JOSEPH VELLOZZI
Engineering in Ardsley, NY
License number
Massachusetts 34971
Issued Date
Nov 17, 1989
Expiration Date
Jun 30, 2006
Type
Civil Engineer
Address
Address
Ardsley, NY 10502
Professional information
Energy Absorbing System
US Patent:
6843613, Jan 18, 2005
Filed:
Feb 6, 2003
Appl. No.:
10/359666
Inventors:
Matthew A. Gelfand - Rockville Centre NY, US
Joseph Vellozzi - Ardsley NY, US
John S. Paner - Lancaster NY, US
Norman D. MacKenzie - Alden NY, US
Shubin Ruan - Williamsville NY, US
Dean C. Alberson - Bryan TX, US
Joseph Vellozzi - Ardsley NY, US
John S. Paner - Lancaster NY, US
Norman D. MacKenzie - Alden NY, US
Shubin Ruan - Williamsville NY, US
Dean C. Alberson - Bryan TX, US
Assignee:
Universal Safety Response, Inc. - New York NY
International Classification:
E01F 1506
US Classification:
404 6, 244110 C, 256 131
Abstract:
A heavy duty ground retractable automobile barrier for a railroad crossing. Concrete bunkers are placed at each side of a roadway. An upstanding concrete-filled steel pipe fixed in each bunker has a sleeve for rotational and axial movement. Shock absorbers are mounted on each sleeve. A net extends across the road and is attached to the opposite ends of the shock absorbers. Collision of an automobile with the net creates tensile forces in the net. The shock absorbers expand while rotating about the pipe's axis in response to tensile forces from the net that meet or exceed a minimum threshold. Forces from the net pass through the axis of the steel pipe. The net is stored in a pit transverse the roadway parallel to the railroad tracks and is raised and lowered as appropriate. The net includes a cable that extends across the road in a wave pattern, having peaks, valleys and midpoints, wherein tangents of the wave midpoints are at least 90 degrees from tangents of the peaks and valleys.
Energy Absorbing System
US Patent:
7785031, Aug 31, 2010
Filed:
Feb 6, 2003
Appl. No.:
10/504068
Inventors:
Joseph Vellozzi - Ardsley NY, US
Matthew A. Gelfand - Rockville Centre NY, US
John S. Paner - Lancaster NY, US
Norman D. Mackenzie - Alden NY, US
Shubin Ruan - Williamsville NY, US
Dean C. Alberson - Bryan TX, US
Matthew A. Gelfand - Rockville Centre NY, US
John S. Paner - Lancaster NY, US
Norman D. Mackenzie - Alden NY, US
Shubin Ruan - Williamsville NY, US
Dean C. Alberson - Bryan TX, US
Assignee:
Universal Safety Response, Inc. - Franklin TN
International Classification:
E01F 15/00
US Classification:
404 6, 404 10, 49 9, 49 33, 49 34, 49 49
Abstract:
A heavy duty ground retractable automobile barrier for a railroad crossing. Concrete bunkers are placed at each side of a roadway. An upstanding concrete-filled steel pipe fixed in each bunker has a sleeve for rotational and axial movement. Shock absorbers are mounted on each sleeve. A net extends across the road and is attached to the opposite ends of the shock absorbers. Collision of an automobile with the net creates tensile forces in the net. The shock absorbers expand while rotating about the pipe's axis in response to tensile forces from the net that meet or exceed a minimum threshold. Forces from the net pass through the axis of the steel pipe. The net is stored in a pit transverse the roadway parallel to the railroad tracks and is raised and lowered as appropriate. The net includes a cable that extends across the road in a wave pattern, having peaks, valleys and midpoints, wherein tangents of the wave midpoints are at least 90 degrees from tangents of the peaks and valleys.
