Patents by Inventor Rene Alfred Varrato

Rene Alfred Varrato 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).

  • Apparatus and method for controlling fabric web
    Patent number: 9869036
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a composite fabric having internal axial tows includes a support member configured to engage the fabric substantially up to a composite component form. The support member includes a nonslip portion directly engaging a first outer surface of the fabric. The apparatus further includes a primary securing member engaging and applying pressure on the fabric at a second outer surface of the fabric opposite the first outer surface. Upon displacement of the axial tows of the fabric relative to the first and second outer surfaces, the support member and the primary securing member substantially maintain original configurations of the first and second outer surfaces of the fabric engaged between the support member and the primary securing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: GKN Aerospace Services Structures Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher John Feeney, Steven Robert Hayse, David Andrew Rogozinski, Rene Alfred Varrato
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FABRIC WEB
    Publication number: 20160298267
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a composite fabric having internal axial tows includes a support member configured to engage the fabric substantially up to a composite component form. The support member includes a nonslip portion directly engaging a first outer surface of the fabric. The apparatus further includes a primary securing member engaging and applying pressure on the fabric at a second outer surface of the fabric opposite the first outer surface. Upon displacement of the axial tows of the fabric relative to the first and second outer surfaces, the support member and the primary securing member substantially maintain original configurations of the first and second outer surfaces of the fabric engaged between the support member and the primary securing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher John Feeney, Steven Robert Hayse, David Andrew Rogozinski, Rene Alfred Varrato