Patents by Inventor Ralph E. DeFlorio

Ralph E. DeFlorio 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: 5541778
    Abstract: A special rear vision mirror device and installation which provides and utilizes a continual safety monitoring of the angular relationship between the pivotally-connected tractor and trailer vehicle units of a "semi" (tractor/trailer tandem-connected vehicles). The overall mirror installation, during a semi's turning maneuver, automatically rotates the mirror in a special relation and correspondence to what at each increment of the turn is the angular relation of the tractor and trailer, particularly the angular changes from a straight (in line) tandem vehicle relation, occurring while the semi is in the turning maneuver. This provides, continuously, a controlled, and as needed, continuously-adjusted safety setting for the mirror, such that the driver's safety-needed vision of the trailer's rear portion and rear wheels is viewable through the mirror; thus the driver's vision during a turn is permitted and provided by the mirror to be that of maximal safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Inventor: Ralph E. DeFlorio