Patents by Inventor Gregory B. Van Alfen

Gregory B. Van Alfen 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: 11505904
    Abstract: A road marker apparatus, system and lighting module and corresponding methods of manufacture, installation and replacement. There is a road insert having upwardly facing ridges and an internal cavity with interior surface textures and a tapered front cavity; a boot of incompressible material disposed within the internal cavity of the road insert and form-fit thereto; and a housing body removably disposed within the boot cavity and form-fit thereto. An array of exterior surface textures that operate as a forward operating taper lock between the housing body and the road insert that restricts forward movement and rotation of the housing body with respect to the road insert; and a housing cavity within which one or more physical modules may be disposed. There is a rear lock behind the housing body that prevents rearward displacement of the housing body with respect to the road insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: VIVCOR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Gregory B. Van Alfen, Shane McKenna
  • Publication number: 20210363714
    Abstract: A road marker apparatus, system and lighting module and corresponding methods of manufacture, installation and replacement. There is a road insert having upwardly facing ridges and an internal cavity with interior surface textures and a tapered front cavity; a boot of incompressible material disposed within the internal cavity of the road insert and form-fit thereto; and a housing body removably disposed within the boot cavity and form-fit thereto. An array of exterior surface textures that operate as a forward operating taper lock between the housing body and the road insert that restricts forward movement and rotation of the housing body with respect to the road insert; and a housing cavity within which one or more physical modules may be disposed. There is a rear lock behind the housing body that prevents rearward displacement of the housing body with respect to the road insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: VIVCOR SYSTEMS INC
    Inventors: Gregory B. Van Alfen, Shane McKenna
  • Patent number: 11111641
    Abstract: A road marker apparatus, system and lighting module and corresponding methods of manufacture, installation and replacement. There is a road insert having upwardly facing ridges and an internal cavity with interior surface textures and a tapered front cavity; a boot of incompressible material disposed within the internal cavity of the road insert and form-fit thereto; and a housing body removably disposed within the boot cavity and form-fit thereto. An array of exterior surface textures that operate as a forward operating taper lock between the housing body and the road insert that restricts forward movement and rotation of the housing body with respect to the road insert; and a housing cavity within which one or more physical modules may be disposed. There is a rear lock behind the housing body that prevents rearward displacement of the housing body with respect to the road insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: VIVCOR SYSTEMS INC
    Inventors: Gregory B. Van Alfen, Shane McKenna
  • Publication number: 20200123721
    Abstract: A road marker apparatus, system and lighting module and corresponding methods of manufacture, installation and replacement. There is a road insert having upwardly facing ridges and an internal cavity with interior surface textures and a tapered front cavity; a boot of incompressible material disposed within the internal cavity of the road insert and form-fit thereto; and a housing body removably disposed within the boot cavity and form-fit thereto. An array of exterior surface textures that operate as a forward operating taper lock between the housing body and the road insert that restricts forward movement and rotation of the housing body with respect to the road insert; and a housing cavity within which one or more physical modules may be disposed. There is a rear lock behind the housing body that prevents rearward displacement of the housing body with respect to the road insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: VIVCOR SYSTEMS INC
    Inventors: Gregory B. Van Alfen, Shane McKenna
  • Patent number: 10550531
    Abstract: A road marker apparatus, system and lighting module and corresponding methods of manufacture, installation and replacement. There is a road insert having upwardly facing ridges and an internal cavity with interior surface textures and a tapered front cavity; a boot of incompressible material disposed within the internal cavity of the road insert and form-fit thereto; and a housing body removably disposed within the boot cavity and form-fit thereto. An array of exterior surface textures that operate as a forward operating taper lock between the housing body and the road insert that restricts forward movement and rotation of the housing body with respect to the road insert; and a housing cavity within which one or more physical modules may be disposed. There is a rear lock behind the housing body that prevents rearward displacement of the housing body with respect to the road insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: VICOR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Gregory B. Van Alfen, Shane McKenna
  • Publication number: 20170335526
    Abstract: A road marker apparatus, system and lighting module and corresponding methods of manufacture, installation and replacement. There is a road insert having upwardly facing ridges and an internal cavity with interior surface textures and a tapered front cavity; a boot of incompressible material disposed within the internal cavity of the road insert and form-fit thereto; and a housing body removably disposed within the boot cavity and form-fit thereto. An array of exterior surface textures that operate as a forward operating taper lock between the housing body and the road insert that restricts forward movement and rotation of the housing body with respect to the road insert; and a housing cavity within which one or more physical modules may be disposed. There is a rear lock behind the housing body that prevents rearward displacement of the housing body with respect to the road insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Vivcor Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory B. Van Alfen, Shane McKenna