Energy Absorbing System
US Patent:
2003001, Jan 23, 2003
Filed:
Feb 7, 2002
Appl. No.:
10/072678
Inventors:
Matthew Gelfand - Rockville Centre NY, US
Joseph Vellozzi - Ardsley NY, US
John Paner - Lancaster NY, US
Norman Mackenzie - Alden NY, US
Shubin Ruan - Williamsville NY, US
D. Bullard - College Station TX, US
Dean Alberson - Bryan TX, US
Joseph Vellozzi - Ardsley NY, US
John Paner - Lancaster NY, US
Norman Mackenzie - Alden NY, US
Shubin Ruan - Williamsville NY, US
D. Bullard - College Station TX, US
Dean Alberson - Bryan TX, US
International Classification:
E01F013/00
US Classification:
404/006000
Abstract:
A heavy duty ground retractable automobile barrier for a railroad crossing. Concrete bunkers are placed at each side of a roadway. An upstanding concrete-filled steel pipe fixed in each bunker has a sleeve for rotational and axial movement. Shock absorbers are mounted on each sleeve. A net extends across the road and is attached to the opposite ends of the shock absorbers. Collision of an automobile with the net creates tensile forces in the net. The shock absorbers expand while rotating about the pipe's axis in response to tensile forces from the net that meet or exceed a minimum threshold. Forces from the net pass through the axis of the steel pipe. The net is stored in a pit transverse the roadway parallel to the railroad tracks and is raised and lowered as appropriate. The net includes a cable that extends across the road in a wave pattern, having peaks, valleys and midpoints, wherein tangents of the wave midpoints are at least 90 degrees from tangents of the peaks and valleys.
Energy Absorbing System
US Patent:
8118516, Feb 21, 2012
Filed:
Jul 12, 2010
Appl. No.:
12/834329
Inventors:
Matthew A. Gelfand - Franklin TN, US
Joseph Vellozzi - Ardsley NY, US
John S. Paner - Lancaster NY, US
Norman D. Mackenzie - Alden NY, US
Shubin Ruan - Williamsville NY, US
Dean C. Alberson - Bryan TX, US
Joseph Vellozzi - Ardsley NY, US
John S. Paner - Lancaster NY, US
Norman D. Mackenzie - Alden NY, US
Shubin Ruan - Williamsville NY, US
Dean C. Alberson - Bryan TX, US
Assignee:
Smith & Wesson Security Solutions, Inc. - Franklin TN
International Classification:
E01F 15/00
US Classification:
404 6, 404 10, 49 9, 49 33, 49 34, 49 49
Abstract:
An energy absorbing system having a stanchion, a linearly extendable energy absorber coupled to the stanchion, a net coupled to the energy absorber, wherein the net transfers force to the energy absorber, and a securing mechanism that maintains tension between the net and the energy absorber until acted upon by tensile forces of at least a minimum threshold force, wherein at least a portion of the system is retractable into the ground.
Ground Retractable Automobile Barrier
US Patent:
5762443, Jun 9, 1998
Filed:
Feb 26, 1996
Appl. No.:
8/606600
Inventors:
Matthew A. Gelfand - Rockville Centre NY
James C. Herrmann - Rockville Centre NY
John M. R. Fitzgerald - Stony Brook NY
Joseph Vellozzi - Ardsley NY
Joel L. Stahmer - Pennington NJ
James C. Herrmann - Rockville Centre NY
John M. R. Fitzgerald - Stony Brook NY
Joseph Vellozzi - Ardsley NY
Joel L. Stahmer - Pennington NJ
Assignee:
Universal Safety Response, Inc. - Rockville Centre NY
International Classification:
E01F 1304, B61L 2900
US Classification:
404 6
Abstract:
A heavy duty shock absorber system for resisting large forces as may be encountered, for example, in a restraining barrier for a railroad crossing. A concrete bunker with an upstanding concrete-filled steel pipe has a hydraulic, compressive shock absorber mounted on the steel pipe for rotational, axial, and orthogonal movement. Forces applied to the shock absorber always pass through the axis of the steel pipe, thereby maximizing the resistance to the force while minimizing the necessary size of the system. A net is stored in a pit transverse the roadway parallel to the railroad tracks and is raised and lowered as appropriate. Each end of the net is attached to shock absorbing systems of the type described above.