Patents by Inventor Luis Pereira

Luis Pereira 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: 20250090641
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vector for use in the treatment of a polyglutamine repeat spinocerebellar ataxia, which vector comprises cholesterol 24-hydroxylase encoding nucleic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Sandro ALVES, Nathalie CARTIER-LACAVE, Luis PEREIRA DE ALMEIDA, Clévio NOBREGA, Liliana MENDONÇA
  • Publication number: 20250057360
    Abstract: A new edible oil and fat filtering device, designed to extend the useful life of oils used in frying procedures, designed to extend the useful life of oils used in frying procedures, due to the fact that it has reduced dimensions, enabled to be immersed in the frying pan directly into the oil to be filtered, thus eliminating the time spent with the removal and transport of the hot oil, compared to traditional filtering methods, reducing the filtering time and making the process safer; and at the same time keeping the oil viscosity low and making it easier to pass through the filtering element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventor: Fernando Luis Pereira CAZZOLI
  • Patent number: 12138298
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vector for use in the treatment of a polyglutamine repeat spinocerebellar ataxia, which vector comprises cholesterol 24-hydroxylase encoding nucleic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignees: BRAINVECTIS, INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTËET DE LA RECHERCHE MÊDICALE), UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA, CENTRO DE NEUROCIÊNCIAS BIOLOGIA CELULAR
    Inventors: Sandro Alves, Nathalie Cartier-Lacave, Luis Pereira De Almeida, Clévio Nobrega, Liliana Mendonça
  • Publication number: 20240361746
    Abstract: A method for optimization of electrical discharge machining process for eroding a workpiece by an electrode mounted in an electrical discharge machine tool, wherein a plurality of electrodes are required to form a plurality of cavities on the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventor: Luis PEREIRA
  • Patent number: 11460835
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present BOP control systems include a system controller configured to actuate a first BOP function by communicating one or more commands to one or more nodes of a functional pathway selected from one or more available functional pathways associated with the first BOP function, each node comprising an actuatable component configured to actuate in response to a command received from the system controller, each node having one or more sensors configured to capture a first data set corresponding to actuation of the component and a processor configured to analyze the first data set to determine a useful life remaining of the component and/or compare the first data set to a second data set corresponding to a simulation of actuation of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: TRANSOCEAN INNOVATION LABS LTD.
    Inventors: John Matthew Dalton, Luis Pereira
  • Publication number: 20210051844
    Abstract: The seeding positioner device applied to agricultural planters comprising a structure consisted of a rotating seed pusher that directs the seeds to a labyrinth (14) moving in a opposite direction, allowing to control the seed release as the speed the assembly rotates, so that the discharge spacing will be commanded by a gears-driven compartment (22) which directs the seeds to a discharge tube (23), wherein the pneumatic system generates positive air pressure. Thus, the compressed air will push the seed against the soil in order to maintain the perfect line positioning and increasing the planting speed. The seeding positioner device can be driven by an electric motor, a pneumatic motor, a hydraulic motor, a cardan shaft, a pitch chain, or a twisting cable, according to the planter type. In addition, the device constructional shape prevents the seeds from being damaged and loses germination capacity when passing through the mechanism, allowing the equipment to be applied and adapted to work with any seed type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Pedro Luis Pereira Couto, Thiago De Carvalho Ribeiro
  • Publication number: 20200332653
    Abstract: A subsea processor may be located near the seabed of a drilling site and used to coordinate operations of underwater drilling components. The subsea processor may be enclosed in a single interchangeable unit that fits a receptor on an underwater drilling component, such as a blow-out preventer (BOP). The subsea processor may issue commands to control the BOP and receive measurements from sensors located throughout the BOP. The subsea processor may relay information to the surface for recording or monitoring. The subsea processor may also be programmed with a model from which to base operation of the BOP, such as in emergency conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Transocean Innovation Labs Ltd.
