Patents by Inventor Carlo A. Scarinci
Carlo A. Scarinci 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: 11788821Abstract: A modular armor system configured to be readily attached and detached from a frame surrounding a window in a vehicle or other structure, such as a building. The modular armor system may be configured to provide any desired ballistics protection rating. In one embodiment, the modular armor system includes a ballistics-grade armor panel having an outer strike face and an inner surface opposite the outer strike face. The modular armor system also includes a fastener coupled to the ballistics-grade armor panel. The fastener is configured to detachably couple the ballistics-grade armor panel to the frame surrounding the window in the vehicle or other structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Carlo A. Scarinci, David Palermo
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Publication number: 20220244022Abstract: A modular armor system configured to be readily attached and detached from a frame surrounding a window in a vehicle or other structure, such as a building. The modular armor system may be configured to provide any desired ballistics protection rating. In one embodiment, the modular armor system includes a ballistics-grade armor panel having an outer strike face and an inner surface opposite the outer strike face. The modular armor system also includes a fastener coupled to the ballistics-grade armor panel. The fastener is configured to detachably couple the ballistics-grade armor panel to the frame surrounding the window in the vehicle or other structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Carlo A. Scarinci, David Palermo
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Patent number: 11353296Abstract: A modular armor system configured to be readily attached and detached from a frame surrounding a window in a vehicle or other structure, such as a building. The modular armor system may be configured to provide any desired ballistics protection rating. In one embodiment, the modular armor system includes a ballistics-grade armor panel having an outer strike face and an inner surface opposite the outer strike face. The modular armor system also includes a fastener coupled to the ballistics-grade armor panel. The fastener is configured to detachably couple the ballistics-grade armor panel to the frame surrounding the window in the vehicle or other structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.Inventors: Carlo A. Scarinci, David Palermo
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Publication number: 20210318103Abstract: A modular armor system configured to be readily attached and detached from a frame surrounding a window in a vehicle or other structure, such as a building. The modular armor system may be configured to provide any desired ballistics protection rating. In one embodiment, the modular armor system includes a ballistics-grade armor panel having an outer strike face and an inner surface opposite the outer strike face. The modular armor system also includes a fastener coupled to the ballistics-grade armor panel. The fastener is configured to detachably couple the ballistics-grade armor panel to the frame surrounding the window in the vehicle or other structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Carlo A. Scarinci, David Palermo
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Patent number: 10895439Abstract: A modular armor system configured to be readily attached and detached from a frame surrounding a window in a vehicle or other structure, such as a building. The modular armor system may be configured to provide any desired ballistics protection rating. In one embodiment, the modular armor system includes a ballistics-grade armor panel having an outer strike face and an inner surface opposite the outer strike face. The modular armor system also includes a fastener coupled to the ballistics-grade armor panel. The fastener is configured to detachably couple the ballistics-grade armor panel to the frame surrounding the window in the vehicle or other structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.Inventors: Carlo A. Scarinci, David Palermo
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Publication number: 20200103206Abstract: A modular armor system configured to be readily attached and detached from a frame surrounding a window in a vehicle or other structure, such as a building. The modular armor system may be configured to provide any desired ballistics protection rating. In one embodiment, the modular armor system includes a ballistics-grade armor panel having an outer strike face and an inner surface opposite the outer strike face. The modular armor system also includes a fastener coupled to the ballistics-grade armor panel. The fastener is configured to detachably couple the ballistics-grade armor panel to the frame surrounding the window in the vehicle or other structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Carlo A. Scarinci, David Palermo
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Patent number: 10415936Abstract: A modular armor system configured to be readily attached and detached from a frame surrounding a window in a vehicle or other structure, such as a building. The modular armor system may be configured to provide any desired ballistics protection rating. In one embodiment, the modular armor system includes a ballistics-grade armor panel having an outer strike face and an inner surface opposite the outer strike face. The modular armor system also includes a fastener coupled to the ballistics-grade armor panel. The fastener is configured to detachably couple the ballistics-grade armor panel to the frame surrounding the window in the vehicle or other structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.Inventors: Carlo A. Scarinci, David Palermo
