Patents by Inventor Miguel Angel Rodriguez
Miguel Angel Rodriguez 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: 20240101779Abstract: A polymer-based foam composition includes an ethylene-based polymer matrix, graphene particles dispersed in the matrix, at least one crosslinking agent, at least one blowing agent, and optionally, kickers, crosslinking co-agents, plasticizers or combinations thereof. The polymer-based foam composition is particularly useful for applications that require lightweight and sound insulation properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Braskem S.A.Inventors: Mauro Alfredo Soto Oviedo, Cristina Saiz-Arroyo, Miguel Angel Rodriguez-Perez
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Publication number: 20240010809Abstract: Nanocellular expanded polymer beads with cells have an average size less than 1 ?m, a relative density less than 0.25, wherein the relative density is the ratio between the density of the expanded polymer beads with respect to the density of the solid polymer beads, and a solid skin with a thickness less than 5 ?m. A method for manufacturing the beads by dissolution foaming of a foaming agent, use of the nanocellular expanded polymer beads for manufacturing a nanocellular polymeric material or a nanocellular powder, and the nanocellular polymeric material or nanocellular powder having the nanocellular expanded polymer beads are also related.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Mikel MÚGICA IZAGUIRRE, Victoria BERNARDO GARCÍA, Judith MARTÍN DE LEÓN, Ismael SANCHEZ CALDERÓN, Miguel Ángel RODRÍGUEZ PÉREZ
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Publication number: 20230272179Abstract: A polymer composition including a crosslinkable thermoplastic matrix, a crosslinking agent, a blowing agent, and at least one cell opener is provided. A method of producing an open cell polymer foam from the polymer composition is also provided. The method includes heating a foamable precursor under positive pressure to a temperature greater than a decomposition temperature of the crosslinking agent and below a decomposition temperature of the chemical blowing agent to produce a primary foam. Then, the method includes heating the primary foam to a temperature greater than the decomposition temperature of the chemical blowing agent and then allowing the primary foam to cool to a temperature below a softening temperature of the crosslinkable thermoplastic polymer to form the open cell polymer foam. The produced open cell polymer foam has an open cell content of at least 80% immediately following the step of allowing the primary foam to cool.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicants: Braskem S.A., CellMat Technologies S.L.Inventors: Cristina Saiz-Arroyo, Miguel Angel Rodriguez-Perez, Patricia Torres-Regalado, Javier García-Gonzalez
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Patent number: 11413197Abstract: The present invention relates to acquisition layers for use in absorbent articles, preferably of the disposable personal hygiene type. It discloses absorbent articles (7) comprising a liquid permeable topsheet (8), a liquid impermeable backsheet (9), an absorbent core (1) between the topsheet (8) and the backsheet (9) and an acquisition layer (2) between the topsheet (8) and the absorbent core (1), said acquisition layer (2) having a width (w) and a length (l) along an acquisition plane and a thickness (t) extending perpendicular thereto. The absorbent core (1) comprises at least one absorbent material selected from the group consisting of fibrous absorbent materials and highly absorbent polymers.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignees: ONTEX BV, ONTEX GROUP NVInventors: Annemie Houben, Miguel Angel Rodríguez Pérez, Alberto López Gil, Josias Tirado Mediavilla, Javier García González, Lieven Dhooge, Ainas Weber
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Publication number: 20220142829Abstract: The present invention relates to acquisition layers for use in absorbent articles, preferably of the disposable personal hygiene type. It discloses absorbent articles (7) comprising a liquid permeable topsheet (8), a liquid impermeable backsheet (9), an absorbent core (1) between the topsheet (8) and the backsheet (9) and an acquisition layer (2) between the topsheet (8) and the absorbent core (1), said acquisition layer (2) having a width (w) and a length (l) along an acquisition plane and a thickness (t) extending perpendicular thereto. The absorbent core (1) comprises at least one absorbent material selected from the group consisting of fibrous absorbent materials and highly absorbent polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Annemie HOUBEN, Miguel Angel RODRÍGUEZ PÉREZ, Alberto LÓPEZ GIL, Josias TIRADO MEDIAVILLA, Javier GARCÍA GONZÁLEZ, Lieven DHOOGE, Ainas WEBER
