Patents by Inventor Pedro Carnicer Alfonso

Pedro Carnicer Alfonso 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).

  • Inoculation process and device
    Patent number: 8920532
    Abstract: The present invention describes an inoculation process for inoculating a nucleating additive to a cast iron alloy in a pouring distributor by means of using a transferred arc plasma torch, with an anode partially immersed in the cast iron alloy and a cathode located on the surface of said alloy, the anode or the cathode or both comprising graphite, preferably synthetic crystalline graphite, which supplies said nucleating additive to the iron alloy. The invention thus describes an inoculation device useful for carrying out the inoculation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation
    Inventors: Luis Cobos Jimenez, Francisco Rodríguez Vázquez, Jose Luis Oncala Avilés, Pedro Carnicer Alfonso
  • INOCULATION PROCESS AND DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120279349
    Abstract: The present invention describes an inoculation process for inoculating a nucleating additive to a cast iron alloy in a pouring distributor by means of using a transferred arc plasma torch, with an anode partially immersed in the cast iron alloy and a cathode located on the surface of said alloy, the anode or the cathode or both comprising graphite, preferably synthetic crystalline graphite, which supplies said nucleating additive to the iron alloy. The invention thus describes an inoculation device useful for carrying out the inoculation process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Luis Cobos Jimenez, Francisco Rodríguez Vázquez, Jose Luis Oncala Avilés, Pedro Carnicer Alfonso