Patents by Inventor Andrew Phillip DeMedeiros

Andrew Phillip DeMedeiros 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).

  • Flexible pneumatic actuator
    Patent number: 9777752
    Abstract: A flexible pneumatic actuator assembly includes a front base, a rear base, a length of flexible tubing having a front end secured to the front base and a rear end secured to the rear base, a flexible piston rod extending through an aperture in the front base and into an internal volume of the length of flexible tubing, and a piston secured to the piston rod within the internal volume of the length of flexible tubing. The piston is configured to maintain an air tight seal against an inner wall of the tubing upon bending of the tubing in a region including the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTROMECHANICA, INC.
    Inventors: Ruben Medeiros, Andrew Phillip DeMedeiros, Stephen Armand Piché, Karl Reid Edminster
  • LINE CHARGE
    Publication number: 20170146325
    Abstract: A line charge includes a thin plastic tube that is deployed by a mechanical means. The thin plastic tube is filled with an explosive material after deployment to form a line charge suitable for route clearance or demolitions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Karl Reid Edminster, Andrew Phillip DeMedeiros, Stephen Armand Piché, Adam Carl Robert
  • FLEXIBLE PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20160177980
    Abstract: A flexible pneumatic actuator assembly includes a front base, a rear base, a length of flexible tubing having a front end secured to the front base and a rear end secured to the rear base, a flexible piston rod extending through an aperture in the front base and into an internal volume of the length of flexible tubing, and a piston secured to the piston rod within the internal volume of the length of flexible tubing. The piston is configured to maintain an air tight seal against an inner wall of the tubing upon bending of the tubing in a region including the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Ruben Medeiros, Andrew Phillip DeMedeiros, Stephen Armand Piché, Karl Reid Edminster