Patents by Inventor Alexandre Oliveira
Alexandre Oliveira 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: 11953154Abstract: A vessel includes a body having an interior surface that defines an interior space. The vessel further includes a flexible membrane located within the interior space of the vessel. The interior space includes a first chamber at least partially defined by the flexible membrane, and a second chamber at least partially defined by the flexible membrane and a portion of the interior surface of the body. The vessel includes a pressure relief device configured to vent contents of the second chamber to an exterior of the body when the second chamber reaches a first predefined pressure. The flexible membrane is configured to tear or puncture when the first chamber reaches a second predefined pressure that is less than or equal to the first predefined pressure to prevent dangerously high pressures within the first chamber.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Amtrol Licensing Inc.Inventors: João Pedro Oliveira Pinhão Silva Mendes, Pedro Alexandre Queiro Silva Vieira, Jennifer Marie O'Brian
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Publication number: 20240067010Abstract: The present invention concerns a charging cable management system, which is motorized and is applied in electric vehicle charging equipment, or other applications that require this type of solution. The developed charging cable management system allows extending or retracting a suspension cable that assists the user in the task of mobilizing and moving an electric charging cable for charging electric vehicles, preventing it from touching the ground when not in use. In addition, the charging cable management system allows the use and mobilization of charging cables with greater longitudinal amplitude, minimizing the efforts associated with carrying out these tasks by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Pedro Nuno MARCOS MOREIRA DA SILVA, Vitor Alexandre MARTINS FERREIRA, Germano Miguel OLIVEIRA DA SILVA, Susana Marinho FERREIRA GUEDES, Bruno Filipe ALVES DE OLIVEIRA, Nelson NEVES DA ROCHA, Filipe Alexandre SILVA FERREIRA
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Publication number: 20240060692Abstract: A refrigeration system of a household appliance including a compressor, a drip pan configured to collect evaporator condensate, and a pre-condenser. The pre-condenser includes a coil extending from the compressor and having a deformable section and a nondeformable section, wherein the deformable section is disposed between the drip pan and the compressor, and at least a portion of the nondeformable section is disposed in the drip pan such that heat from the coil aids in evaporation of the condensate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Alexandre Oliveira DE ALBUQUERQUE, Tiago Deived FAGUNDES, Helena GOETTEMS, Ana Paula MOSCATO MALAVAZI
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Publication number: 20240059482Abstract: This invention refers to an equipment for waste discharge (1) comprising a body (2) formed by the connection between a pair of side walls (3, 3?) and a bottom portion, so that the body (2) defines an internal portion (A) of the equipment (1), wherein the waste discharge is performed at the internal portion (A) of the equipment (1), so that the equipment for waste discharge further comprises a lifting beam (5) surrounding at least part of an external portion (B) of the body (2). A method to produce an equipment for waste discharge is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2021Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: Braskem S.A.Inventors: Jorge Alexandre Oliveira Alves da Silva, Daniel Teisseire
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Patent number: 11768495Abstract: The invention provides a computer-implemented method of planning a path for a mobile robot such as an autonomous vehicle in the presence of K obstacles. The method uses, for each of the K obstacles, a shape Bk and a density function pk(x) representing the probabilistic position of the obstacle. The method repeats the following steps for at least two different paths A: —choosing a path A, where A is the swept area of the robot within a given time interval; and—calculating based on the density function of each obstacle and the swept path an upper bound on the total probability of at least one collision FD between the robot and the K obstacles. This allows a number of candidate paths to be ranked for safety. By precomputing factors of the computational steps over K obstacles, the computation per path is O(N), and not O(NK). A safety threshold can be used to filter out paths below that threshold.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Five AI LimitedInventors: Andrew Blake, Subramanian Ramamoorthy, Svetlin-Valentinov Penkov, Majd Hawasly, Francisco Maria Girbal Eiras, Alejandro Bordallo Mico, Alexandre Oliveira E. Silva
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Patent number: 11713917Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a housing, a mullion, and a biasing element. The housing defines an internal cavity and door frame that accesses the internal cavity. The mullion is disposed within the cavity and divides the cavity into a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment. A position of the mullion is adjustable within the cavity such that movement of the mullion away from the freezer compartment and toward the refrigerator compartment increases a volume of the freezer compartment and decreases a volume of the refrigerator compartment, and such that movement of the mullion away from the refrigerator compartment and toward the freezer the compartment decreases the volume of the freezer compartment and increases the volume of the refrigerator compartment. The biasing element is secured to the housing and the mullion. The biasing element is configured to bias the mullion toward the freezer compartment.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Alexandre Oliveira De Albuquerque, Rafael Sottili Chaves, Adalberto Matias Beppler, Jr.
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Publication number: 20230132880Abstract: The present application describes a laser turning system (1) for producing a timepiece component, the system including a rotary spindle (3) for moving a bar of material (50) and a galvanometric scanner (12) capable of emitting a femtosecond laser beam scanning a generating profile of the component to be machined in the bar of material (50).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: ROLEX SAInventors: Cédric Chautemps, Alexandre Oliveira, Matthias Portellano
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Publication number: 20230136690Abstract: A laser turning system (1) for producing a component (60) having a length less than 250 mm and/or a diameter less than 10 mm, the system including a rotary spindle (3) for moving a bar of material and a galvanometric scanner (12) capable of emitting a femtosecond laser beam scanning a generating profile of the component to be machined in the bar of material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: ALPHANOVInventors: Cédric Chautemps, Alexandre Oliveira, Matthias Portellano
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Publication number: 20220404090Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a housing, a mullion, and a biasing element. The housing defines an internal cavity and door frame that accesses the internal cavity. The mullion is disposed within the cavity and divides the cavity into a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment. A position of the mullion is adjustable within the cavity such that movement of the mullion away from the freezer compartment and toward the refrigerator compartment increases a volume of the freezer compartment and decreases a volume of the refrigerator compartment, and such that movement of the mullion away from the refrigerator compartment and toward the freezer the compartment decreases the volume of the freezer compartment and increases the volume of the refrigerator compartment. The biasing element is secured to the housing and the mullion. The biasing element is configured to bias the mullion toward the freezer compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: ALEXANDRE OLIVEIRA DE ALBUQUERQUE, RAFAEL SOTTILI CHAVES, ADALBERTO MATIAS BEPPLER, JR.
