Patents by Inventor Stephane Robert Elie Charra

Stephane Robert Elie Charra 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).

  • Composite lay-up head with a retractable device for separating a prepreg from its support tape
    Patent number: 8127819
    Abstract: A lay-up head receives a prepreg bonded to a support tape, and the prepreg is separated from its support tape by peeling, by means of a separator just upstream of a depositing member for depositing the prepreg tape on a deposition tool; the head includes, downstream of the separator, a retractable device for moving the prepreg away from the support tape, allowing the prepreg to be moved away just upstream of the separator, by means of which the prepreg can be separated earlier when the retractable device is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Forest-Line Capdenac
    Inventors: Pierre Andre Henri Tillement, Stephane Robert Elie Charra
  • COMPOSITE LAY-UP HEAD WITH A RETRACTABLE DEVICE FOR SEPARATING A PREPREG FROM ITS SUPPORT TAPE
    Publication number: 20100139865
    Abstract: A lay-up head receives a prepreg bonded to a support tape, and the prepreg is separated from its support tape by peeling, by means of a separator just upstream of a depositing member for depositing the prepreg tape on a deposition tool; the head includes, downstream of the separator, a retractable device for moving the prepreg away from the support tape, allowing the prepreg to be moved away just upstream of the separator, by means of which the prepreg can be separated earlier when the retractable device is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Pierre Andre Henri Tillement, Stephane Robert Elie Charra