Patents by Inventor Ivo Ferreira

Ivo Ferreira 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: 20240065579
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method. The method comprises processing, by at least one computing device, exercise measurements taken by a pressure sensor positioned adjacent to a pelvic floor muscle (PFM) of a person at least during performance of a physical exercise, wherein the exercise measurements are indicative of a pressure exerted on the pressure sensor and an orientation of the sensor. The method also comprises calibrating, by the at least one computing device, the pressure of the processed exercise measurements at least based on the orientation of the processed exercise measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ivo Emanuel MARQUES GABRIEL, Ivo Jorge RAMOS DE MAGALHÃES, José Carlos COELHO ALVES, Márcio Filipe MOUTINHO COLUNAS, Cristina Ferreira FLORES MARTINS, Pedro Henrique OLIVEIRA SANTOS, João Paulo DIAS ANDRADE, Marta Maria CARDEANO PEDROSA E MILHEIRO MAIA, Virgilio António FERRO BENTO
  • Patent number: 11027591
    Abstract: A service port cap has a body configured to be snapped onto a service port such as an automotive air conditioning service port. The cap has an axial slot allowing the body to spread as it is pressed onto the service port. A rubberized plug in the top of the cap bears and seals against the end of the service port. Should a fluid leak develop through the service port, the rubberized plug maintains a seal until the pressure is sufficient to overcome the seal created by the plug. At this point, the leaking fluid is directed out through the axial slot in the cap. Thus, the cap does not blow off and the flow of leaking fluid is controlled so that it does not spew. One embodiment includes a locking ring that slides to a locking position to lock the cap onto a service or other port to form a fixed seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: AIRSEPT, INC.
    Inventors: Aaron Becker, Ivo Ferreira
  • Patent number: 10328377
    Abstract: A filter includes a relatively rigid support frame having top and bottom frame members and side frame members. A filter element is disposed within and supported by the frame for filtering a medium passing through the filter element. Two opposing members of the frame are bendable into an arch to allow the filter to be progressively inserted along an arched path into a filter housing. In one embodiment, the filter is a cabin air filter for a vehicle and opposing sides of the frame are provided with V-shaped notches to facilitate bending the filter into an arch for insertion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: AirSept, Inc.
    Inventor: Ivo Ferreira
  • Patent number: 9827832
    Abstract: A debris shield is disclosed for preventing debris from being sucked into the recirculate inlet of certain trucks used in the rental truck industry and thereby clogging the air conditioning evaporator coils and other components of the air conditioning system. The shield includes a segmented frame configured to fit over an opening of the system in such a way that any debris sucked into the recirculate inlet within the cab encounters and is arrested by the shield before reaching sensitive components. A method of shielding an automotive air conditioning system from entrained debris also is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: AirSept, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivo Ferreira, Aaron Becker
  • Publication number: 20160052372
    Abstract: A debris shield is disclosed for preventing debris from being sucked into the recirculate inlet of certain trucks used in the rental truck industry and thereby clogging the air conditioning evaporator coils and other components of the air conditioning system. The shield includes a segmented frame configured to fit over an opening of the system in such a way that any debris sucked into the recirculate inlet within the cab encounters and is arrested by the shield before reaching sensitive components. A method of shielding an automotive air conditioning system from entrained debris also is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Ivo Ferreira, Aaron Becker
  • Publication number: 20150101296
    Abstract: A filter includes a relatively rigid support frame having top and bottom frame members and side frame members. A filter element is disposed within and supported by the frame for filtering a medium passing through the filter element. Two opposing members of the frame are bendable into an arch to allow the filter to be progressively inserted along an arched path into a filter housing. In one embodiment, the filter is a cabin air filter for a vehicle and opposing sides of the frame are provided with V-shaped notches to facilitate bending the filter into an arch for insertion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventor: Ivo Ferreira