclosed. The surgical impactor may include a housing, a rod that extends at least partially inside the housing, a hammer head attached to the rod, and a hammer housing that receives the hammer head. Actuation of the rod can cause the hammer head to move proximally and/or distally inside, and to impact, the hammer housing. The force of the impact can be conveyed to a surgical implant, instrument, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Daniel Manuel Santos, Justin Taber
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Publication number: 20230285061Abstract: Various power screwdrivers with screw delivery systems are disclosed. In some embodiments, an apparatus attachable to a power screwdriver comprises a housing, a cartridge barrel having a plurality of barrel chambers, each capable of holding a screw and drive-bit assembly, and a drive shaft assembly. The drive shaft is aligned with a barrel chamber. The drive shaft has a handle sleeved thereon. The handle is coupled to a barrel cam connected to the cartridge barrel. Moving the handle proximally to a retracted position and then distally to a neutral position rotates the cartridge barrel in a way that the drive shaft is aligned with a barrel chamber adjacent the previous barrel chamber. Moving the handle distally to a forward position advances a screw out of a port.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Daniel Manuel Santos, Justin Taber
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Patent number: 11363795Abstract: The heated pet carrier bag is configured for use with a companion animal. The heated pet carrier bag is a luggage item. The heated pet carrier bag transports the companion animal. The heated pet carrier bag forms a temperature-controlled space used to contain the companion animal. The heated pet carrier bag comprises a carrier and a control circuit. The carrier contains the control circuit. The carrier forms the luggage used to transport the companion animal. The control circuit is an electric circuit used to warm the containment space for the companion animal.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Inventor: Manuel Santos
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Publication number: 20220153003Abstract: The present invention is enclosed in the area of panels for structural and decorative surfaces, in particular panels containing polymer-based materials, suitable for the coating of surfaces, for example, and containing such polymer-based materials in the respective layers. The present invention may relate to the integration of polymer granules, recycled or unrecycled, being particularly relevant when the granules are obtained from end-of-life polymer-based materials, for instance obtained from car tires into the core of compact laminate boards. It is therefore an object of the present invention a composite panel (100) for structural and decorative surfaces wherein it comprises a core panel, the core panel (10) comprising a mixture of granules of a polymeric material and a bonding element (1), the bonding element providing for the bonding of the granules of a polymeric material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Claudia BRITO DA COSTA, Ana João TAVARES DA SILVA VINHAS, Jorge Manuel SANTOS SILVA MARTINS, Luísa Maria HORA DE CARVALHO, Fernão Domingos DE MONTENGRO BAPTISTA MALHEIRO DE MA
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Publication number: 20210227867Abstract: The present invention relates to an olive oil enriched with oleanolic acid that comprises a concentration of oleanolic acid between 580 and 650 mg/kg. This functional olive has proven to be effective in the treatment and prevention of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and pre-diabetes. Also, the invention relates to a process for the preparation of said functional olive oil enriched with oleanolic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Jose Maria CASTELLANO OROZCO, Mirela RADA, Angeles GUINDA GARIN, Jose Manuel SANTOS LOZANO, Jose LAPETRA PERALTA
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Patent number: 10451831Abstract: A fiber optic stripping and cutting apparatus comprising a tool housing and a stripping tool slidingly secured to the tool housing, the stripping tool having a pair of opposing stripping blades pivotable with respect to each other, each stripping blade having at least two teeth, the teeth on one stripping blade aligned with teeth on the opposite stripping blade. The fiber optic stripping and cutting apparatus includes a cutting tool removably secured to the tool housing, the cutting tool having a pair of opposing flat blades, each flat blade including a sharp edge. The stripping and cutting tools are each independently slideable from a retracted position within the housing to an extended position at least partially extending from the tool housing. The stripping tool and cutting tool may be removable from the tool housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Ripley Tools, LLCInventors: Manuel A. Santos, Sean Powell, Kevin Kilton, Paul Phillips
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Patent number: 10317641Abstract: A fiber optic stripping apparatus comprising a frame having an axis and a pair of outer arms extending from the axis, each arm pivotal about the axis and a pair of first blades each first blade having a first blade edge, each of the first blades attached to a corresponding frame arm with the first blade edge extending in the direction of the corresponding frame arm. The stripping apparatus includes a pair of second blades each second blade having a second blade edge, each of the second blades attached to a corresponding frame arm with the second blade edge extending transverse to the direction of the corresponding frame arm, the second blades each having a first set of notches forming a circle when the stripping apparatus is in a closed position and a second set of notches substantially forming a circle when the stripping apparatus is in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2014Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: RIPLEY TOOLS, LLCInventors: Manuel A. Santos, Tadeusz Zagula
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Patent number: 10179253Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Airbus Operations, S.L.Inventors: Jose Manuel Santos Gomez, Ramón Ramos