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Patent number: 11007094Abstract: An absorbent core for an absorbent article, the absorbent core comprising at least two layers, each layer having a width w and a length l along a first plane and a thickness t extending perpendicular thereto, wherein the layers are arranged in facing relationship along the first plane, and wherein the layers comprise a polymeric foam having an open cell and interconnected porous structure. The first and second layers comprise an anisotropic cell structure having an axis of anisotropy extending substantially parallel to a longest length of a plurality of substantially neighbouring cells. The axis of anisotropy of the second layer extends substantially perpendicular to said thickness t and parallel to said first plane and the axis of anisotropy of the first layer is substantially perpendicular to the axis of anisotropy of the second layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignees: ONTEX BV, ONTEX GROUP NVInventors: Annemie Houben, Miguel Angel Rodríguez Pérez, Alberto López Gil, Josias Tirado Mediavilla, Javier García González, Lieven Dhooge, Karen Roets
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Publication number: 20200214909Abstract: An absorbent core for an absorbent article, the absorbent core comprising at least two layers, each layer having a width w and a length l along a first plane and a thickness t extending perpendicular thereto, wherein the layers are arranged in facing relationship along the first plane, and wherein the layers comprise a polymeric foam having an open cell and interconnected porous structure. The first and second layers comprise an anisotropic cell structure having an axis of anisotropy extending substantially parallel to a longest length of a plurality of substantially neighbouring cells. The axis of anisotropy of the second layer extends substantially perpendicular to said thickness t and parallel to said first plane and the axis of anisotropy of the first layer is substantially perpendicular to the axis of anisotropy of the second layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Annemie HOUBEN, Miguel Angel RODRÍGUEZ PÉREZ, Alberto LÓPEZ GIL, Josias TIRADO MEDIAVILLA, Javier GARCÍA GONZÁLEZ, Lieven DHOOGE, Karen ROETS
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Publication number: 20200180509Abstract: A vehicular camera system is used to improve a driver's visibility around the entire perimeter of their vehicle. The vehicular camera system includes a vehicle, a plurality of cameras, and at least one display panel. The plurality of cameras is external mounted around the vehicle and is preferably positioned at the front, the rear, the left side, and the right side of the vehicle. The plurality of cameras is used to capture real-time footage of the area surround the vehicle and transmits this real-time footage to the display panel. The display panel is peripherally mounted to the steering wheel so that the driver is able to easily view the real-time footage that is visually outputted by the display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2017Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventor: Miguel Angel Rodriguez Ortiz
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Patent number: 10302577Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of non-deactivatable security compositions comprising the combination of at least two types of particles of oxide materials, where said particles have a different size and/or morphology, and where the inorganic oxide materials have at least one transition metal or one lanthanide element, and radiofrequency wave absorption properties. The invention also relates to security articles, documents or elements incorporating these compositions, as well as to a method and to a system for detection thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignees: FABRICA NACIONAL DE MONEDA Y TIMBRE-REAL CASA DE LA MONEDA, CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, C.S.I.C.Inventors: Vicente Garcia Juez, Jose Francisco Fernandez Lozano, Javier Gamo Aranda, Miguel Angel Rodriguez Barbero, Juan Jose Romero Fanego
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Patent number: 10228189Abstract: A heating system for heating composite materials includes a housing defining a cavity therein, a vertical conveyor system provided in the cavity of the housing for moving objects through the housing, and a heating arrangement provided in the housing for heating the objects that are moved through the housing. The heating arrangement may include at least one heating element provided in at least one of an upper portion of the housing and a lower portion of the housing. The heating arrangement may include at least one fan to circulate heated air generated by the heating arrangement throughout the cavity of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2015Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Rapid TPC, LLCInventors: Kevin Jason Buck, Miguel Angel Rodriguez, Mark Jreissaty, Benjamin Louis Charley
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Publication number: 20180189686Abstract: A mobile application that can run on smartphone or other connected object providing similar functionalities to display information related to charging point of at least a network, said mobile application cooperating with mobile or connected object to establish a communication with at least a remote system for exchanging information with a database related to the charging points, of each network constituted to provide energy to electric vehicles, said application comprising at least a module «reservation» for handling the reservation process of a charging point by providing access to list of charging points equipped with a plurality of connectors each connector being adapted to a vehicle type and making said reservation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Juan Guinea Díaz, Carlos-Recio Calzada, Jorge Gonzalez Hernando, Zorayda Guerrero Vega, Luis Maximiliano Andres Lopez, Jose Alberto Gonzalez del Rio, Silvia María Cid Rodriguez, Antonio Javier Garcia Pereda, Roberto Navarro Matesanz, David Alonso Hernandez, Celestino Güemes Seoane, Miguel Angel Rodriguez Jacue, David De Manuel De Briz, Pablo Garcia-Arista Delgado, Juan Perales Gorostiaga, Julio Estevez Pena, Enrique Diaz Trobo, Marta Alberto Monferrer, Ignacio López Bellón, Fernando Parrilla Castaño
