Patents by Inventor Daniele Cuminetti

Daniele Cuminetti 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).

  • Publication number: 20140026498
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an anti-seismic support for supporting a construction engineering structure, which comprises a support (14) having a concave sliding surface (17) and a sliding block (16) with a convex sliding surface (16d) in sliding contact with the concave sliding surface (17), the sliding block (16) being capable of sliding with pendulum motion relative to the concave surface (17) in response to an earthquake tremor or shock, the device (11) comprising a sliding material (19) between the concave sliding surface (17) and the convex sliding surface (16b), where the friction coefficient between the sliding surfaces (16b, 17) is above 10% when the device (11) is loaded with a pressure above 30 MPa and the sliding surfaces are caused to slide at a sliding speed of more than 50 mm/s at a temperature of 20° C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: POLITECNICO DI MILANO
    Inventors: Virginio Quaglini, Daniele Cuminetti, Paolo Dubini, Riccardo Motta, Daniela Ferroni