    Inventors: Jose Gutierrez, Luis Pereira
  • Patent number: 10539010
    Abstract: A subsea processor may be located near the seabed of a drilling site and used to coordinate operations of underwater drilling components. The subsea processor may be enclosed in a single interchangeable unit that fits a receptor on an underwater drilling component, such as a blow-out preventer (BOP). The subsea processor may issue commands to control the BOP and receive measurements from sensors located throughout the BOP. The subsea processor may relay information to the surface for recording or monitoring. The subsea processor may also be programmed with a model from which to base operation of the BOP, such as in emergency conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Transocean Innovation Labs Ltd.
    Inventors: Jose Gutierrez, Luis Pereira
  • Publication number: 20190343927
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vector for use in the treatment of a polyglutamine repeat spinocerebellar ataxia, which vector comprises cholesterol 24-hydroxylase encoding nucleic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Sandro ALVES, Nathalie CARTIER-LACAVE, Luis PEREIRA DE ALMEIDA, Clévio NOBREGA, Liliana MENDONÇA
  • Publication number: 20190278260
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present BOP control systems include a system controller configured to actuate a first BOP function by communicating one or more commands to one or more nodes of a functional pathway selected from one or more available functional pathways associated with the first BOP function, each node comprising an actuatable component configured to actuate in response to a command received from the system controller, each node having one or more sensors configured to capture a first data set corresponding to actuation of the component and a processor configured to analyze the first data set to determine a useful life remaining of the component and/or compare the first data set to a second data set corresponding to a simulation of actuation of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Transocean Innovation Labs Ltd.
    Inventors: John Matthew DALTON, Luis PEREIRA
  • Patent number: 9952170
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting degradation and failures, include types of failures, in a hose assembly are disclosed. One system includes a hose degradation monitoring circuit having a hose assembly including a hose having first and second conductive layers, and a degradation monitoring circuit configured to detect a resistance of the hose across the conductive layers. The degradation monitoring circuit includes a voltage source electrically connected to the first conductive layer, and a resistor electrically connected between the second conductive layer and ground. The degradation monitoring circuit further includes a voltage monitoring circuit electrically connected between the resistor and the second conductive layer, to periodically monitor a voltage at the location and detect a possible failure of the hose assembly upon determining that, based at least in part on a change in the voltage at the location over time, a resistance of the hose assembly has passed a threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Sameer Subhash Upasani, Abhay Shinde, Luis Pereira
  • Publication number: 20160237773
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present BOP control systems include a system controller configured to actuate a first BOP function by communicating one or more commands to one or more nodes of a functional pathway selected from one or more available functional pathways associated with the first BOP function, each node comprising an actuatable component configured to actuate in response to a command received from the system controller, each node having one or more sensors configured to capture a first data set corresponding to actuation of the component and a processor configured to analyze the first data set to determine a useful life remaining of the component and/or compare the first data set to a second data set corresponding to a simulation of actuation of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: John Matthew Dalton, Luis Pereira
  • Patent number: 9322264
    Abstract: A subsea processor may be located near the seabed of a drilling site and used to coordinate operations of underwater drilling components. The subsea processor may be enclosed in a single interchangeable unit that fits a receptor on an underwater drilling component, such as a blow-out preventer (BOP). The subsea processor may issue commands to control the BOP and receive measurements from sensors located throughout the BOP. A shared communications bus may interconnect the subsea processor and underwater components and the subsea processor and a surface or onshore network. The shared communications bus may be operated according to a time division multiple access (TDMA) scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: TRANSOCEAN INNOVATION LABS LTD
    Inventors: Jose Gutierrez, Luis Pereira
  • Publication number: 20150177172
