Patents by Inventor David A. Donatello

David A. Donatello 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).

  • Patent number: 5909182
    Abstract: A vandal resistant light signal unit consisting of a modular integrated circuit arrangement having an insulative circuit board, which has a first broad area layer of conductive material on one side of the circuit board and a second broad area layer on an opposite side of the circuit board. The first layer defines a positive energy plane and the second a negative energy plane. Also, the unit has a plurality of independent series circuits connected in parallel to respective spaced points or nodes on the oppositely located layers of conductive material. Moreover, the broad area layers are connected to opposite sides of a power supply, and these layers constitute an arrangement for resisting vandalism occasioned by projectiles directed at said light signal unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Alstom Signaling Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel W. Van Alstine, David A. Donatello, Mark Hager
  • Patent number: 5433166
    Abstract: A light signal provides fixed focus and the ability to service the device solely from the rear. This light signal comprises a housing having a rear entry for desired maintenance and an immovable front wall, the lens mount containing a lens unit that is removable secured to an inside surface of the immovable front wall of the housing. Each lens mount includes a fixed focusing means having a receptacle for operative receipt of a light means, wherein the fixed focusing means is positioned at the end of the lens mount nearest an inner lens; whereby the focus of the light means is fixed relative to the lens unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Assignee: General Railway Signal Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Donatello, Kenton H. Barker, Ronald W. Dinger, James M. Martin