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Publication number: 20180186245Abstract: System for managing a charging points network comprising a management server, a database for storing information related to the charging points, of said network, providing energy to electric vehicles, a hardware and software architecture comprising set of modules for the management of users and the configuration of charging points or charging points park, a memory for storing data and a processor for executing a program stored in the memory to implement the functionalities of each module, said management system providing an interface for a charging point operator in order to manage and configure its own charging points network and a user interface, said user interface comprising communication tools allowing the user to choose a type of connector and a type of charging point protocol, corresponding to a given vehicle, from the charging point operator infrastructure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Juan Guinea Díaz, Carlos-Recio Calzada, Jorge Gonzalez Hernando, Zorayda Guerrero Vega, Luis Maximiliano Andres Lopez, Jose Alberto Gonzalez del Rio, Silvia María Cid Rodriguez, Antonio Javier Garcia Pereda, Roberto Navarro Matesanz, David Alonso Hernandez, Celestino Güemes Seoane, Miguel Angel Rodriguez Jacue, David De Manuel De Briz, Pablo Garcia-Arista Delgado, Juan Perales Gorostiaga, Julio Estevez Pena, Enrique Diaz Trobo, Marta Alberto Monferrer, Ignacio López Bellón, Fernando Parrilla Castaño
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Publication number: 20180189900Abstract: System for managing a charging points network comprising a management server, a database for storing information related to the charging points, of said network, providing energy to electric vehicles, a hardware and software architecture comprising set of modules for the management of users and the configuration of charging points or charging points park, a memory for storing data and a processor for executing a program stored in the memory to implement the functionalities of each module, said management system providing an interface for a charging point operator in order to manage and configure its own charging points network and a user interface, said user interface comprising communication tools allowing the user to choose a type of connector and a type of charging point protocol, corresponding to a given vehicle, from the charging point operator infrastructure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Juan Guinea Díaz, Carlos-Recio Calzada, Jorge Gonzalez Hernando, Zorayda Guerrero Vega, Luis Maximiliano Andres Lopez, Jose Alberto Gonzalez del Rio, Silvia María Cid Rodriguez, Antonio Javier Garcia Pereda, Roberto Navarro Matesanz, David Alonso Hernandez, Celestino Güemes Seoane, Miguel Angel Rodriguez Jacue, David De Manuel De Briz, Pablo Garcia-Arista Delgado, Juan Perales Gorostiaga, Julio Estevez Pena, Enrique Diaz Trobo, Marta Alberto Monferrer, Ignacio López Bellón, Fernando Parrilla Castaño
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Publication number: 20170160215Abstract: An in vitro method for the characterization of lipoproteins in a sample, comprising obtaining a 2D diffusion-ordered 1H NMR spectrum of the sample and performing a surface fitting of a portion of the spectrum corresponding to the methyl signal using a plurality of model functions, each model function corresponding to a given particle size associated to a lipoprotein fraction and subclass and including at least one model parameter to be estimated during the fitting, the estimated model parameters being the set of model parameters for which the difference between the NMR signal and the model signal built as a linear combination of the model functions is minimized, wherein each model function is a triplet of lorentzian functions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2014Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Roger MALLOL PARERA, Núria AMIGÓ GRAU, Xavier CORREIG BLANCHAR, Lluís MASANA MARÍN, Miguel Ángel RODRÍGUEZ MARTÍNEZ, Mercedes HERAS IBÁÑEZ, Núria PLANA GIL, Josep RIBALTA VIVES
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Publication number: 20170122881Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of non-deactivatable security compositions comprising the combination of at least two types of particles of oxide materials, where said particles have a different size and/or morphology, and where the inorganic oxide materials have at least one transition metal or one lanthanide element, and radiofrequency wave absorption properties. The invention also relates to security articles, documents or elements incorporating these compositions, as well as to a method and to a system for detection thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2017Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Vicente Garcia JUEZ, Jose Francisco Fernandez LOZANO, Javier Gamo ARANDA, Miguel Angel Rodriguez BARBERO, Juan Jose Romero FANEGO
