Patents by Inventor Eric Joseph Sinagra

Eric Joseph Sinagra 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).

  • Pathway measurement devices, systems and methods
    Patent number: 10690774
    Abstract: A pathway measurement system hereof includes a rigid frame and a mobility system attached to the frame. The mobility system includes at least one movable element which is adapted to contact a surface of a pathway via which the frame may be moved relative to the pathway. The pathway measurement system further includes at least one sensor adapted to measure at least one characteristic of a pathway. The pathway measurement system has a first mode of operation in which the mobility system moves the frame along the pathway to move the at least one sensor relative to the pathway. The at least one sensor is connected to the pathway system such that a distance between the at least one sensor and an axis of rotation of one of the moveable elements remains constant in the first mode of operation. In general, the at least one sensor is isolated from any compliance or suspension system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignees: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Pearlman, Eric Joseph Sinagra, Jonathan Aaron Duvall, Joshua D. Brown, Dianna Rae Stuckey, Tianyang Chen, Ian Patrick McIntyre, Rory Alan Cooper
  • PATHWAY MEASUREMENT DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20190064360
    Abstract: A pathway measurement system hereof includes a rigid frame and a mobility system attached to the frame. The mobility system includes at least one movable element which is adapted to contact a surface of a pathway via which the frame may be moved relative to the pathway. The pathway measurement system further includes at least one sensor adapted to measure at least one characteristic of a pathway. The pathway measurement system has a first mode of operation in which the mobility system moves the frame along the pathway to move the at least one sensor relative to the pathway. The at least one sensor is connected to the pathway system such that a distance between the at least one sensor and an axis of rotation of one of the moveable elements remains constant in the first mode of operation. In general, the at least one sensor is isolated from any compliance or suspension system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Pearlman, Eric Joseph Sinagra, Jonathan Aaron Duvall, Joshua D. Brown, Dianna Rae Stuckey, Tianyang Chen, Ian Patrick McIntyre, Rory Alan Cooper
  • Pathway measurement devices, systems and methods
    Patent number: 10101454
    Abstract: A pathway measurement system hereof includes a rigid frame and a mobility system attached to the frame. The mobility system includes at least one movable element which is adapted to contact a surface of a pathway via which the frame may be moved relative to the pathway. The pathway measurement system further includes at least one sensor adapted to measure at least one characteristic of a pathway. The pathway measurement system has a first mode of operation in which the mobility system moves the frame along the pathway to move the at least one sensor relative to the pathway. The at least one sensor is connected to the pathway system such that a distance between the at least one sensor and an axis of rotation of one of the moveable elements remains constant in the first mode of operation. In general, the at least one sensor is isolated from any compliance or suspension system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignees: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Pearlman, Eric Joseph Sinagra, Jonathan Aaron Duvall, Joshua D. Brown, Dianna Rae Stuckey, Tianyang Chen, Ian Patrick McIntyre, Rory Alan Cooper
  • PATHWAY MEASUREMENT DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20150198440
    Abstract: A pathway measurement system hereof includes a rigid frame and a mobility system attached to the frame. The mobility system includes at least one movable element which is adapted to contact a surface of a pathway via which the frame may be moved relative to the pathway. The pathway measurement system further includes at least one sensor adapted to measure at least one characteristic of a pathway. The pathway measurement system has a first mode of operation in which the mobility system moves the frame along the pathway to move the at least one sensor relative to the pathway. The at least one sensor is connected to the pathway system such that a distance between the at least one sensor and an axis of rotation of one of the moveable elements remains constant in the first mode of operation. In general, the at least one sensor is isolated from any compliance or suspension system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Pearlman, Eric Joseph Sinagra, Jonathan Aaron Duvall, Joshua D. Brown, Dianna Rae Stuckey, Tianyang Chen, Ian Patrick McIntyre, Rory Alan Cooper