Patents by Inventor Cicero Martelli

Cicero Martelli 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: 9677338
    Abstract: A device for laser drilling, having: (a) a laser module (310), having a plurality of laser subsystems (200), each one of the laser subsystems (200) having an active optical fiber (240), wound in a shape of hollow coil and packaged inside a hollow cylindrical box (210), and at least one diode laser (220) mechanically connected perpendicularly to the hollow cylindrical box (210) and optically coupled to the core of the active optical fiber (240) wound and packaged inside the hollow cylindrical box (210), the laser module (310) having a tubular shape allowing cooling and drilling fluids to flow through the concentric hollow cores of the tubular laser module (310) and of the cylindrical box (210); and (b) an optical drill head (100), the optical drill head having an end (130) with orifices (110 and 120), and a body (140).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: FACULDADES CATÓLICAS, ASSOCIACÃO SEM FINS LUCRATIVOS, MANTENEDORA DA PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO-PUC-RIO
    Inventors: Arthur Martins Barbosa Braga, Cicero Martelli
  • Publication number: 20160153240
    Abstract: A device for laser drilling, having: (a) a laser module (310), having a plurality of laser subsystems (200), each one of the laser subsystems (200) having an active optical fiber (240), wound in a shape of hollow coil and packaged inside a hollow cylindrical box (210), and at least one diode laser (220) mechanically connected perpendicularly to the hollow cylindrical box (210) and optically coupled to the core of the active optical fiber (240) wound and packaged inside the hollow cylindrical box (210), the laser module (310) having a tubular shape allowing cooling and drilling fluids to flow through the concentric hollow cores of the tubular laser module (310) and of the cylindrical box (210); and (b) an optical drill head (100), the optical drill head having an end (130) with orifices (110 and 120), and a body (140).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: Faculdades Católicas, Sociedade Civil Mantenedora da PUC Rio
    Inventors: Arthur Martins Barbosa Braga, Cicero Martelli
  • Patent number: 9062499
    Abstract: A laser drilling system (100) for drilling rocks, soil and engineering materials with the aid of high-intensity laser light is described, which comprises an optical drill (104) for supplying laser light for the drilling of said materials provided with sensors (106); a control and operations center (101) comprising computer and supervising software with integrated logic; a cooling and debris withdrawal system (105) an energy source (102); an energy conductor (103) provided with sensors (107) and laser systems (201) for emitting high-intensity laser light and optical fibers (123) for conducting the so-generated laser light, so that the information collected by sensors (106), (107) supply said control and operations center (101) and said control and operations center (101) determines improved operation conditions of the optical drill (104) for the drilling of said solid materials or mixtures of solid and liquid materials relative to state-of-the-art drilling systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Faculdades Catolicas, Sociedade Civil Mantenedora Da PUC Rio
    Inventors: Arthur Martins Barbosa Braga, Cicero Martelli
  • Publication number: 20130112478
    Abstract: Equipment for laser-drilling having an optical component or feed module with a set of lasers, the active optical fiber, in the form of hollow coil, the excitation of the laser active medium made through the coupling of the light emitted by laser diodes inside the active fiber, and a mechanical component that is an optic drill bit with a hollow rigid body and an end of any geometry, the drill bit having leaky orifices for the optical fibers connection or bundle of optical fibers with drill bit walls and orifices to allow the drilling and cooling fluids are released in the surface to be drilled, the optical fibers being provided from the feed module. The feed module generates high intensity light generation that through optical fibers is guided to the optic drill bit. The feed module and the optic drill bit are coupled to a drill string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: FACULDADES CATOLICAS, Associacao sem fins lucrativos, Mantenedora da Pontificia Universidade
    Inventors: Arthur Martins Barbosa Braga, Cicero Martelli
  • Publication number: 20110278270
    Abstract: A laser drilling system (100) for drilling rocks, soil and engineering materials with the aid of high-intensity laser light is described, which comprises an optical drill (104) for supplying laser light for the drilling of said materials provided with sensors (106); a control and operations center (101) comprising computer and supervising software with integrated logic; a cooling and debris withdrawal system (105) an energy source (102); an energy conductor (103) provided with sensors (107) and laser systems (201) for emitting high-intensity laser light and optical fibers (123) for conducting the so-generated laser light, so that the information collected by sensors (106), (107) supply said control and operations center (101) and said control and operations center (101) determines improved operation conditions of the optical drill (104) for the drilling of said solid materials or mixtures of solid and liquid materials relative to state-of-the-art drilling systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Faculdades Catolicas, Sociedade Civil Mantenedora Da PUC Rio
    Inventors: Arthur Martins Barbosa Braga, Cicero Martelli