Patents by Inventor Nicholas Palladino
Nicholas Palladino 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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Patent number: 11988415Abstract: An apparatus for transferring force to a frame of a solar mirror array. The frame has at least one structural element. The apparatus includes a torque plate. The apparatus includes at least one node attached to and in contact with the plate which connects with the structural element. An apparatus for attaching a primary solar mirror frame array with a secondary mirror frame array. A solar trough frame for holding solar mirrors.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Werner Extrusion Solutions, LLCInventors: Craig Roy Werner, John Funai, Nicholas Palladino
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Patent number: 11713906Abstract: A node for a solar frame including an elongate portion having a channel extending through it in which a structural element is disposed or a solid elongate portion on to which a structural element is disposed. The node comprises a fin extending radially outward from the elongate portion where at least 5% of the volume of the fin is replaced by at least a single void extending essentially in parallel with the channel or the extrusion direction of the solid elongate portion. An apparatus for transmitting torque in a solar frame having structural elements and a support. A system for solar mirrors. A node for a solar frame. A method for connecting a structural element with a strut having a strut end piece of a solar mirror support frame. A method for producing a node for solar mirror frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Werner Extrusion Solutions, LLCInventors: Craig Roy Werner, John Funai, Nicholas Palladino
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Patent number: 11639602Abstract: A connector includes a first body, a second body, a first fastener, and a second fastener. The first body has a base portion and a protrusion, the protrusion extends away from the base portion along a first direction, and the first body has a first cavity that extends into the protrusion and towards the base portion along the first direction. The second body has a second cavity, which is shaped to receive the protrusion such that rotation of the first body relative to the second body is blocked. The connector may be used to attach structural members, for example during the construction of a modular structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Blokable, LLCInventors: Nelson Luis Del Rio, Timothy Bryce Miller, Abdullah N. Alqarni, Alan Michael Tonissen, Andrea Mae Chiu, Daniel W. Hartford, Molly Marie Skinner, Nicholas A. Palladino, Roger Paul Young, Xianghui Chen
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Publication number: 20220011019Abstract: An apparatus for transferring force to a frame of a solar mirror array. The frame has at least one structural element. The apparatus includes a torque plate. The apparatus includes at least one node attached to and in contact with the plate which connects with the structural element. An apparatus for attaching a primary solar mirror frame array with a secondary mirror frame array. A solar trough frame for holding solar mirrors.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2020Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: Werner Extrusion Solutions LLCInventors: Craig Roy Werner, John Funai, Nicholas Palladino
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Publication number: 20210131093Abstract: A connector includes a first body, a second body, a first fastener, and a second fastener. The first body has a base portion and a protrusion, the protrusion extends away from the base portion along a first direction, and the first body has a first cavity that extends into the protrusion and towards the base portion along the first direction. The second body has a second cavity, which is shaped to receive the protrusion such that rotation of the first body relative to the second body is blocked. The connector may be used to attach structural members, for example during the construction of a modular structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Nelson Luis Del Rio, Timothy Bryce Miller, Abdullah N. Alqarni, Alan Michael Tonissen, Andrea Mae Chiu, Daniel W. Hartford, Molly Marie Skinner, Nicholas A. Palladino, Roger Paul Young, Xianghui Chen
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Patent number: 10648699Abstract: An apparatus for transferring force to a frame of a solar mirror array. The frame has at least one structural element. The apparatus includes a torque plate. The apparatus includes at least one node attached to and in contact with the plate which connects with the structural element. An apparatus for attaching a primary solar mirror frame array with a secondary mirror frame array. A solar trough frame for holding solar mirrors.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: n Werner Extrusion Solutions LLCInventors: Craig Roy Werner, John Funai, Nicholas Palladino
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Publication number: 20190219307Abstract: A node for a solar frame including an elongate portion having a channel extending through it in which a structural element is disposed or a solid elongate portion on to which a structural element is disposed. The node comprises a fin extending radially outward from the elongate portion where at least 5% of the volume of the fin is replaced by at least a single void extending essentially in parallel with the channel or the extrusion direction of the solid elongate portion. An apparatus for transmitting torque in a solar frame having structural elements and a support. A system for solar mirrors. A node for a solar frame. A method for connecting a structural element with a strut having a strut end piece of a solar mirror support frame. A method for producing a node for solar mirror frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: Werner Extrusion Solutions, LLCInventors: Craig Roy Werner, John Funai, Nicholas Palladino
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Patent number: 10240819Abstract: A method for producing a node for solar mirror frame having the steps of placing an aluminum billet having a diameter of less than 13 inches into a die. There is the step of extruding the billet through the die so an extrusion is formed having an elongate portion to which a structural element is attached, and a fin extending radially outward from the elongate portion where at least 5% of the volume of the fin is replaced by at least a single void extending essentially in parallel with the elongate portion, the elongate portion and the fin having a circle diameter of less than 12 inches; and cutting the extrusion to form the node.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2015Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Werner Extrusion Solutions LLCInventors: Craig Roy Werner, John Funai, Nicholas Palladino