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Publication number: 20220402491Abstract: There is provided an adaptive cruise control method for autonomously adapting the speed of an ego vehicle (300) to maintain a target headway, headway being distance from the ego vehicle to a forward vehicle (302), the ego vehicle equipped with a perception system (100) for measuring a current headway and a current speed and acceleration of the forward vehicle relative to ego vehicle, the method comprising: in response to detecting that the current headway is below the target headway, determining and implementing a deceleration strategy for increasing to the target headway; wherein the deceleration strategy is determined so as to selectively optimize for comfort in dependence on a predicted headway, the predicted headway computed for a future time instant based on the current speed and acceleration of the forward vehicle relative to the ego vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: Five AI LimitedInventors: Steffen JAEKEL, Alexandre Oliveira E SILVA, Bence MAGYAR, Alejandro Bordallo MICO, Marco Andrea FERRI
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Patent number: 11531305Abstract: A horology component (1) for a timepiece, including a first portion (10) and a second portion (20), the first portion (10) comprising one part that is at least partially transparent and at least partially superposed on top of the second portion (20), this second portion (20) taking the form of a massive portion comprising a material capable of emitting at least one emission light wave if excited by at least one excitation light wave, and the at least partially transparent part of the first portion allowing an emission light wave emitted by the second portion (20) to be transmitted at least partially toward the outside of the horology component so that the horology component exhibits at least a first appearance by day and at least one different second appearance by night where the first portion (10) is backlit by an emission light wave emitted by the second portion (20).Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: ROLEX SAInventors: Detlef Berner, Pierre Di Luna, Romain Girod, Alexandre Oliveira, Ollivier Pujol, Alexandra Roulet
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Publication number: 20220291634Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pivot bearing (1) for the pivoting of a timepiece component (2), in particular a pivot stone, includes:—boring (E1) a hole (10a) in a bearing blank (1a) along an axis (A1) intended for the pivoting of a timepiece component (2), this hole (10a) forming a start point (13a) of a first pivot zone (13) of the bearing (1), then—laser engraving (E2), in the blank (1a), in particular using a femtosecond laser, a second clearance zone (14) of the bearing (1), juxtaposed with the start point (13a) of a first pivot zone (13), this second clearance zone (14) of the bearing (1) opening at a first face (11a) of the bearing (1) blank (1a), then—removing material by wear (E3), in particular by olive-cutting, at the start point (13a) of the first pivot zone (13) of the bearing (1) and a boundary zone (14a) between the start point (13a) and the second clearance zone (14) of the bearing (1) in order to form a first pivot zone (13) and a second clearance zone (14) that are juxtaposed, connected to eaType: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: ROLEX SAInventors: William Carreno, Vannina Linck, Alexandre Oliveira, Cédric Moreaux
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Publication number: 20220276609Abstract: A cam-type timepiece component (1), which has at least one portion of substantially planar shape, having a material hardness greater than or equal to 600 hv, this portion having a thickness greater than or equal to 350 microns, or even greater than or equal to 400 microns, and comprising at least one functional flank (3) which is substantially perpendicular to a main surface (2) of this portion and has a roughness ra of less than or equal to 50 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: ROLEX SAInventors: Florent Bruckert, Florian Calame, Alexandre Oliveira
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Publication number: 20220221824Abstract: The cam-type timepiece component (1) has at least one portion of substantially planar shape, having a material hardness greater than or equal to 600 HV, the portion having a thickness greater than or equal to 200 microns, or even greater than or equal to 350 microns, or even greater than or equal to 400 microns, and at least one functional flank (3) which is substantially perpendicular to a main surface (2) of the portion and has a roughness Ra of less than or equal to 50 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: ROLEX SAInventors: Florent Bruckert, Florian Calame, Alexandre Oliveira
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Publication number: 20220107646Abstract: A computer-implemented method of planning a path for a mobile robot in the presence of a set of obstacles comprises: computing for each obstacle a probabilistic obstacle position distribution; computing at least one path-independent function as a combination of the probabilistic obstacle position distributions; and for at least one candidate path, determining an upper bound on the total probability of obstacle collision along that path, by aggregating the path-independent function based on an area defined by the candidate path and a mobile robot shape, wherein the path-independent function is independent of the candidate path.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: Five Al LimitedInventors: Andrew Blake, Subramanian Ramamoorthy, Svetlin Valentinov Penkov, Majd Hawasly, Francisco Maria Girbal Eiras, Alejandro Bordallo Mico, Alexandre Oliveira E. Silva
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Patent number: D1003994Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: BI-SILQUE, S.A.Inventor: Adriano Alexandre Oliveira Pereira
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Patent number: D1003995Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: BI-SILQUE, S.A.Inventor: Adriano Alexandre Oliveira Pereira
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Patent number: D1004701Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: BI-SILQUE, S.A.Inventor: Adriano Alexandre Oliveira Pereira
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Patent number: D1016164Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: BI-SILQUE, S.A.Inventor: Adriano Alexandre Oliveira Pereira
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Patent number: D1016165Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: BI-SILQUE, S.A.Inventor: Adriano Alexandre Oliveira Pereira