Patents by Inventor Cecil M. Brandon, Jr.

Cecil M. Brandon, Jr. 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).

  • Compliant banding system
    Patent number: 8474392
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a compliant banding system for use in a marine environment comprising a flexible compliant member and an abaxial relatively rigid strap, both constructed to extend circumferentially around an underlying structure such as a strake or fairing collar. The strap maintains a fixed circumference while the compliant member flexes intermediate the strap and an underlying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: VIV Suppression, Inc.
    Inventors: Rodney H. Masters, Cecil M. Brandon, Jr., Stuart John Harbert, Kurt D. Vandervort, Bill Griffith
  • Compliant Banding System
    Publication number: 20110074074
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a compliant banding system for use in a marine environment comprising a flexible compliant member and an abaxial relatively rigid strap, both constructed to extend circumferentially around an underlying structure such as a strake or fairing collar. The strap maintains a fixed circumference while the compliant member flexes intermediate the strap and an underlying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: VIV Suppression, Inc.
    Inventors: Rodney H. Masters, Cecil M. Brandon, JR., Stuart John Harbert, Kurt D. Vandervort, Bill Griffith
  • Compliant banding system
    Patent number: 7845299
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a compliant banding system for use in a marine environment comprising a flexible compliant member and an abaxial relatively rigid strap, both constructed to extend circumferentially around an underlying structure such as a strake or fairing collar. The strap maintains a fixed circumference while the compliant member flexes intermediate the strap and an underlying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: VIV Suppression, Inc.
    Inventors: Rodney H. Masters, Cecil M. Brandon, Jr., Stuart John Harbert, Kurt D. Vandervort, Bill Griffith
  • Flexible mechanical joint
    Patent number: 6328346
    Abstract: A flexible mechanical joint is disclosed for joining a first elongated structural section with a second elongated structural section. The joint is compressible and expandable at least along a substantially longitudinal direction upon movement of at least one of the first and second sections. The joint includes a first connecting portion fixedly attached to the first section and a second connecting portion fixedly attached to the second section. The joint also has a flexible member that connects the first connecting portion with the second connecting portion and is positioned between the two connecting portions. The flexible member is shiftable upon relative longitudinal movement between the first and second sections. At least one of the first and second connecting portions includes an anchoring member frictionally engaging one of the first and second sections and including a lip that is secured into the one section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Advanced Industrial & Marine Services
    Inventors: Randy W. Masters, Cecil M. Brandon, Jr.