Patents by Inventor Pedro Vaz Viegas

Pedro Vaz Viegas 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).

  • Sustainable filtering device for collecting floating debris
    Patent number: 9556577
    Abstract: An assembly for being dragged by a vessel, wherein the assembly includes a filtering system and a fluidum guiding system, wherein the filtering system is suitable for filtering large volumes of fluidum, and wherein the fluidum guiding system defines a channel configured such that at least in a channel portion the current velocity of the fluidum guided through that channel portion is reduced downstream, and wherein the fluidum guiding system and the filtering system are mutually arranged such that current velocity of fluidum filtered in the filtering system is reduced for decreasing drag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: IHC HOLLAND IE B.V.
    Inventors: Pedro Vaz Viegas, Maria Bernardete Goncalves Castro, Edwin Albert Munts
  • SUSTAINABLE FILTERING DEVICE FOR COLLECTING FLOATING DEBRIS
    Publication number: 20150034565
    Abstract: An assembly for being dragged by a vessel, wherein the assembly includes a filtering system and a fluidum guiding system, wherein the filtering system is suitable for filtering large volumes of fluidum, and wherein the fluidum guiding system defines a channel configured such that at least in a channel portion the current velocity of the fluidum guided through that channel portion is reduced downstream, and wherein the fluidum guiding system and the filtering system are mutually arranged such that current velocity of fluidum filtered in the filtering system is reduced for decreasing drag
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Pedro Vaz Viegas, Maria Bernardete Goncalves Castro, Edwin Albert Munts