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Publication number: 20180245820Abstract: An apparatus for transferring force to a frame of a solar mirror array. The frame has at least one structural element. The apparatus includes a torque plate. The apparatus includes at least one node attached to and in contact with the plate which connects with the structural element. An apparatus for attaching a primary solar mirror frame array with a secondary mirror frame array. A solar trough frame for holding solar mirrors.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: Werner Extrusion Solutions LLCInventors: Craig Roy Werner, John Funai, Nicholas Palladino
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Patent number: 9951971Abstract: An apparatus for transferring force to a frame of a solar mirror array. The frame has at least one structural element. The apparatus includes a torque plate. The apparatus includes at least one node attached to and in contact with the plate which connects with the structural element. An apparatus for attaching a primary solar mirror frame array with a secondary mirror frame array. A solar trough frame for holding solar mirrors.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Werner Extrusion Solutions LLCInventors: Craig Roy Werner, John Funai, Nicholas Palladino
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Publication number: 20160010897Abstract: A node for a solar frame including an elongate portion having a channel extending through it in which a structural element is disposed or a solid elongate portion on to which a structural element is disposed. The node comprises a fin extending radially outward from the elongate portion where at least 5% of the volume of the fin is replaced by at least a single void extending essentially in parallel with the channel or the extrusion direction of the solid elongate portion. An apparatus for transmitting torque in a solar frame having structural elements and a support. A system for solar mirrors. A node for a solar frame. A method for connecting a structural element with a strut having a strut end piece of a solar mirror support frame. A method for producing a node for solar mirror frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: WERNER EXTRUSION SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Craig Roy Werner, John Funai, Nicholas Palladino
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Patent number: 9140282Abstract: A node for a solar frame including an elongate portion having a channel extending through it in which a structural element is disposed or a solid elongate portion on to which a structural element is disposed. The node comprises a fin extending radially outward from the elongate portion where at least 5% of the volume of the fin is replaced by at least a single void extending essentially in parallel with the channel or the extrusion direction of the solid elongate portion. An apparatus for transmitting torque in a solar frame having structural elements and a support. A system for solar mirrors. A node for a solar frame. A method for connecting a structural element with a strut having a strut end piece of a solar mirror support frame. A method for producing a node for solar mirror frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Werner Extrusion Solutions LLCInventors: Craig Roy Werner, John Funai, Nicholas Palladino
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Publication number: 20140102993Abstract: A node for a solar frame including an elongate portion having a channel extending through it in which a structural element is disposed or a solid elongate portion on to which a structural element is disposed. The node comprises a fin extending radially outward from the elongate portion where at least 5% of the volume of the fin is replaced by at least a single void extending essentially in parallel with the channel or the extrusion direction of the solid elongate portion. An apparatus for transmitting torque in a solar frame having structural elements and a support. A system for solar mirrors. A node for a solar frame. A method for connecting a structural element with a strut having a strut end piece of a solar mirror support frame. A method for producing a node for solar mirror frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: WERNER EXTRUSION SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Craig Roy Werner, John Funai, Nicholas Palladino
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Patent number: 8627632Abstract: A node for a solar frame including an elongate portion having a channel extending through it in which a structural element is disposed or a solid elongate portion on to which a structural element is disposed. The node comprises a fin extending radially outward from the elongate portion where at least 5% of the volume of the fin is replaced by at least a single void extending essentially in parallel with the channel or the extrusion direction of the solid elongate portion. An apparatus for transmitting torque in a solar frame having structural elements and a support. A system for solar mirrors. A node for a solar frame. A method for connecting a structural element with a strut having a strut end piece of a solar mirror support frame. A method for producing a node for solar mirror frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Werner Extrusion Solutions LLCInventors: Craig Roy Werner, John Funai, Nicholas Palladino
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Publication number: 20130027796Abstract: An apparatus for transferring force to a frame of a solar mirror array. The frame has at least one structural element. The apparatus includes a torque plate. The apparatus includes at least one node attached to and in contact with the plate which connects with the structural clement. An apparatus for attaching a primary solar mirror frame array with a secondary mirror frame array. A solar trough frame for holding solar mirrors.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Inventors: Craig Roy Werner, John Funai, Nicholas Palladino
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Publication number: 20110286121Abstract: A node for a solar frame including an elongate portion having a channel extending through it in which a structural element is disposed or a solid elongate portion on to which a structural element is disposed. The node comprises a fin extending radially outward from the elongate portion where at least 5% of the volume of the fin is replaced by at least a single void extending essentially in parallel with the channel or the extrusion direction of the solid elongate portion. An apparatus for transmitting torque in a solar frame having structural elements and a support. A system for solar mirrors. A node for a solar frame. A method for connecting a structural element with a strut having a strut end piece of a solar mirror support frame. A method for producing a node for solar minor frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Inventors: Craig Roy Werner, John Funai, Nicholas Palladino