Patents by Inventor Renato Altamura

Renato Altamura 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 apparatus for supplying a track circuit
    Patent number: 8333349
    Abstract: An apparatus for supplying a track circuit in a railway line provided with a plurality of track circuits adjacent to one another and electrically insulated from one another. Said circuit comprises a pair of rails (R) formed by parallel metal bars (B) and a transmission block (2), capable of supplying the track circuit via a voltage generator designed to cause a current to flow in the circuit, it being possible for information to be associated to said current signal via a predetermined code. Said current delivered and absorbed by the circuit is detectable by a detection device provided on board a train that is travelling along that track circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Sirti S.p.A.
    Inventors: Renato Altamura, Daniele Trentini
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING A TRACK CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20110284697
    Abstract: An apparatus for supplying a track circuit in a railway line provided with a plurality of track circuits adjacent to one another and electrically insulated from one another. Said circuit comprises a pair of rails (R) formed by parallel metal bars (B) and a transmission block (2), capable of supplying the track circuit via a voltage generator designed to cause a current to flow in the circuit, it being possible for information to be associated to said current signal via a predetermined code. Said current delivered and absorbed by the circuit is detectable by a detection device provided on board a train that is travelling along that track circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Renato Altamura, Daniele Trentini