Patents by Inventor Vincenzo Ciampi

Vincenzo Ciampi 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).

  • Energy dissipating device for rendering a structure impervious to seismic occurrences
    Patent number: 5058338
    Abstract: An energy dissipating device, particularly for use in structures impervious to seismic occurrences, includes a metal element having the shape of at least a symmetrical double portal, which is asymmetrically deformable in the elastic field or beyond the elastic limit. The center pier of this portal is fastened to one portion of the structure, whereas the two side piers are fastened to another portion of the structure so as to compel this metal element, upon a relative movement of the two portions of the structure, to be deformed in the elasto-plastic field, thereby dissipating the deformation work by hysteresis of the material principally in the form of heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: FIMA S.p.A.
    Inventor: Vincenzo Ciampi