Patents by Inventor Piet Vanacker

Piet Vanacker 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).

  • Patent number: 11649570
    Abstract: The metallic card wire (100) includes a rib portion (110) and a plurality of teeth (115). The teeth have a tip segment (117), a front portion (120), a back portion (130), two sides (141, 142) and an interconnection section connecting the back portion of a tooth to the front portion of the previous tooth. The teeth lean in the card wire longitudinal direction. The teeth's front portion leans towards the longitudinal direction. The front portion includes an undercut segment where the included angles of the tangents to the front portion with the longitudinal direction of the card wire are smaller than the included angles of the tangents to the front portion with the longitudinal direction of the card wire between the undercut segment and the tip segment. At least one side of the teeth includes at least a first structural element for increasing the frictional force of fibers relative to the side of the teeth and positioned closer to the tip segment compared to the undercut segment's position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: GROZ-BECKERT KG
    Inventors: Yuning Zhang, Piet Vanacker
  • Publication number: 20170096751
    Abstract: The metallic card wire (100) includes a rib portion (110) and a plurality of teeth (115). The teeth have a tip segment (117), a front portion (120), a back portion (130), two sides (141, 142) and an interconnection section connecting the back portion of a tooth to the front portion of the previous tooth. The teeth lean in the card wire longitudinal direction. The teeth's front portion leans towards the longitudinal direction. The front portion includes an undercut segment where the included angles of the tangents to the front portion with the longitudinal direction of the card wire are smaller than the included angles of the tangents to the front portion with the longitudinal direction of the card wire between the undercut segment and the tip segment. At least one side of the teeth includes at least a first structural element for increasing the frictional force of fibers relative to the side of the teeth and positioned closer to the tip segment compared to the undercut segment's position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Yuning Zhang, Piet Vanacker
  • Patent number: 9145625
    Abstract: A card wire comprises an elongated rib portion and teeth. The teeth have a front portion and a back portion. The teeth hang over towards their front portion. The front portion and back portion merge at the tip of the tooth. The front portion comprises at least three sections: a first section extends from the tip of the tooth in the direction of the rib portion, a second section extends below the first section in the direction of the rib portion and a third section extends from the end of the second section in the direction of the rib portion. The second section comprises a straight part and a curved segment, wherein the straight part has a minimum length of 0.10 mm and the straight part has an angle between 10 and 30 degrees relative to the length direction of the card wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: GROZ-BECKERT KG
    Inventors: Yuning Zhang, Philip Furnier, Piet Vanacker, Laurent Peries
  • Publication number: 20140338154
    Abstract: A card wire comprises an elongated rib portion and teeth. The teeth have a front portion and a back portion. The teeth hang over towards their front portion. The front portion and back portion merge at the tip of the tooth. The front portion comprises at least three sections: a first section extends from the tip of the tooth in the direction of the rib portion, a second section extends below the first section in the direction of the rib portion and a third section extends from the end of the second section in the direction of the rib portion. The second section comprises a straight part and a curved segment, wherein the straight part has a minimum length of 0.10 mm and the straight part has an angle between 10 and 30 degrees relative to the length direction of the card wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicants: BEKAERT CARDING SOLUTIONS NV, NV BEKAERT SA
    Inventors: Yuning Zhang, Philip Furnier, Piet Vanacker, Laurent Peries