Patents by Inventor Ruth Oseki Valdes Nakamura

Ruth Oseki Valdes Nakamura 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).

  • Mechatronic system and method for positioning bolts in order to provide a frame with a reconfigurable surface using memory effect actuators
    Patent number: 8250741
    Abstract: A reconfigurable computer-controlled system is provided based on the positioning of bolts. A greater density of bolts per unit area increases the variety of figures or shapes that can be defined by a frame or tool used in the industry, such that it is no longer necessary to construct rigid surfaces with each change made to the shape of the product to be produced or surface to be formed. The use of the memory effect material as an actuator in the reconfigurability mechanism is the key to the success of the reconfigurable system and the control system owing to the permissibility of small bolts which can be adapted to standard sizes and shapes. The mechatronic system uses the positioning of bolts for the reconfigurability of surfaces to manufacture and shape materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
    Inventors: Jorge Armando Cortes Ramirez, Rogelio de la Garza Giacoman, Ruth Oseki Valdes Nakamura, Rodrigo Berlanga Zamarron
  • Mechatronic system and method for positioning bolts in order to provide a frame with a reconfigurable surface using memory effect actuators
    Publication number: 20090306799
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reconfigurable computer-controlled system based on the positioning of bolts. A greater density of bolts per unit area increases the variety of figures or shapes that can be defined by a frame or tool used in the industry, such that it is no longer necessary to construct rigid surfaces with each change made to the shape of the product to be produced or surface to be formed. The use of the memory effect material as an actuator in the reconfigurability mechanism is the key to the success of the reconfigurable system and the control system owing to the permissibility of small bolts which can be adapted to standard sizes and shapes. The invention also relates to the application of the mechatronic system which uses the positioning of bolts for the reconfigurability of surfaces in order to manufacture and shape materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
    Inventors: Jorge Armando Cortes Ramirez, Rogelio de la Garza Giacoman, Ruth Oseki Valdes Nakamura, Rodrigo Berlanga Zamarron