Patents by Inventor Christopher Jameson

Christopher Jameson 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).

  • Patent number: 9212767
    Abstract: A method of anchoring one or more load carrying components of an elongate subsea structure, such as a flexible pipeline or umbilical, to a termination or end fitting, comprising the steps of: inserting said load carrying component(s) into or through a cavity or void within the termination; and filling said cavity or void with a filler material whereby said load carrying component(s) are embedded and anchored therein; wherein said filler material comprises spheroidal beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: TECHNIP FRANCE
    Inventors: Daniel Grayson, Christopher Jameson, Anthony Hanson
  • Patent number: 9207025
    Abstract: Method for promoting nucleate boiling on an interior surface of a vessel for boiling fluid in an industrial process, the method comprising the steps of: providing the vessel having the interior surface; controllably depositing a scale layer having a non-zero thickness onto the interior surface; monitoring an average thickness, x, of the deposit of the layer; and maintaining the average thickness, x, of the layer below a predetermined value or within a predetermined range of values during the operational life of the vessel, wherein x<k/h, wherein k is the effective thermal conductivity of the interior surface of the vessel and h is the heat transfer coefficient at the interior surface of the vessel in contact with the boiling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Kripa K. Varanasi, Christopher Jameson Love
  • Publication number: 20140314947
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, among other things, scale-coated surfaces, vessels with controlled deposits of scale, and associated methods for enhanced boiling heat transfer. It is presently found that creating and/or maintaining a scale deposit at a controlled thickness actually enhances a type of boiling called nucleate boiling, which improves heat transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Kripa K. Varanasi, Christopher Jameson Love
  • Publication number: 20140084947
    Abstract: A system for measuring product quantity including a container that defines an internal volume, a plurality of products positioned in the internal volume, a first conductor positioned proximate the container, a second conductor positioned proximate the container, the second conductor being spaced a distance from the first conductor, and a capacitance meter electrically coupled to the first and second conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventors: James Fortuna, Steven Burton, Christopher Jameson
  • Publication number: 20120201759
    Abstract: Hierarchical nanostructures and methods of fabrication. The structures include particles having a metal oxide outer shell with metal oxide wires extending from the outer shell. A multiscale structure according to the invention has particles above and below a critical size wherein the particles above the critical size have wires extending from the surface. These structures may be fabricated from a mixture prepared of relatively smaller metal particles having a size threshold below a threshold for nanowire formation and of relatively larger metal particles having a size above the threshold for nanowire formation. The mixture is oxidized at a selected temperature and for a selected time whereby the relatively smaller particles sinter and nanowires grow on the relatively larger particles thereby creating tunable hierarchical structures with metal-to-metal contact between the particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Christopher Jameson Love, J. David Smith, Kripa K. Varanasi
  • Publication number: 20100196696
    Abstract: A method of anchoring one or more load carrying components of an elongate subsea structure, such as a flexible pipeline or umbilical, to a termination or end fitting, comprising the steps of: inserting said load carrying component(s) into or through a cavity or void within the termination; and filling said cavity or void with a filler material whereby said load carrying component(s) are embedded and anchored therein; wherein said filler material comprises spheroidal beads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: TECHNIP FRANCE
    Inventors: Daniel Grayson, Christopher Jameson, Anthony Hanson
  • Publication number: 20100140930
    Abstract: A termination assembly for a steel tube umbilical, wherein a plurality of the elongated umbilical elements which compose the umbilical are steel tubes, said termination assembly comprising a cavity through which said tubes pass, said cavity being filled with a filler material, at least one of said tubes having at least one region of increased localised diameter at a location within said cavity to define at least one load bearing face on the tube to anchor said at least one tube within said cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Daniel Grayson, Christopher Jameson, Anthony Hanson