Patents by Inventor Alberto Antonio Melo Ferreira

Alberto Antonio Melo Ferreira 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: 6161342
    Abstract: A civil engineering structure having an arched wall including a plurality of curve shaped elements. Each element bears against one or more other similar elements and has a recess arranged in an outer face for casting a concrete assembly capping piece and reinforcements. Each element also includes at least one rigid bearing piece fastened to the element and has, at a free end of the rigid bearing piece, a surface with a non-planar profile. The rigid bearing piece comes to bear against a similar piece of another element located opposite it. The two rigid bearing pieces have complementary profiles making it possible for them to be wedged vertically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Samflo
    Inventors: Laurent Jean Barbier, Alberto Antonio Melo Ferreira