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Patent number: 9581557Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of non-deactivatable security compositions comprising the combination of at least two types of particles of oxide materials, where said particles have a different size and/or morphology, and where the inorganic oxide materials have at least one transition metal or one lanthanide element, and radiofrequency wave absorption properties. The invention also relates to security articles, documents or elements incorporating these compositions, as well as to a method and to a system for detection thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignees: Fabrica Nacional De Moneda Y Timbre-Real Casa De La Moneda, Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas, C.S.I.C.Inventors: Vicente Garcia Juez, Jose Francisco Fernandez Lozano, Javier Gamo Aranda, Miguel Angel Rodriguez Barbero, Juan José Romero Fanego
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Patent number: 9528048Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing hierarchically ordered structures of inorganic phosphate particles, homogeneously deposited on the surface of a phyllosilicate, which is characterized in that it comprises the following steps: a) obtaining an acid solution of precursor compounds of an inorganic phosphate; b) preparing a dispersion of particles of a phyllosilicate in aqueous medium and acidifying the phyllosilicate dispersion by adding at least one acid, thereby obtaining an acid dispersion; c) mixing the acid solution obtained in step a) with the dispersion obtained in step b); and d), with stirring, adding a base to the mixture obtained in step c) until the required pH value for precipitating the corresponding inorganic phosphate on the phyllosilicate particles has been achieved, resulting in a hierarchically ordered structure of homogeneously distributed submicrometric or nanometric inorganic phosphate particles supported on the phyllosilicate surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2012Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: TOLSA, S.A.Inventors: Antonio Esteban Cubillo, Julio Santaren Rome, Eduardo Aguilar Diez, Antonio Alvarez Berenguer, Elena Palacios Zambrano, Maria Pilar Leret Molto, Jose Francisco Fernández Lozano, Antonio Heliodoro De Aza Moya, Miguel Angel Rodriguez Barbero
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Patent number: 9277410Abstract: A method and a device for optimizing the assignation of network activity of a cellular communications network to land areas in a simple and accurate way. This technique allows representing the activity of a cellular network on a set of tiles in a grid covering a certain land area, instead of representing it associated to antenna cells that might or might not overlap. The activity dispersed and assigned to non-overlapping grid tiles is much simpler and clearer to understand and allows visualizing how the network activity is distributed over the space and how it varies along time allowing therefore an efficient network design and management optimization.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2014Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: TELEFONICA DIGITAL ESPANA, S.L.U.Inventors: Miguel Angel Rodriguez Crespo, David Diaz Vico, Rocio Martinez Lopez
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Patent number: 9196107Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of non deactivable security markers comprising the combination of at least two types of nanoparticles of materials presenting Raman effect, wherein said nanoparticles are in a dispersed state or is forming agglomerates of between 2 and 500 nanoparticles. The invention also relates to security documents, articles or elements incorporating these markers, as well as to a method and system for the detection thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignees: Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre-Real Casa de la Moneda, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas C.S.I.C.Inventors: Juan José Romero Fanego, Vicente García Juez, José Francisco Fernández Lozano, Javier Gamo Aranda, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Barbero, Andrés Ruiz Quevedo, Israel Lorite Villalba
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Publication number: 20150126204Abstract: A method and a device for optimizing the assignation of network activity of a cellular communications network to land areas in a simple and accurate way. This technique allows representing the activity of a cellular network on a set of tiles in a grid covering a certain land area, instead of representing it associated to antenna cells that might or might not overlap. The activity dispersed and assigned to non-overlapping grid tiles is much simpler and clearer to understand and allows visualizing how the network activity is distributed over the space and how it varies along time allowing therefore an efficient network design and management optimization.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Miguel Angel RODRIGUEZ CRESPO, David DIAZ VICO, Rocio MARTINEZ LOPEZ