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting degradation and failures, include types of failures, in a hose assembly are disclosed. One system includes a hose degradation monitoring circuit having a hose assembly including a hose having first and second conductive layers, and a degradation monitoring circuit configured to detect a resistance of the hose across the conductive layers. The degradation monitoring circuit includes a voltage source electrically connected to the first conductive layer, and a resistor electrically connected between the second conductive layer and ground. The degradation monitoring circuit further includes a voltage monitoring circuit electrically connected between the resistor and the second conductive layer, to periodically monitor a voltage at the location and detect a possible failure of the hose assembly upon determining that, based at least in part on a change in the voltage at the location over time, a resistance of the hose assembly has passed a threshold level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sameer Subhash Upasani, Abhay Shinde, Luis Pereira
  • Publication number: 20150104328
    Abstract: This disclosure includes subsea pumping apparatuses and related methods. Some apparatuses include one or more subsea pumps, each having an inlet and an outlet, and one or more motors, each configured to actuate at least one pump to communicate a hydraulic fluid from the inlet to the outlet, where the subsea pumping apparatus is configured to be in fluid communication with a hydraulically actuated device of a blowout preventer. Some subsea pumping apparatuses include one or more of: a desalination system configured to produce at least a portion of the hydraulic fluid; one or more valves, each configured to selectively route hydraulic fluid from an outlet of a pump to, for example, a subsea environment, a reservoir, and/or the inlet of the pump; and a reservoir configured to store at least a portion of the hydraulic fluid. Some apparatuses are configured to be directly coupled to the hydraulically actuated device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Guy Robert Babbitt, John Mathew Dalton, Luis Pereira, James Edward Kersey
  • Publication number: 20150094866
    Abstract: This disclosure includes BOP control and/or power and/or data communication systems and related methods. Some systems use or include a plurality of controllers, each in communication with a BOP control network and configured to transmit information associated with the BOP, and a signal conditioning circuit in electrical communication with and configured to provide a power signal and a data signal to at least one of the plurality of controllers, the signal conditioning circuit including a signal coupler, a subsea signal decoupler, an amplifier, and/or a frequency converter, where each controller is in communication with one or more processors and is configured to transmit at least a portion of the information through the BOP control network during a respective time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Luis Pereira, Jose Gutierrez, John Matthew Dalton, Guy Robert Babbitt, Terry Dickson, Fari Godazandeh, Mete Mutlu, Taofik Wassar
  • Patent number: 8967757
    Abstract: Systems and methods for print head calibration. In an exemplary embodiment, the method may include scanning an image on a print media to obtain an optical density profile. The method may also include selecting at least one window in the optical density profile. The method may also include generating an average profile for each window. The method may also include identifying variations in uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Behnam Bastani, David Luis Pereira, Jose Ramos
  • Publication number: 20140102713
    Abstract: A subsea processor may be located near the seabed of a drilling site and used to coordinate operations of underwater drilling components. The subsea processor may be enclosed in a single interchangeable unit that fits a receptor on an underwater drilling component, such as a blow-out preventer (BOP). The subsea processor may issue commands to control the BOP and receive measurements from sensors located throughout the BOP. A shared communications bus may interconnect the subsea processor and underwater components and the subsea processor and a surface or onshore network. The shared communications bus may be operated according to a time division multiple access (TDMA) scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX VENTURES LIMITED
    Inventors: Jose Gutierrez, Luis Pereira
  • Publication number: 20140102712
    Abstract: A subsea processor may be located near the seabed of a drilling site and used to coordinate operations of underwater drilling components. The subsea processor may be enclosed in a single interchangeable unit that fits a receptor on an underwater drilling component, such as a blow-out preventer (BOP). The subsea processor may issue commands to control the BOP and receive measurements from sensors located throughout the BOP. The subsea processor may relay information to the surface for recording or monitoring. The subsea processor may also be programmed with a model from which to base operation of the BOP, such as in emergency conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited
    Inventors: Jose Gutierrez, Luis Pereira
  • Patent number: 8454827
    Abstract: A filter for edible oil and fat designed to increase the useful life of oil and fat used for frying foodstuff and to improve the quality thereof, having reduced shape and dimensions, thus allowing to be immersed in the oil to be filtered, thus eliminating the time spent for removing and conveying the hot oil compared to the traditional filtering methods and making the process safer; the shorter time reducing the loss of heat, thus keeping the oil hot and the viscosity low and thus facilitating the passage thereof through filtering element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Inventor: Fernando Luis Pereira Cazzoli