Patents by Inventor Luis A. Prieto

Luis A. Prieto 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: 7699133
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for degrading and disabling a vehicle's engine throttle. The vehicle disable system includes a throttle position sensor that generates a throttle position signal, an electronic control module (“ECM”) input connected to the ECM on which the throttle position sensor provides the throttle position signal to the ECM, and an override input that enables an idling signal to be transmitted to the ECM instead of the throttle position signal. The method of the present invention includes the steps of receiving an input signal related to the state of the driver input mechanism, interpreting the input signal, and at least one of degrading and disabling the throttle based on the interpretation of the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy D. Bolduc, Christopher A. Hedges, Luis A. Prieto, R. Clarkson Griffin, Gerald P. Hunt
  • Publication number: 20090124982
    Abstract: The invention relates to an injector device for a syringe, the syringe including a plunger movably receivable by a barrel, the plunger having a push flange and the barrel defining an interior to movably receive the plunger, the barrel further including a base end including one or more lateral flanges and a tip end, the injector device comprising a first support defining a cavity surrounded by a peripheral edge into which the barrel of the syringe is perpendicularly insertable, wherein the base end of the barrel is supportable by the engagement between the peripheral edge of the first support and the one or more lateral flanges of the base end of the barrel, a second support movably coupled to the first support, the second support having a guide surface that abuttably engages the push flange of the plunger when engaged therewith, and at least two parallel guides movably coupling the second support to the first support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: Innovaciones en Suministro de Nurticion Enteral, S.L.
    Inventor: Luis Prieto Jimenez
  • Publication number: 20080314673
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for degrading and disabling a vehicle's engine throttle. The vehicle disable system includes a throttle position sensor that generates a throttle position signal, an electronic control module (“ECM”) input connected to the ECM on which the throttle position sensor provides the throttle position signal to the ECM, and an override input that enables an idling signal to be transmitted to the ECM instead of the throttle position signal. The method of the present invention includes the steps of receiving an input signal related to the state of the driver input mechanism, interpreting the input signal, and at least one of degrading and disabling the throttle based on the interpretation of the input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Timothy D. Bolduc, Christopher A. Hedges, Luis A. Prieto, R. Clarkson Griffin, Gerald P. Hunt
  • Patent number: 7434649
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for degrading and disabling a vehicle's engine throttle. The vehicle disable system includes a throttle position sensor that generates a throttle position signal, an electronic control module (“ECM”) input connected to the ECM on which the throttle position sensor provides the throttle position signal to the ECM, and an override input that enables an idling signal to be transmitted to the ECM instead of the throttle position signal. The method of the present invention includes the steps of receiving an input signal related to the state of the driver input mechanism, interpreting the input signal, and at least one of degrading and disabling the throttle based on the interpretation of the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy D. Bolduc, Christopher A. Hedges, Luis A. Prieto, R. Clarkson Griffin, Gerald P. Hunt
  • Publication number: 20050178602
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for degrading and disabling a vehicle's engine throttle. The vehicle disable system includes a throttle position sensor that generates a throttle position signal, an electronic control module (“ECM”) input connected to the ECM on which the throttle position sensor provides the throttle position signal to the ECM, and an override input that enables an idling signal to be transmitted to the ECM instead of the throttle position signal. The method of the present invention includes the steps of receiving an input signal related to the state of the driver input mechanism, interpreting the input signal, and at least one of degrading and disabling the throttle based on the interpretation of the input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Timothy Bolduc, Christopher Hedges, Luis Prieto, R. Griffin, Gerald Hunt