Patents by Inventor Brian Charles Porter

Brian Charles Porter 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).

  • Passive valve assembly
    Patent number: 6883775
    Abstract: A passive valve assembly for controlling the flow into or out of chamber (3) through a port (4). The valve assembly comprises a valve element (5) arranged to open in the direction of flow through the port. The valve element (5) has a piston (9) which is reciprocable in a cylinder (10) containing gas. On opening of the valve, gas is compressed in a first chamber (11) of the cylinder (10), and this energy of compression is used to reverse the direction of the valve element (5) and return it to its seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Innogy PLC
    Inventors: Michael Willboughby Essex Coney, Andrew Male, David Frankland West, Brian Charles Porter, Laurent Roger Spelliers
  • Hybrid powder sources distribution management
    Publication number: 20040074682
    Abstract: A hybrid power source includes first and second energy inputs such as an electric motor (14) and an internal combustion engine (20). A power source strategy is implemented in which a cost function is constructed associated with various power distribution options to allows improved distribution of power. For a specific cost (z=constant), the total amount of energy is obtained by integrating during a normalised driving cycle the generating power against time. Thereby a look-up table energy/cost is created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Peter Michael Fussey, Brian Charles Porter, Jonathan Charles Wheals, Craig Lucas Goodfellow
  • Passive valve assembly
    Publication number: 20030168618
    Abstract: A passive valve assembly for controlling the flow into or out of chamber (3) through a port (4). The valve assembly comprises a valve element (5) arranged to open in the direction of flow through the port. The valve element (5) has a piston (9) which is reciprocable in a cylinder (10) containing gas. On opening of the valve, gas is compressed in a first chamber (11) of the cylinder (10), and this energy of compression is used to reverse the direction of the valve element (5) and return it to its seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Willboughby Essex Coney, Andrew Male, David Frankland West, Brian Charles Porter, Laurent Roger Spelliers