Patents by Inventor Jose Carlos D'Almeida

Jose Carlos D'Almeida 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: 8562244
    Abstract: A device designed to be embedded in the pavement of a road for halting and/or preventing the motor vehicle traffic in an opposite direction. The device is formed by a drained box to be embedded in the pavement of a roadway and by a bank of mechanisms, that it is mounted inside the box. Inside the bank of mechanisms are defined cells formed by several vertical walls, and end walls, all walls being arranged parallel to each other and joined together by screwed rods extending through the end walls. The walls extend in the same direction as the road axis, the vertical walls and the end walls serving as support for several common horizontal shafts, and their tops serving as the support pavement for the vehicle tires. Each cell includes a driving mechanism which is activated at least by one tire of a vehicle transposing or attempting to transpose it in order to present an active obstacle to the displacement of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Inventor: Jose Carlos D'Almeida
  • Publication number: 20110033233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (AB 1 to AB7), designed to be embedded in the pavement of a road for halting and/or preventing the motor vehicle traffic in an opposite direction to the appropriated or allowed travelling direction especially in one-way roads accessing highways, being substantially imperceptible for a vehicle travelling in the appropriated travelling direction or allowed by the traffic signalling, characterised in that the device (AB1 to AB7), is formed by a adequate drained box (A) to be embedded in the pavement of a roadway and by a bank of mechanisms (B1 to B7), that it is mounted inside the box (A), inside said bank of mechanisms (B 1 to B7) being defined cells formed by several vertical walls, and end walls, all said walls being arranged parallel to each other and joined together by screwed rods extending through the end walls, said walls extending in the same direction of the road axis, said vertical walls and said end walls serving as support for the several common horizontal s
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventor: Jose Carlos D'Almeida