Patents by Inventor Luis Paul Vendrell

Luis Paul Vendrell 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: 10713969
    Abstract: An apparatus for simulating a vehicle traveling on a road and towing a trailer, wherein the apparatus includes a scale model towing vehicle and trailer combination positioned on a moving belt of a treadmill. The apparatus has a speed control and a remote control steering mechanism to demonstrate how the vehicle/trailer towing combination will react to vehicle operator inputs under varying conditions, including variations in weight distribution of the trailer load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Steve Taub, James D. Fait, Marco Garcia, Javier Nolasco, Edwin Dale Beck, III, Luis Paul Vendrell
  • Publication number: 20180025662
    Abstract: An apparatus for simulating a vehicle traveling on a road and towing a trailer, wherein the apparatus includes a scale model towing vehicle and trailer combination positioned on a moving belt of a treadmill. The apparatus has a speed control and a remote control steering mechanism to demonstrate how the vehicle/trailer towing combination will react to vehicle operator inputs under varying conditions, including variations in weight distribution of the trailer load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Steve Taub, James D. Fait, Marco Garcia, Javier Nolasco, Edwin Dale Beck, III, Luis Paul Vendrell
  • Patent number: 8436268
    Abstract: A system for sorting a mixed stream of colors and types of cullet into separate groups of cullet with similar color and type includes a source for transmitting light through a cullet, and a camera having a plurality of pixels for receiving light transmitted through the cullet or detecting the absence of light blocked by an opaque contaminant, the camera providing at least one value from the light received, wherein the cullet moves along a designated path based in part on the at least one value. The system further includes a radiation source for irradiating a cullet with selected spectral ranges of radiation, and a sensor for determining characteristics of one or more selected spectral ranges of fluorescent radiation emitted by the cullet, wherein the cullet moves along a designated path based in part on the characteristics of the one or more selected spectral ranges of fluorescent radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: eCullet
    Inventors: Farook Afsari, Beejahn Afsari, Patrick Charles Flynn, Dary Kopelioff, F. Scott Shook, Luis Paul Vendrell