Patents by Inventor Michael Bommarito
Michael Bommarito 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: 20210372470Abstract: A non-contact steering device includes one or more magnetic rotors positioned near a metal strip. Each rotor includes one or more permanent magnets and rotates to impart a changing magnetic field on the metal strip passing nearby. The magnetic rotors can rotate around an axis of rotation that is parallel to the longitudinal direction of travel of the metal strip. The magnetic rotors can be positioned to impart forces on the strip in any combination of laterally, vertically, or longitudinally. A control mechanism can control the rotor speed, rotor direction, vertical position of the rotors, vertical spacing between rotors, and/or lateral position of the rotors. In some cases, the control mechanism can be coupled to sensors, such as a light curtain and a laser distance sensor, in order to provide closed loop feedback control of a metal strip passing through the non-contact magnetic rotor steering device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Michael Kosmicki, Michael Bommarito, David Gaensbauer, Robert Bruce Wagstaff, David Michael Custers
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Patent number: 11125271Abstract: A method of steering a moving metal strip by positioning one or more magnetic rotors near a metal strip. Each rotor includes one or more permanent magnets and rotates to impart a changing magnetic field on the metal strip passing nearby. The magnetic rotors can rotate around an axis of rotation that is parallel to the longitudinal direction of travel of the metal strip. The magnetic rotors can be positioned to impart forces on the strip in any combination of laterally, vertically, or longitudinally. A control mechanism can control the rotor speed, rotor direction, vertical position of the rotors, vertical spacing between rotors, and/or lateral position of the rotors. In some cases, the control mechanism can be coupled to sensors, such as a light curtain and a laser distance sensor, in order to provide closed loop feedback control of a metal strip passing through the non-contact magnetic rotor steering device.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: NOVELIS INC.Inventors: Michael Kosmicki, Michael Bommarito, David Gaensbauer, Robert Bruce Wagstaff, David Michael Custers
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Publication number: 20200332834Abstract: A non-contact steering device includes one or more magnetic rotors positioned near a metal strip. Each rotor includes one or more permanent magnets and rotates to impart a changing magnetic field on the metal strip passing nearby. The magnetic rotors can rotate around an axis of rotation that is parallel to the longitudinal direction of travel of the metal strip. The magnetic rotors can be positioned to impart forces on the strip in any combination of laterally, vertically, or longitudinally. A control mechanism can control the rotor speed, rotor direction, vertical position of the rotors, vertical spacing between rotors, and/or lateral position of the rotors. In some cases, the control mechanism can be coupled to sensors, such as a light curtain and a laser distance sensor, in order to provide closed loop feedback control of a metal strip passing through the non-contact magnetic rotor steering device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Michael Kosmicki, Michael Bommarito, David Gaensbauer, Robert Bruce Wagstaff, David Michael Custers
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Patent number: 10738828Abstract: A non-contact steering device includes one or more magnetic rotors positioned near a metal strip. Each rotor includes one or more permanent magnets and rotates to impart a changing magnetic field on the metal strip passing nearby. The magnetic rotors can rotate around an axis of rotation that is parallel to the longitudinal direction of travel of the metal strip. The magnetic rotors can be positioned to impart forces on the strip in any combination of laterally, vertically, or longitudinally. A control mechanism can control the rotor speed, rotor direction, vertical position of the rotors, vertical spacing between rotors, and/or lateral position of the rotors. In some cases, the control mechanism can be coupled to sensors, such as a light curtain and a laser distance sensor, in order to provide closed loop feedback control of a metal strip passing through the non-contact magnetic rotor steering device.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Michael Kosmicki, Michael Bommarito, David Gaensbauer, Robert Bruce Wagstaff, David Michael Custers
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Publication number: 20160363164Abstract: A non-contact steering device includes one or more magnetic rotors positioned near a metal strip. Each rotor includes one or more permanent magnets and rotates to impart a changing magnetic field on the metal strip passing nearby. The magnetic rotors can rotate around an axis of rotation that is parallel to the longitudinal direction of travel of the metal strip. The magnetic rotors can be positioned to impart forces on the strip in any combination of laterally, vertically, or longitudinally. A control mechanism can control the rotor speed, rotor direction, vertical position of the rotors, vertical spacing between rotors, and/or lateral position of the rotors. In some cases, the control mechanism can be coupled to sensors, such as a light curtain and a laser distance sensor, in order to provide closed loop feedback control of a metal strip passing through the non-contact magnetic rotor steering device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Michael Kosmicki, Michael Bommarito, David Gaensbauer, Robert Bruce Wagstaff, David Michael Custers
