Patents by Inventor Manuel Torres

Manuel Torres 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: 7483365
    Abstract: This permits the transmission of signals over the electricity network in such a way that the spectral density of power is adjusted to the regulations in the current rules by means of the possibility of introducing notches in transmission in an efficient manner. It is characterised by the adjustment of the power in one or more carriers of an OFDM signal for generating these notches, through the use of IDFTs of at least 1024 points (if the IDFT is complex) or at least 2048 points (if the IDFT is real) and through the use of a window to multiply the symbols to be transmitted in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Diseno de Sistemas en Silicio, S.A.
    Inventors: Jorge Vicente Blasco Claret, Juan Carlos Riveiro Insúa, Salvador Iranzo Molinero, Luis Manuel Torres Cantón, José Abad Molina
  • Publication number: 20080317599
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blade for a horizontal-axis wind generator consisting of two flattened bodies which are arranged opposite one another in longitudinal convergence towards the tip without making contact with one another, said bodies being attached by means of an intermediate latticework formed by ties (3) with an aerodynamic profile, which ties are joined to the flattened bodies by means of hinged attachments providing flexibility to the structural assembly for preventing fatigue fractures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventor: Manuel Torres Martinez
  • Patent number: 7460553
    Abstract: This process applies to a number of user kits (A, B, . . . X) and a head-end kit (1) communicating over the electricity network (2) using an upstream channel and a downstream channel. In essence, the process comprises accessing by multiple user kits (A, B, . . . X) in the upstream channel and the sending of multiple information frames by the head-end (1) in the downstream channel simultaneously applying OFDMA/TDMA/CDMA multiplexing and dynamically assigning each carrier so as to maximize transmission capacity in both the upstream and downstream channels. In turn, the process allows the adjustment of the quality of service according to the type of information and the user that requires the transmission and the dynamic allocation of bandwidth through constantly calculating the signal-to-noise ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Diseno De Sistemas En Silicio, S.A.
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Riveiro Insua, Jorge Vicente Blasco Claret, FelicianoS Gómez Martínez, David Ruiz López, Nils Hakan Fouren, Luis Manuel Torres Cantón, Francisco Javier Jiménez Marquina, Carlos Pardo Vidal
  • Publication number: 20080277942
    Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in the structural arrangement of wind generators, a wind rotor (1) with four, five or more blades being used, in relation to which the electric generator (2) is arranged at a distance, both of then being joined to one another by means of a shaft (3) in which a multiplier device (6) can be incorporated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventor: Manuel TORRES MARTINEZ
  • Publication number: 20080265585
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high electricity production wind generator consisting of a functional assembly with at least two identical generators (5), the rotors (6) of which are incorporated on a common shaft (7) which can be coupled to one or two drive wind rotors (3), the generators (5) being driven according to a synchronized drive in the same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventor: Manuel TORRES MARTINEZ
  • Publication number: 20080202693
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fiber strip splicer for taping machines, formed by two mobile assemblies comprising respective modules (6, 6?) between which the capture for joining the fiber strip (3) that is being fed to the application process and a strip (3?) intended to continue with the supply when the first strip ends is possible, the modules (6, 6?) incorporating heating means (10) to activate the fiber strips in the joining, a blade for cutting the excess of the finished fiber strip (3) after the joint, and a catch (16) for securing the end of the new fiber strip (3?) on standby for the joining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventor: Manuel TORRES MARTINEZ
  • Publication number: 20070234907
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fiber strip multiapplicator head of the type supplying multiple independent application strips, to be compacted jointly in an area (2) by means of a roller of flexible material, the independent strips being led through hollows defined by the structural formation of a body (3) in the sides of which assemblies are arranged, which assemblies comprise respective master rollers (4) for pulling the strips synchronized with the respective cutting systems (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventor: Manuel Torres Martinez
  • Patent number: 7196179
    Abstract: A method to manufacture calcium gluconolactate as a single molecule, compositions formed thereby, and uses therefor are disclosed and described. In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing calcium gluconolactate by reacting a gluconic acid reaction or an equivalent thereof, such as glucono delta lactone with lactic acid in the presence of calcium hydroxide and water to obtain a calcium gluconolactate molecule having the formula CH2OH—(CHOH)4—COOCaCOO—CH(OH)—CH3 with molecular weight of 324.2994 is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Inventor: Manuel Torres Buendia
  • Patent number: 7000277
    Abstract: A spring mattress that uses a multiplicity of elastic springs, spatially distributed according to a predetermined pattern, with highly variable configurations, obtained by shaping through cutting and pouring operations on a starting slab of foam material of a proper thickness. The resulting configuration that is adopted determines incoming portions in the spring elements that affect one or more of its sides, with variable magnitudes and depths, and outcropping portions from one or more of its sides, with a thickness and projection range that are also variable. The springs that make up the mattress are integrated on their lower end to the remaining continuous laminar portion of the original slab, and in a second alternate version, can be joined on their other end to a continuous laminar slab to which they are bonded by means of adhesion or similar operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Torres Espic, S.L.
