Patents by Inventor Stoyan Lokar

Stoyan Lokar 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: 10033064
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the production of wound elements. The method comprising: providing a plurality of first electrical web elements; disposing at least one of the first electrical web elements upon a conveying element, wherein a first or second face of the disposed first electrical web elements is disposed in a face to face relationship with the conveying element; providing a plurality of second electrical web elements; disposing at least one of the second electrical web elements upon the conveying element at a predetermined spacing from the disposed first electrical web elements and in a face to face relationship with the conveying element, wherein the predetermined spacing is at least as long as the length of the first electrical web element; and disposing an electrically insulating separator web element in a face to face relationship with the disposed electrical web elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: DURACELL U.S. OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Edward Taylor, Stoyan Lokar
  • Publication number: 20150372340
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the production of wound elements. The method comprising: providing a plurality of first electrical web elements; disposing at least one of the first electrical web elements upon a conveying element, wherein a first or second face of the disposed first electrical web elements is disposed in a face to face relationship with the conveying element; providing a plurality of second electrical web elements; disposing at least one of the second electrical web elements upon the conveying element at a predetermined spacing from the disposed first electrical web elements and in a face to face relationship with the conveying element, wherein the predetermined spacing is at least as long as the length of the first electrical web element; and disposing an electrically insulating separator web element in a face to face relationship with the disposed electrical web elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Edward Taylor, Stoyan Lokar
  • Patent number: 8607836
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to converting lines for manufacturing absorbent articles, and more particularly, to converting lines having modular process equipment modules and converting mechanisms reconfigurable for making different absorbent articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Patrick John Healey, Stoyan Lokar, Daniel Jon Amundson, James Jay Benner, Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia
  • Patent number: 8245384
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to converting lines for manufacturing absorbent articles. The converting lines include a plurality of process equipment converting modules connected with each other along a machine direction (MD). Adjacent converting modules may be releasably connectable to each other with converting module couplers. The converting modules may also have substantially identical dimensions, wherein each converting module defines the same or substantially the same MD length, CD width, and height. The converting modules may also be sized to be received within a standard shipping container. The converting lines may includes a plurality of accessory service modules supported by respective converting modules and connected with each other along the machine directions. The accessory service modules may also be adapted to be received within standard shipping containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Patrick John Healey, Stoyan Lokar, Daniel Jon Amundson, James Jay Benner, Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia
  • Publication number: 20110041417
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to converting lines for manufacturing absorbent articles, and more particularly, to converting lines having modular process equipment modules and converting mechanisms reconfigurable for making different absorbent articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Patrick John Healey, Stoyan Lokar, James Jay Benner
  • Publication number: 20110041325
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to converting lines for manufacturing absorbent articles. The converting lines include a plurality of process equipment converting modules connected with each other along a machine direction (MD). Adjacent converting modules may be releasably connectable to each other with converting module couplers. The converting modules may also have substantially identical dimensions, wherein each converting module defines the same or substantially the same MD length, CD width, and height. The converting modules may also be sized to be received within a standard shipping container. The converting lines may includes a plurality of accessory service modules supported by respective converting modules and connected with each other along the machine directions. The accessory service modules may also be adapted to be received within standard shipping containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Patrick John Healey, Stoyan Lokar, Daniel Jon Amundson, James Jay Benner, Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia