Patents by Inventor Joseph Howard Sostaric

Joseph Howard Sostaric 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).

  • Method and system for calculating and reporting slump in delivery vehicles
    Patent number: 8989905
    Abstract: A system for managing a concrete delivery vehicle having a mixing drum 14 and hydraulic drive 16 for rotating the mixing drum, including a rotational sensor 20 configured to sense a rotational speed of the mixing drum, a hydraulic sensor 22 coupled to the hydraulic drive and configured to sense a hydraulic pressure required to turn the mixing drum, a temperature sensor for sensing temperature of the drum, and a communications port 26 configured to communicate a slump calculation to a status system 28 commonly used in the concrete industry, wherein the sensing of the rotational speed of the mixing drum is used to qualify a calculation of current slump based on the hydraulic pressure required to turn the mixing drum. Temperature readings are further used to qualify or evaluate a load. Also, water purge connections facilitate cold weather operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Verifi LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Howard Sostaric, Michael Topputo, Steve Verdino, Andrew S. Morrison
  • Method and System for Calculating and Reporting Slump in Delivery Vehicles
    Publication number: 20090037026
    Abstract: A system for managing a concrete delivery vehicle having a mixing drum 14 and hydraulic drive 16 for rotating the mixing drum, including a rotational sensor 20 configured to sense a rotational speed of the mixing drum, a hydraulic sensor 22 coupled to the hydraulic drive and configured to sense a hydraulic pressure required to turn the mixing drum, a temperature sensor for sensing temperature of the drum, and a communications port 26 configured to communicate a slump calculation to a status system 28 commonly used in the concrete industry, wherein the sensing of the rotational speed of the mixing drum is used to qualify a calculation of current slump based on the hydraulic pressure required to turn the mixing drum. Temperature readings are further used to qualify or evaluate a load. Also, water purge connections facilitate cold weather operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: RS SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Howard Sostaric, Michael Topputo, Steve Verdino, Andrew S. Morrison