    Inventor: Manuel Torres Cervera
  • Patent number: 6968883
    Abstract: Multi-application head for fiber strips, consisting of a spool carrier (1), on which a plurality of spools are attached (2) as suppliers of the application strips (3), which are fed separately into the proximity of the application area (4), where they pass through a feed port, passing through guide combs (5 and 6) which position them according to a collateral distribution and through rollers (7 and 8) which drive each one of the strips (3) towards the application area (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Inventor: Manuel Torres Martinez
  • Patent number: 6955320
    Abstract: An unwinding system for handling reels of tissue, which for each laminar ply of tissue to be applied consists of two reel-carrier units onto which are mounted the respective reels, one of which supplies the laminar band for processing, whilst the other remains on stand-by to be spliced onto the processing line when the supply reel runs out, with the reel-carriers capable of vertical displacement, for the separate positioning of the respective reels, one in the upper part and the other in the lower part, for the preparation of the stand-by reel whilst the other is in the operating stage; with the reels mounted in the reel-carriers by means of attachment cones, by means of which unwinding rotation is controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Inventor: Manuel Torres Martinez
  • Publication number: 20050131372
    Abstract: An absorbent article, such as a feminine care product, includes a liquid permeable top cover, a generally liquid impermeable baffle, and an absorbent structure disposed between the top cover and outer cover. A wing structure is removably attachable to a garment facing side of the baffle and includes laterally extending flap portions having dimensions so as to wrap around the crotch portion of an undergarment. The garment facing side of baffle includes hook material defined in a pattern extending generally over the surface thereof, the hook material providing a primary attachment between the baffle and the undergarment. The wing structure has a body facing side of a hook compatible material and a garment facing side comprising hook material defined in a pattern extending generally over the surface thereof. The wing structure is variably positionable on and removably attachable over the entirety of the garment facing side of baffle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Katherine Wheeler, Pat Exarhos, Christopher McKinney, Laura Walker, Manuel Torres
  • Publication number: 20040206848
    Abstract: An unwinding system for handling reels of tissue, which for each laminar ply of tissue to be applied consists of two reel-carrier units onto which are mounted the respective reels, one of which supplies the laminar band for processing, whilst the other remains on stand-by to be spliced onto the processing line when the supply reel runs out, with the reel-carriers capable of vertical displacement, for the separate positioning of the respective reels, one in the upper part and the other in the lower part, for the preparation of the stand-by reel whilst the other is in the operating stage; with the reels mounted in the reel-carriers by means of attachment cones, by means of which unwinding rotation is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Manuel Torres Martinez
  • Patent number: 6786264
    Abstract: Automatic splicing device for laminar webs in continuous feed processes, consisting of two reel-carriers (1 and 2), mounted above which are the respective preparation heads (3 and 4) and between them a moving head (14) capable of displacement between the positions of said preparation heads (3 and 4), for the preparation in either of these of the web from a reel in stand-by for the subsequent joining to the web of another infeed reel when the latter runs out, without any interruption to the feed process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Inventor: Manuel Torres Martinez
  • Publication number: 20040151108
    Abstract: Applicable to two-way communication over the electricity network between a plurality of user equipments (2) and a head-end equipment (1); characterized in that the receptors in the equipment (1, 2) continually monitor communication quality by estimating signal to noise ratio (S/N) in the individual carriers in the upstream and downstream channels. The user equipments monitor the state of the network at each moment in time independent of whether or not the transmission is destination for them. Optimum transmission mode is chosen as a result of this monitoring by means of modifying, packet by packet, the number of bits per carrier, the redundancy introduced by a FEC generator (forward error correction/detection), the FEC code, and/or the transmission mode; so as to achieve optimum sharing of the network in time and frequency at all times and to maximize the transmission capacity of the various user equipments by the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Jorge Vicente Blasco Claret, Juan Carlos Riveiro Insua, Nils Hakan Fouren, Francisco Javier Jimenez Marquina, Feliciano Gomez Martinez, Luis Manuel Torres Canton, Aitor Garcia San Jose, Francisco Jose Blasco Abril, Carlos Pardo Vidal, Agustin Badenes Corella, Diego Arlandis Malonda, Angel Ramiro Manzano
  • Publication number: 20040136393
    Abstract: This process applies to a number of user kits (A, B, . . . X) and a head-end kit (1) communicating over the electricity network (2) by means of an upstream channel and a downstream channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Riveiro Insua, Jorge Vicente Blasco Claret, FelicianoS Gomez Martinez, David Ruiz Lopez, Nils Hakan Fouren, Luis Manuel Torres Canton, Francisco Javier Jimenez Marquina, Carlos Pardo Vidal
  • Patent number: 6759758
    Abstract: Improvements to wind turbines for electrical power generation, incorporating a blade (4) rotor for harnessing the action of the wind, which consists of a hub (3) prolonged at the rear with an extension (7) that constitutes the assembly shaft for the rotating action with respect to the body (1) of the wind turbine, with the hub (3) and the aforementioned extension (7) forming the shaft constituting a single manufactured piece, with regard to which the blades (4) are arranged in a yaw rotary assembly that is operated by means of respective hydraulic cylinders (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Inventor: Manuel Torres Martinez
  • Publication number: 20030230899
    Abstract: Improvements to wind turbines for electrical power generation, incorporating a blade (4) rotor for harnessing the action of the wind, which consists of a hub (3) prolonged at the rear with an extension (7) that constitutes the assembly shaft for the rotating action with respect to the body (1) of the wind turbine, with the hub (3) and the aforementioned extension (7) forming the shaft constituting a single manufactured piece, with regard to which the blades (4) are arranged in a yaw rotary assembly that is operated by means of respective hydraulic cylinders (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventor: Manuel Torres Martinez
  • Publication number: 20030183594
    Abstract: Crane for the assembly of wind turbines and assembly procedure therefor, the former consisting of a central structure (1) which may be mounted around the tower (2) of the wind turbine and provisionally locked onto it at any height, with an assembly formed by a jib (4) and a counter-jib (5) configuring a tilting rotary unit with respect to the structure (1) and including their respective winches (6 and 8), by means of which the whole of the crane may be hoisted to a higher position and the components comprising the wind turbine may be raised to the position of assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventor: Manuel Torres Martinez
  • Patent number: D541607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Inventor: Manuel A. Torres, Jr.