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Patent number: 9803959Abstract: An armor system configured to be coupled to a frame surrounding a window in a vehicle or other structure, such as a building. The armor system may be configured to provide any desired ballistics protection rating. The armor system includes a ballistics-grade armor panel and at least one insert embedded in the ballistics-grade armor panel. The insert extends around at least a portion of a periphery of the ballistics-grade armor panel. The one or more inserts may be configured to reduce the parasitic weight of the armor system.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Carlo Scarinci, David Palermo
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Patent number: 9550343Abstract: A laminated transparency includes a first ply having a No. 1 surface and a No. 2 surface. A second ply is spaced from the first ply and has a No. 3 surface and a No. 4 surface, with the No. 2 surface facing the No. 3 surface. A polymeric interlayer is positioned between the first and second plies. At least one failure strip is incorporated into the interlayer to provide a predetermined failure orientation for the transparency.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2011Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: John R. Short, Carlo A. Scarinci
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Publication number: 20150377595Abstract: An armor system configured to be coupled to a frame surrounding a window in a vehicle or other structure, such as a building. The armor system may be configured to provide any desired ballistics protection rating. The armor system includes a ballistics-grade armor panel and at least one insert embedded in the ballistics-grade armor panel. The insert extends around at least a portion of a periphery of the ballistics-grade armor panel. The one or more inserts may be configured to reduce the parasitic weight of the armor system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Carlo Scarinci, David Palermo
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Publication number: 20150300784Abstract: A modular armor system configured to be readily attached and detached from a frame surrounding a window in a vehicle or other structure, such as a building. The modular armor system may be configured to provide any desired ballistics protection rating. In one embodiment, the modular armor system includes a ballistics-grade armor panel having an outer strike face and an inner surface opposite the outer strike face. The modular armor system also includes a fastener coupled to the ballistics-grade armor panel. The fastener is configured to detachably couple the ballistics-grade armor panel to the frame surrounding the window in the vehicle or other structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Carlo A. Scarinci, David Palermo
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Patent number: 8449023Abstract: A vehicle emergency egress system. In one embodiment, an emergency egress system for providing an opening for egress from a vehicle includes a frame configured to be directly attached to the vehicle, the frame having a cavity formed therein and defined on a first side by a back surface facing an exterior of the vehicle, the back surface having an opening formed therethrough; a panel removably received in the cavity for covering the opening, the back surface retaining the panel in a first direction; and at least a bracket removably attached to the frame on the exterior of the vehicle and retaining the panel in a second direction opposite the first direction, wherein the bracket is detachable from the frame by an occupant inside the vehicle for removal of the panel to the exterior of the vehicle in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Russell W. Shellenberger, Carlo A. Scarinci, David R. Avitia
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Publication number: 20120064305Abstract: A laminated transparency includes a first ply having a No. 1 surface and a No. 2 surface. A second ply is spaced from the first ply and has a No. 3 surface and a No. 4 surface, with the No. 2 surface facing the No. 3 surface. A polymeric interlayer is positioned between the first and second plies. At least one failure strip is incorporated into the interlayer to provide a predetermined failure orientation for the transparency.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.Inventors: John R. Short, Carlo A. Scarinci
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Publication number: 20110084521Abstract: A vehicle emergency egress system. In one embodiment, an emergency egress system for providing an opening for egress from a vehicle includes a frame configured to be directly attached to the vehicle, the frame having a cavity formed therein and defined on a first side by a back surface facing an exterior of the vehicle, the back surface having an opening fanned therethrough; a panel removably received in the cavity for covering the opening, the back surface retaining the panel in a first direction; and at least a bracket removably attached to the frame on the exterior of the vehicle and retaining the panel in a second direction opposite the first direction, wherein the bracket is detachable from the frame by an occupant inside the vehicle for removal of the panel to the exterior of the vehicle in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Inventors: Russell W. Shellenberger, Carlo A. Scarinci, David R. Avitia