Patents by Inventor Ricardo Melendez

Ricardo Melendez 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).

  • Vehicle cluster with high speed warning indicator using position data
    Patent number: 9566896
    Abstract: An instrument cluster system for a vehicle includes a speedometer gauge having markings indicative of speeds of the vehicle, a pointer, and a speed warning indicator including adjacent lights arranged in position to correlate with the markings. A control unit receives inputs including a speed of the vehicle. GPS provides a location of the vehicle so that the control unit can obtain a posted speed limit of a road on which the vehicle is located. The control unit sends processed data to the cluster so that the cluster can control the lights based on the posted speed limit, such that lights correlating with speeds below the posted speed limit can be illuminated green and lights correlating with speeds above the posted speed limit can be illuminated red, thereby providing a visual warning to a driver as to whether the vehicle is operating above or below the posted speed limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Raul Armenta Lopez, Ricardo Melendez Paz, Ernesto Morales Guerrero, Marco Antonio Vega Diaz
  • VEHICLE CLUSTER WITH HIGH SPEED WARNING INDICATOR
    Publication number: 20160046229
    Abstract: An instrument cluster system for a vehicle includes a speedometer gauge having markings indicative of speeds of the vehicle, a pointer, and a speed warning indicator including adjacent lights arranged in position to correlate with the markings. A control unit receives inputs including a speed of the vehicle. GPS provides a location of the vehicle so that the control unit can obtain a posted speed limit of a road on which the vehicle is located. The control unit sends processed data to the cluster so that the cluster can control the lights based on the posted speed limit, such that lights correlating with speeds below the posted speed limit can be illuminated green and lights correlating with speeds above the posted speed limit can be illuminated red, thereby providing a visual warning to a driver as to whether the vehicle is operating above or below the posted speed limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Victor Raul Armenta Lopez, Ricardo Melendez Paz, Ernesto Morales Guerrero, Marco Antonio Vega Diaz
  • Skate sandals
    Patent number: 4364187
    Abstract: A device to be detachably connected to a roller skate having wheels to facilitate walking including a bottom portion held onto the skate with spring clips. An enclosing wall extends up from the bottom portion to shield the clips and wheels from view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1982
    Inventor: Ricardo Melendez
  • Egg-shaped gift certificate
    Patent number: D813946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Inventor: Ricardo Melendez