Patents by Inventor Michael Joseph Tresaugue
Michael Joseph Tresaugue 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).
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Patent number: 11654374Abstract: An amusement park ride vehicle includes a chassis, a cabin, a slider, and a rotator. The chassis is configured to direct the ride vehicle along a ride path in a direction of travel. The cabin is configured to hold one or more passengers. The slider is configured to translate between a neutral position and a cantilevered position relative to the chassis in a direction substantially transverse to the direction of travel and to carry the rotator and the cabin along the direction substantially transverse to the direction of travel. The rotator is coupled between the slider and the cabin, and is configured to rotate the cabin relative to the slider.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Universal City Studios LLCInventors: Michael Keith Brister, Clarisse Marie Vamos, Michael Joseph Tresaugue
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Publication number: 20220134243Abstract: An amusement park ride vehicle includes a chassis, a cabin, a slider, and a rotator. The chassis is configured to direct the ride vehicle along a ride path in a direction of travel. The cabin is configured to hold one or more passengers. The slider is configured to translate between a neutral position and a cantilevered position relative to the chassis in a direction substantially transverse to the direction of travel and to carry the rotator and the cabin along the direction substantially transverse to the direction of travel. The rotator is coupled between the slider and the cabin, and is configured to rotate the cabin relative to the slider.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Michael Keith Brister, Clarisse Marie Vamos, Michael Joseph Tresaugue
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Patent number: 11224819Abstract: An amusement park ride vehicle includes a chassis, a cabin, a slider, and a rotator. The chassis is configured to direct the ride vehicle along a ride path in a direction of travel. The cabin is configured to hold one or more passengers. The slider is configured to translate between a neutral position and a cantilevered position relative to the chassis in a direction substantially transverse to the direction of travel and to carry the rotator and the cabin along the direction substantially transverse to the direction of travel. The rotator is coupled between the slider and the cabin, and is configured to rotate the cabin relative to the slider.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Universal City Studios LLCInventors: Michael Keith Brister, Clarisse Marie Vamos, Michael Joseph Tresaugue
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Patent number: 11058959Abstract: A ride system includes a platform assembly that receives a ride vehicle for transporting a ride passenger, an upward drive pulley system, and a downward drive pulley system. The upward drive pulley system is drivingly coupled to the platform assembly and upwardly drives motion of the platform assembly along a vertical axis oriented along a gravity vector. The downward drive pulley system is drivingly coupled to the platform assembly and downwardly drives motion of the platform assembly along the vertical axis. Additionally, upwardly and downwardly driving motion of the platform assembly exposes the ride passenger to a plurality of entertainment shows, and the entertainment shows are positioned on a different vertical level with respect to one another.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Universal City Studios LLCInventors: Michael Joseph Tresaugue, Lisa Marie Levy, Michael Keith Brister
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Patent number: 11040288Abstract: A ride system to control ride vehicle motion includes a carriage that receives and secures a ride vehicle. The ride system also includes a plurality of pulley systems drivingly coupled to the carriage. Each pulley system of the plurality of pulley systems include a pulley, a pulley cable engaged with the pulley and attached to a portion of the carriage, and a motor drivingly coupled to the pulley to drive pulley motion and pulley cable motion, and thereby cause the portion of the carriage to displace in accordance with the pulley motion and the pulley cable motion.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Universal City Studios LLCInventors: Michael Keith Brister, Lisa Marie Levy, Michael Joseph Tresaugue
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Patent number: 10807010Abstract: Provided herein is a conveyor ride system that includes a conveyor structure having a plurality of conveyor beams and a plurality of conveyor grooves. The plurality of conveyor beams and the plurality of conveyor grooves are configured to direct a ride vehicle along a surface of the conveyor structure. The surface of the conveyor structure defines at least a portion of a ride path of the conveyor ride system.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Universal City Studios LLCInventors: Gregory S. Hall, Keith Michael McVeen, Michael Joseph Tresaugue
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Publication number: 20200289949Abstract: A ride system includes a platform assembly that receives a ride vehicle for transporting a ride passenger, an upward drive pulley system, and a downward drive pulley system. The upward drive pulley system is drivingly coupled to the platform assembly and upwardly drives motion of the platform assembly along a vertical axis oriented along a gravity vector. The downward drive pulley system is drivingly coupled to the platform assembly and downwardly drives motion of the platform assembly along the vertical axis. Additionally, upwardly and downwardly driving motion of the platform assembly exposes the ride passenger to a plurality of entertainment shows, and the entertainment shows are positioned on a different vertical level with respect to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Michael Joseph Tresaugue, Lisa Marie Levy, Michael Keith Brister
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Publication number: 20200215440Abstract: An amusement park ride vehicle includes a chassis, a cabin, a slider, and a rotator. The chassis is configured to direct the ride vehicle along a ride path in a direction of travel. The cabin is configured to hold one or more passengers. The slider is configured to translate between a neutral position and a cantilevered position relative to the chassis in a direction substantially transverse to the direction of travel and to carry the rotator and the cabin along the direction substantially transverse to the direction of travel. The rotator is coupled between the slider and the cabin, and is configured to rotate the cabin relative to the slider.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Michael Keith Brister, Clarisse Marie Vamos, Michael Joseph Tresaugue
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Publication number: 20200215444Abstract: Provided herein is a conveyor ride system that includes a conveyor structure having a plurality of conveyor beams and a plurality of conveyor grooves. The plurality of conveyor beams and the plurality of conveyor grooves are configured to direct a ride vehicle along a surface of the conveyor structure. The surface of the conveyor structure defines at least a portion of a ride path of the conveyor ride system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Gregory S. Hall, Keith Michael McVeen, Michael Joseph Tresaugue
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Publication number: 20200171396Abstract: A ride system to control ride vehicle motion includes a carriage that receives and secures a ride vehicle. The ride system also includes a plurality of pulley systems drivingly coupled to the carriage. Each pulley system of the plurality of pulley systems include a pulley, a pulley cable engaged with the pulley and attached to a portion of the carriage, and a motor drivingly coupled to the pulley to drive pulley motion and pulley cable motion, and thereby cause the portion of the carriage to displace in accordance with the pulley motion and the pulley cable motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Michael Keith Brister, Lisa Marie Levy, Michael Joseph Tresaugue
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Patent number: 10463981Abstract: An attraction system includes an elevator assembly having an elevator path that intersects a ride path of the attraction system, an elevator car having a support and configured to travel along the elevator path, a ride vehicle having a cabin coupled to a bogie, and a cabin projection of the cabin. The ride vehicle is configured to travel along the ride path via the bogie, in which the bogie is configured to travel into the elevator car via the ride path, and the support is configured to capture the cabin projection on at least two sides when the ride vehicle is in a loaded position.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLCInventors: Michael Keith Brister, Clarisse Marie Vamos, Michael Joseph Tresaugue