Patents by Inventor Marcelo Daniel Ruffolo

Marcelo Daniel Ruffolo 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 arrangement for improving tomographic determinations, particularly suitable for inspection of steel reinforcement bars in concrete structures
    Patent number: 8064571
    Abstract: A method and arrangement for improving tomographic determinations by means of radiation, specially suitable for steel bars in concrete. The method comprising irradiating said body with penetrating radiation, recording said radiation transmitted through said body in recording means; providing a reference system with a plurality of independently identified and individualized reference elements made of a high density radiation-absorbent material, such reference elements being arranged in an orderly manner; identifying the above mentioned measurements; determining irradiation times; and determining the position and size of objects within a body based on the information recorded on the recording means used for measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Tomografia de Hormigon Armado S.A.
    Inventors: Peter Thieberger, Mario Alberto Juan Mariscotti, Marcelo Daniel Ruffolo, Teresita Frigerio
  • METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR IMPROVING TOMOGRAPHIC DETERMINATIONS, PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR INSPECTION OF STEEL REINFORCEMENT BARS IN CONCRETE STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20100054397
    Abstract: A method and arrangement for improving tomographic determinations by means of radiation, specially suitable for steel bars in concrete. The method comprising irradiating said body with penetrating radiation, recording said radiation transmitted through said body in recording means; providing a reference system with a plurality of independently identified and individualized reference elements made of a high density radiation-absorbent material, such reference elements being arranged in an orderly manner; identifying the above mentioned measurements; determining irradiation times; and determining the position and size of objects within a body based on the information recorded on the recording means used for measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Peter Thieberger, Mario Alberto Juan Mariscotti, Marcelo Daniel Ruffolo, Teresita Frigerio