Patents by Inventor Mario M. Vaniglia

Mario M. Vaniglia 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).

  • Serco driven redirect roller apparatus for fiber placement machine
    Patent number: 4872619
    Abstract: A fiber placement head is moved by a manipulator wrist with respect to a relatively stationary creel assembly, and a plurality of fiber redirect rollers are employed, each having a mounting base. One roller assembly is mounted to the machine with the creel assembly, and one roller assembly is mounted to the fiber placement head, so that a band of fibers is trained around the first and second redirect rollers under tension, and the redirect rollers are motor-driven to swivel about their bases in accordance with spatial orientations of the placement head, therby maintaining control and preventing fibers from jumping off the rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: Cincinnati Milacron Inc.
    Inventor: Mario M. Vaniglia