Patents by Inventor Axel M. Montalvo-Bartolomei

Axel M. Montalvo-Bartolomei 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).

  • Sand boil filter with adjustable hydraulic head
    Patent number: 11745122
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a sand boil filter apparatus has a filter cone including an inner cone mesh and an outer cone mesh, the inner cone mesh having a finer mesh than the outer cone mesh. A filter tube extends through the hollow interior of the filter cone. The filter tube includes a lower portion disposed below the open apex. The filter tube includes an upper portion disposed above the open base. The upper portion has a plurality of sets of exit openings which are spaced along a length of the upper portion to provide different possible exit heights for the plurality of sets of exit openings, each set including one or more exit openings disposed at an exit height of the filter tube. An exit height adjustment tool blocks all of the exit openings disposed below a set of unblocked exit openings selected to provide a corresponding exit height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
    Inventors: Axel M Montalvo-Bartolomei, Bryant A Robbins
  • SAND BOIL FILTER WITH ADJUSTABLE HYDRAULIC HEAD
    Publication number: 20230097147
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a sand boil filter apparatus has a filter cone including an inner cone mesh and an outer cone mesh, the inner cone mesh having a finer mesh than the outer cone mesh. A filter tube extends through the hollow interior of the filter cone. The filter tube includes a lower portion disposed below the open apex. The filter tube includes an upper portion disposed above the open base. The upper portion has a plurality of sets of exit openings which are spaced along a length of the upper portion to provide different possible exit heights for the plurality of sets of exit openings, each set including one or more exit openings disposed at an exit height of the filter tube. An exit height adjustment tool blocks all of the exit openings disposed below a set of unblocked exit openings selected to provide a corresponding exit height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Axel M. Montalvo-Bartolomei, Bryant A. Robbins