Patents by Inventor Roger Antonio Aparicio

Roger Antonio Aparicio 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).

  • Fiber unwinding system and methods of unwinding a fiber from a bobbin
    Patent number: 10118792
    Abstract: Unwinding systems and methods are provided for unwinding a fiber from a bobbin. The unwinding system can include an axle defining a first axis extending an axial direction, a bobbin rotatably mounted around the axle, a pulley positioned to receive the fiber from the bobbin, wherein the pulley is rotatable around a second axis, and a sensor positioned between the bobbin and the pulley. The bobbin is moveable along the axial direction, and wherein the fiber extends tangentially from a surface of the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Theodore Robert Grossman, Roger Antonio Aparicio, Martin Peter Gill, Steven Robert Hayashi, Andrew William Miller
  • FIBER UNWINDING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF UNWINDING A FIBER FROM A BOBBIN
    Publication number: 20180037433
    Abstract: Unwinding systems and methods are provided for unwinding a fiber from a bobbin. The unwinding system can include an axle defining a first axis extending an axial direction, a bobbin rotatably mounted around the axle, a pulley positioned to receive the fiber from the bobbin, wherein the pulley is rotatable around a second axis, and a sensor positioned between the bobbin and the pulley. The bobbin is moveable along the axial direction, and wherein the fiber extends tangentially from a surface of the bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Theodore Robert Grossman, Roger Antonio Aparicio, Martin Peter Gill, Steven Robert Hayashi, Andrew William Miller
  • FIBER UNWINDING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF UNWINDING A FIBER FROM A BOBBIN
    Publication number: 20180037512
    Abstract: Methods for coating a fiber are provided. The method can include unwinding a silicon carbide-containing fibrous material from a bobbin rotatably mounted around an axle and forming a boron nitride coating onto the silicon carbide-containing fibrous material. The bobbin is moved along the axial direction such that the silicon carbide-containing fibrous material defines an unwind angle with the axial direction, with the unwind angle being maintained between about 80° to about 100°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Theodore Robert Grossman, Roger Antonio Aparicio, Martin Peter Gill, Steven Robert Hayashi, Andrew William Miller