Patents by Inventor Carlos Vera Alvarez

Carlos Vera Alvarez 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).

  • Section insulator for a rigid catenary
    Patent number: 8069965
    Abstract: Section insulator for rigid catenary which has a dual functionality, since it can exercise the functions both of conventional section insulator and of neutral section insulator, configured so that it maintains a mechanical continuity which allows the smooth passage of the pantograph, minimizing the requirement for adjustment and maintenance. The insulator basically comprises a pair of conductor rail segments (2) between which is disposed a single central shoe (1) obliquely disposed with respect to the direction of the catenary, a pair of spark wires (9) wherein the electric field is broken and a series of strips (8) disposed on said central shoe (1) which, together with a bridging cable which extends from them to the conductor rail segment (2), enables bridging the wire conductor of the insulator (3) when one want to maintain the power supply to the pantograph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Metro de Madrid, S.A.
    Inventors: Manuel Melis Maynar, Ildefonso De Matias Jimenez, Francisco Javier Gonzalez Fernandez, Miguel Alejandro Moya Lopez-Duque, Rogelio Sanchez Pardias, Jorge Francisco Blanquer Jaraiz, Felipe Carmona Pinto, Carlos Vera Alvarez, Maria Carmen Borbano Sánchez, legal representative, Berta Suarez Esteban, Jennifer Paulin
  • SECTION INSULATOR FOR A RIGID CATENARY
    Publication number: 20100133055
    Abstract: Section insulator for rigid catenary which has a dual functionality, since it can exercise the functions both of conventional section insulator and of neutral section insulator, configured so that it maintains a mechanical continuity which allows the smooth passage of the pantograph, minimizing the requirement for adjustment and maintenance. The insulator basically comprises a pair of conductor rail segments (2) between which is disposed a single central shoe (1) obliquely disposed with respect to the direction of the catenary, a pair of spark wires (9) wherein the electric field is broken and a series of strips (8) disposed on said central shoe (1) which, together with a bridging cable which extends from them to the conductor rail segment (2), enables bridging the wire conductor of the insulator (3) when one want to maintain the power supply to the pantograph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Manuel Melis Maynar, Ildefonso De Matias Jimenez, Francisco Javier Gonzalez Fernandez, Miguel Alejandro Moya Loperz-Duque, Rogelio Sanchez Pardias, Jorge Francisco Blanquer Jaraiz, Felipe Carmona Pinto, Carlos Vera Alvarez, Berta Suarez Esteban, Jennifer Paulin