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Publication number: 20160131864Abstract: A fiber optic stripping and cutting apparatus comprising a tool housing and a stripping tool slidingly secured to the tool housing, the stripping tool having a pair of opposing stripping blades pivotable with respect to each other, each stripping blade having at least two teeth, the teeth on one stripping blade aligned with teeth on the opposite stripping blade. The fiber optic stripping and cutting apparatus includes a cutting tool removably secured to the tool housing, the cutting tool having a pair of opposing flat blades, each flat blade including a sharp edge. The stripping and cutting tools are each independently slideable from a retracted position within the housing to an extended position at least partially extending from the tool housing. The stripping tool and cutting tool may be removable from the tool housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2014Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Manuel A. Santos, Sean Powell, Kevin Kilton, Paul Phillips
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Publication number: 20160103291Abstract: A fiber optic stripping apparatus comprising a frame having an axis and a pair of outer arms extending from the axis, each arm pivotal about the axis and a pair of first blades each first blade having a first blade edge, each of the first blades attached to a corresponding frame arm with the first blade edge extending in the direction of the corresponding frame arm. The stripping apparatus includes a pair of second blades each second blade having a second blade edge, each of the second blades attached to a corresponding frame arm with the second blade edge extending transverse to the direction of the corresponding frame arm, the second blades each having a first set of notches forming a circle when the stripping apparatus is in a closed position and a second set of notches substantially forming a circle when the stripping apparatus is in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2014Publication date: April 14, 2016Inventors: Manuel A. Santos, Tadeusz Zagula
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Publication number: 20150343246Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Jose Manuel SANTOS GOMEZ, Ramón RAMOS
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Patent number: 9184575Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for gaining access to optical fibers contained within a fiber optic cable. Specifically, a cable entry tool can include a first jaw that can have a substantially V-shaped first channel formed therein, a first cutting element extending into the first channel and movable to any of a variety of depths, a second jaw positioned opposing the first jaw and that can have a substantially V-shaped second channel formed therein, and a second cutting element extending into the second channel and movable to any of a variety of depths. The first channel and the second channel can be movable with respect to each other for receiving therebetween a buffer tube having any of a variety of tube diameters.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2011Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Corp., Ripley Tools LLCInventors: Tony Blackwell, David Squires, Manuel A. Santos
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Publication number: 20140316964Abstract: A system and method such that users subject to greenhouse gas programs, such as the California Air and Resource Board Cap-and-Trade program, can identify what allowances and obligations said user has at any point in time. The invention will allow for data to be received from any source of carbon trades, emission forward prices, electronic tags (e-Tags), or other relevant emissions attributes. The invention will have all formulas and data necessary to determine a user's position. The invention will create reports necessary to show compliance with greenhouse gas programs.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: Open Access Technology International, Inc.Inventors: Ilya William Slutsker, Sasan Mokhtari, Shahriar Sahba, David Jerome Stangler, Manuel Santos
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Patent number: 8581454Abstract: A handheld device comprises a housing, a motor, and a thermally conductive pad disposed in a space between the motor and the housing. Heat generated by the motor can be conducted by the thermal pad to the housing or to an internal fluid passage generally extending the length of the motor. In some embodiments, the thermal pad is configured to maintain the temperature of the housing in accordance with industry guidelines.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2011Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Pro-Dex, Inc.Inventors: Richard A. Corrington, Francis James Steinmetz, Daniel Manuel Santos
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Patent number: 8221825Abstract: A method for the local initial application of a thermal barrier coating layer (3), or for the local repair of coating defects and/or deteriorations of components (1) in the hot gas path of a gas turbine engine, which components are coated with a thermal barrier coating layer, includes at least the following steps: (I) in the case of repair, normally overall inspection of the whole component (1) for the determination of the location of defect/deterioration, as well as of corresponding type of defect/deterioration of each place for a multitude of locations of the component (1); (II) if needed, preparation of the surface in at least one location; (III) local application of a ceramic tissue together with a wet chemical thermal barrier coating layer deposition material for the formation of a patch (5) of ceramic matrix composite; (IV)a intermediate inspection of the patch and/or the surface; (IV)b in the case of a repetitive and/or multi-step repair method, subsequent layer application of a ceramic tissue togetheType: GrantFiled: April 21, 2009Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd.Inventors: Daniel Reitz, Sophie Duval, Piero-Daniele Grasso, Alexander Stankowski, Fernando Manuel Santos Silverio
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Publication number: 20120072004Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Inventors: Jorge Lopez-Carrasco Picado, José Manuel Santos Gómez
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Patent number: 8122576Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Airbus Operations, S.L.Inventors: José Manuel Santos Gómez, José Manuel Menéndez Martín, Antonio Durán Quiroga, Aquilino García García, Julián Sánchez Fernández