Patents by Inventor Marcelo Martins Pinheiro

Marcelo Martins Pinheiro 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).

  • Wave energy plant for electricity generation
    Patent number: 8099955
    Abstract: The invention herein proposed describes a plant operated by the movement of floaters (A) connected to horizontal arms (B). These arms (B) move hydraulic pumps (C), which inject water into the hyperbaric chamber (E). This chamber (E) supplies water through an outflow control valve, to set in motion a conventional turbine (G) that connected to electric generator supplies electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: COPPE/UFRJ—Coordenacao dos Programas de Pos Graduacao de Engenharia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
    Inventors: Segen Farid Estefen, Paulo Roberto Da Costa, Marcelo Martins Pinheiro
  • Wave Energy Plant for Electricity Generation
    Publication number: 20080231054
    Abstract: The invention herein proposed describes a plant operated by the movement of floaters (A) connected to horizontal arms (B). These arms (B) move hydraulic pumps (C), which inject water into the hyperbaric chamber (E). This chamber (E) supplies water through an outflow control valve, to set in motion a conventional turbine (G) that connected to electric generator supplies electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Segen Farid Estefen, Paulo Roberto Da Costa, Marcelo Martins Pinheiro