Patents by Inventor Thongdy Chanthabane

Thongdy Chanthabane 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: 8376471
    Abstract: Angled fiber pile brushes are anchored to a backing at a predetermined angle to the perpendicular are made by winding yarn around a flat band The pile is anchored to a backing which is disposed at the desired angle to the band The band wrapped with the pile and the backing move together along an assembly path Ultrasonic horns each have a split end, which moves perpendicular to the backing Mechanisms guide the backings and the band each include a slotted plate o?ented at the requisite angle The edge of the pile wrapped band extends through the slot in the guide into contact with the backing The band and the horn move in the same, horizontal plane, thereby simplifying the construction of the assembly apparatus The wrapped yam may be slit longitudinally by a slitter in the direction o the travel to provide a pair of angled brushes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Ultrafab, Inc.
    Inventors: Thongdy Chanthabane, Yogesh Vitthal Borkar
  • Patent number: 7896995
    Abstract: A pile article is provided having a band of textile material, and a plurality of fiber loops defining a pile having sides from ends extending longitudinally along the band. The band is ultrasonically welded to the ends and a portion of the sides of the pile, and is sufficiently wide to support the sides of the pile substantially upright. An interior textile strip may optionally extend longitudinally within the pile at the ends of the pile and within a portion of the pile sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Ultrafab, Inc.
    Inventors: Grant E. Wylie, Thongdy Chanthabane, Robert C. Horton
  • Patent number: 7883594
    Abstract: Pile weatherstripping, which is clad with a wrapping of a film (14, 25, 104, 216) of flexible material, has one or more rows (19, 27, 100, 102, 212, 214) of pile (10, 24, 105, 233) on a backing (12, 28, 106, 218) in side-by-side relationship. The wrapping film material conforms to the outside surface of the row (19, 27, 100, 102, 214) of pile so as to define a bulb or bulbs which are completely filled with pile. Single row (19, 27) pile weatherstripping is made by wrapping the pile (10, 24) with the film material (14, 25) after first ultrasonically welding the film material along one edge thereof to the backing (12, 28) under the pile. Then, the film material (14, 25) may be bent around the pile as it moves through a guide (88). The film material (14, 25) is then attached along the opposite edge to the backing thereof so as to completely enclose and clad the row (19, 27) of weatherstripping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Ultrafab, Inc.
    Inventors: James V. Albanese, Robert C. Horton, Alan J. DeMello, Thongdy Chanthabane
  • Publication number: 20090322144
    Abstract: Angled fiber pile brushes are anchored to a backing at a predetermined angle to the perpendicular are made by winding yarn around a flat band The pile is anchored to a backing which is disposed at the desired angle to the band The band wrapped with the pile and the backing move together along an assembly path Ultrasonic horns each have a split end, which moves perpendicular to the backing Mechanisms guide the backings and the band each include a slotted plate oTrented at the requisite angle The edge of the pile wrapped band extends through the slot in the guide into contact with the backing The band and the horn move in the same, horizontal plane, thereby simplifying the construction of the assembly apparatus The wrapped yam may be slit longitudinally by a slitter in the direction o the travel to provide a pair of angled brushes
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Thongdy Chanthabane, Yogesh Vitthal Borkar
  • Publication number: 20080093007
    Abstract: A pile article is provided having a band of textile material, and a plurality of fiber loops defining a pile having sides from ends extending longitudinally along the band. The band is ultrasonically welded to the ends and a portion of the sides of the pile, and is sufficiently wide to support the sides of the pile substantially upright. An interior textile strip may optionally extend longitudinally within the pile at the ends of the pile and within a portion of the pile sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Grant Wylie, Thongdy Chanthabane, Robert Horton
  • Patent number: 7329450
    Abstract: A pile article is provided having a band of textile material, and a plurality of fiber loops defining a pile having sides from ends extending longitudinally along the band. The band is ultrasonically welded to the ends and a portion of the sides of the pile, and is sufficiently wide to support the sides of the pile substantially upright. An interior textile strip may optionally extend longitudinally within the pile at the ends of the pile and within a portion of the pile sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Ultrafab, Inc.
    Inventors: Grant E. Wylie, Thongdy Chanthabane, Robert C. Horton
  • Publication number: 20070094934
    Abstract: Pile weatherstrip-ping, which is clad with a wrapping of a film (14, 25, 104, 216) of flexible material, has one or more rows (19, 27, 100, 102, 212, 214) of pile (10, 24, 105, 233) on a backing (12, 28, 106, 218) in side-by-side relationship. The wrapping film material conforms to the outside surface of the row (19, 27, 100, 212 21 102, 214) of pile so as to define a bulb or bulbs which are completely filled with pile. Single row (19, 27) pile weatherstripping is made by wrapping the pile (10, 24) with the film material (14, 25) after first ultrasonically welding the film material along one edge thereof to the backing (12, 28) under the pile. Then, the film material (14, 25) may be bent around the pile as it moves through a guide (88). The film material (14, 25) is then attached along the opposite edge to the backing thereof so as to completely enclose and clad the row (19, 27) of weatherstripping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: James Albanese, Robert Horton, Alan DeMello, Thongdy Chanthabane
  • Publication number: 20040076790
    Abstract: A pile article is provided having a band of textile material, and a plurality of fiber loops defining a pile having sides from ends extending longitudinally along the band. The band is ultrasonically welded to the ends and a portion of the sides of the pile, and is sufficiently wide to support the sides of the pile substantially upright. An interior textile strip may optionally extend longitudinally within the pile at the ends of the pile and within a portion of the pile sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Grant E. Wylie, Thongdy Chanthabane, Robert C. Horton