Patents by Inventor Andrew Early
Andrew Early 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).
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Patent number: 11966487Abstract: A system deletes and sanitizes files in a distributed file system. The system also randomizes rotation of data in a distributed file system.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Nicholas Wayne Barrett, Gregory Andrew Early
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Publication number: 20220350904Abstract: A system deletes and sanitizes files in a distributed file system. The system also randomizes rotation of data in a distributed file system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Nicholas Wayne Barrett, Gregory Andrew Early
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Patent number: 11372988Abstract: A system deletes and sanitizes files in a distributed file system. The system also randomizes rotation of data in a distributed file system.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Nicholas Wayne Barrett, Gregory Andrew Early
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Publication number: 20200410121Abstract: A system deletes and sanitizes files in a distributed file system. The system also randomizes rotation of data in a distributed file system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Nicholas Wayne Barrett, Gregory Andrew Early
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Patent number: 10707723Abstract: The invention provides a flywheel system comprising a flywheel mounted for rotation within a chamber, a vacuum pump system and a valve for selectively closing a passage, wherein the chamber is coupled to an inlet of the vacuum pump system via the passage. The invention also provides a method of controlling the starting and stopping of the flywheel system.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Punch Flybrid LimitedInventors: Daniel R. Jones, Andrew Early
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Patent number: 10422410Abstract: The present invention relates to a flywheel apparatus for energy storage and recovery including a housing within which there is a chamber in which a flywheel on a shaft rotates. The chamber is evacuated to at or near vacuum pressure, so that air resistance-related energy losses of the flywheel as it rotates are reduced. Maintaining near-vacuum pressure within the chamber requires an effective seal between the housing and the shaft. The effective seal must be maintained despite any relative movement (in particular translational movement) of the flywheel and the housing. To this end, the shaft is mounted via a bearing arrangement on a carrier on which is also mounted a sealing arrangement. The carrier is mounted on the housing such that the carrier, the bearing arrangement and the sealing arrangement move substantially together relative to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Punch Flybrid LimitedInventors: Andrew Early, Daniel R. Jones, Tobias Knichel
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Patent number: 10018246Abstract: A high speed flywheel system, including a flywheel mounted on a shaft, the flywheel being located within an evacuated chamber within a housing, wherein the chamber is sealed by seals including a cavity containing sealing fluid, wherein the seal cavity can be topped up with sealing fluid from a reservoir, the reservoir having an aperture open to the atmosphere for pressure equalization, the flywheel housing being mounted on the shaft via a bearing arrangement including at least one bearing situated externally to the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Flybrid Automotic LimitedInventors: Andrew Early, Jonathan James Robert Hilton, Douglas Isaac Lascelles Cross
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Publication number: 20180142763Abstract: The invention provides a flywheel system comprising a flywheel mounted for rotation within a chamber, a vacuum pump system and a valve for selectively closing a passage, wherein the chamber is coupled to an inlet of the vacuum pump system via the passage. The invention also provides a method of controlling the starting and stopping of the flywheel system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Daniel R. JONES, Andrew EARLY
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Publication number: 20180023661Abstract: The present invention relates to a flywheel apparatus for energy storage and recovery including a housing within which there is a chamber in which a flywheel on a shaft rotates. The chamber is evacuated to at or near vacuum pressure, so that air resistance-related energy losses of the flywheel as it rotates are reduced. Maintaining near-vacuum pressure within the chamber requires an effective seal between the housing and the shaft. The effective seal must be maintained despite any relative movement (in particular translational movement) of the flywheel and the housing. To this end, the shaft is mounted via a bearing arrangement on a carrier on which is also mounted a sealing arrangement. The carrier is mounted on the housing such that the carrier, the bearing arrangement and the sealing arrangement move substantially together relative to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventors: Andrew EARLY, Daniel R. JONES, Tobias KNICHEL
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Publication number: 20160265622Abstract: A high speed flywheel system, including a flywheel mounted on a shaft, the flywheel being located within an evacuated chamber within a housing, wherein the chamber is sealed by seals including a cavity containing sealing fluid, wherein the seal cavity can be topped up with sealing fluid from a reservoir, the reservoir having an aperture open to the atmosphere for pressure equalization, the flywheel housing being mounted on the shaft via a bearing arrangement including at least one bearing situated externally to the chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Andrew Early, Jonathan James Robert Hilton, Douglas Isaac Lascelles Cross
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Publication number: 20160252158Abstract: The invention provides a flywheel system comprising a flywheel mounted for rotation within a chamber, a vacuum pump system and a valve for selectively closing a passage, wherein the chamber is coupled to an inlet of the vacuum pump system via the passage. The invention also provides a method of controlling the starting and stopping of the flywheel system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: Daniel R. JONES, Andrew EARLY
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Patent number: 9303721Abstract: A high speed flywheel system, including a flywheel mounted on a shaft, the flywheel being located within an evacuated chamber within a housing, wherein the chamber is sealed by seals including a cavity containing sealing fluid, wherein the seal cavity can be topped up with sealing fluid from a reservoir, the reservoir having an aperture open to the atmosphere for pressure equalization, the flywheel housing being mounted on the shaft via a bearing arrangement including at least one bearing situated externally to the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2009Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: FLYBRID AUTOMOTIVE LIMITEDInventors: Andrew Early, Jonathan James Robert Hilton, Douglas Isaac Lascelles Cross
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Patent number: 8778910Abstract: The invention relates to concentrated liquid cleansing compositions in lamellar phase which possess a lotion-like appearance conveying signals of enhanced moisturization. The use of a specific ratio of synthetic anionic surfactant(s) and co-surfactant(s) to fatty acid(s) in a structured liquid product was found to improve lather production by moderating or eliminating the increase in viscosity upon dilution. In a further embodiment, specific small hydrophobic molecules were found to improve freeze/thaw stability and thereby cause the inventive composition to maintain noticeable moisturization signals.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Chandra Sekhar Palla-Venkata, Yuntao Thomas Hu, Kevin David Hermanson, Rajendra Mohanlal Dave, Lin Yang, James Andrew Early, Alexander Kingston Shutak, Anat Shiloach, Teanoosh Moaddel
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Publication number: 20140162979Abstract: The invention relates to concentrated liquid cleansing compositions in lamellar phase which possess a lotion-like appearance conveying signals of enhanced moisturization. The use of a specific ratio of synthetic anionic surfactant(s) and co-surfactant(s) to fatty acid(s) in a structured liquid product was found to improve lather production by moderating or eliminating the increase in viscosity upon dilution. In a further embodiment, specific small hydrophobic molecules were found to improve freeze/thaw stability and thereby cause the inventive composition to maintain noticeable moisturization signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVERInventors: CHANDRA SEKHAR PALLA-VENKATA, YUNTAO THOMAS HU, KEVIN DAVID HERMANSON, RAJENDRA MOHANLAL DAVE, LIN YANG, JAMES ANDREW EARLY, ALEXANDER KINGSTON SHUTAK, ANAT SHILOACH, TEANOOSH MOADDEL
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Publication number: 20110232415Abstract: A high speed flywheel system, including a flywheel mounted on a shaft, the flywheel being located within an evacuated chamber within a housing, wherein the chamber is sealed by seals including a cavity containing sealing fluid, wherein the seal cavity can be topped up with sealing fluid from a reservoir, the reservoir having an aperture open to the atmosphere for pressure equalization, the flywheel housing being mounted on the shaft via a bearing arrangement including at least one bearing situated externally to the chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Inventors: Andrew Early, Jonathan James Robert Hilton, Douglas Isaac Lascelles Cross