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Patent number: 8387790Abstract: A holder for a telecommunications device includes a container including a side wall connected to a base. Together the side wall and base define a cavity. Side wall defines an opening of the container at an end of the side wall distal to the base. A resilient insert is disposed inside the cavity. The insert includes a bottom portion that abuts the base and a feature for releasably retaining the device inside the container. A lid is in selective locking engagement with the side wall's distal end. When in locking engagement, the lid encloses the opening of the container to retain the device inside the holder, and to muffle a sound and/or a vibration produced by the device. A locking mechanism is operatively attached to the container and/or the lid, and holds the lid and the container together when the lid is in locking engagement with the distal end.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: General Motors LLCInventors: Timothy Conner, John Christopher Preuss, Andrew Young, Samuel Mancuso, Michael A. Bommarito
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Publication number: 20120118769Abstract: A holder for a telecommunications device includes a container including a side wall connected to a base. Together the side wall and base define a cavity. Side wall defines an opening of the container at an end of the side wall distal to the base. A resilient insert is disposed inside the cavity. The insert includes a bottom portion that abuts the base and a feature for releasably retaining the device inside the container. A lid is in selective locking engagement with the side wall's distal end. When in locking engagement, the lid encloses the opening of the container to retain the device inside the holder, and to muffle a sound and/or a vibration produced by the device. A locking mechanism is operatively attached to the container and/or the lid, and holds the lid and the container together when the lid is in locking engagement with the distal end.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: GENERAL MOTORS LLC.Inventors: Timothy Conner, John Christopher Preuss, Andrew Young, Samuel Mancuso, Michael A. Bommarito
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Publication number: 20070283550Abstract: An automotive driveline that includes a spider with a plurality of trunnions, a yoke, a pair of bearing caps and a pair of retaining members. The yoke has a pair of arms with each of the arms defining a trunnion aperture into which one of the trunnions is received. The bearing caps are received in the trunnion apertures and are disposed between one of the arms and a corresponding one of the trunnions. The retaining members are formed of an adhesive and couple one of the bearing cups to an associated one of the arms. A retaining feature is formed into the bearing cups, the arms, or both the bearing cups and the arms and the retaining member being at least partially received into the retaining feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2007Publication date: December 13, 2007Inventor: Michael Bommarito
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Publication number: 20060073901Abstract: A universal joint including a spider having a plurality of trunnions. The universal joint also includes a pair of yokes, where each yoke has a pair of arms with an aperture formed therethrough, and each yoke is arranged such that an opposite pair of the trunnions are received into the apertures in the arms. The universal joint additionally includes a plurality of bearing cups. Each bearing cup has at least one recess formed into its outer surface and is received in an associated one of the trunnions and a corresponding aperture in an associated one of the arms. A plurality of retaining members are also included. Each of the retaining members are formed of an epoxy that is disposed in the at least one recess, where each of the retaining members couples an associated one of the bearing cups in its associated arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2004Publication date: April 6, 2006Inventor: Michael Bommarito
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Publication number: 20050037850Abstract: A universal joint includes a yoke with a leg having an aperture extending therethrough. The aperture includes an annular groove. The universal joint also includes a cruciform having a trunnion, a bearing cup positioned in the aperture and mounted on the trunnion and a retention member including a stepped cross-section. The retention member is disposed within the groove to fill the gap remaining between the groove edge and the bearing cup.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2004Publication date: February 17, 2005Inventors: Michael Bommarito, Steven Gillihan, Joseph Flanagan