Patents by Inventor John Gorton
John Gorton 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: 11536591Abstract: A magnetic encoder comprising an encoder element having at least two tracks of encoder regions, each region comprising a magnetic pole, the poles along each track being arranged as an alternating pattern of North and South poles, and one or more sensors, each sensor comprising one or more sensing elements associated with a respective track and generating an output that is indicative of the magnetic field associated with that track in the vicinity of the sensor, in which at least one track has a differing number of poles to at least one of the other tracks, and in which the properties of the poles of a first one of the tracks differ along the track such that there is a periodic variation along the first track of the magnetic field emitted by the first track that is detected by the sensing elements associated with the first track which at least partially cancels out a corresponding periodic variation in field from the other tracks that is also detected by the sensing elements associated with the first track.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Inventors: Ari Akbar Hassan Al-Jaf, Harvey Smith, John Gorton
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Publication number: 20210278252Abstract: A magnetic encoder comprising an encoder element having at least two tracks of encoder regions, each region comprising a magnetic pole, the poles along each track being arranged as an alternating pattern of North and South poles, and one or more sensors, each sensor comprising one or more sensing elements associated with a respective track and generating an output that is indicative of the magnetic field associated with that track in the vicinity of the sensor, in which at least one track has a differing number of poles to at least one of the other tracks, and in which the properties of the poles of a first one of the tracks differ along the track such that there is a periodic variation along the first track of the magnetic field emitted by the first track that is detected by the sensing elements associated with the first track which at least partially cancels out a corresponding periodic variation in field from the other tracks that is also detected by the sensing elements associated with the first track.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Ari Akbar Hassan Al-Jaf, Harvey Smith, John Gorton
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Patent number: 10718810Abstract: A Transistor Resonant Characteristic Sensor (TReCS) includes a sensing element positioned along electronic equipment so that the sensing element is electromagnetically coupled to the electronic equipment. The sensing element includes a coil. The sensing element is configured to detect magnetic oscillations associated with a characteristic signal generated by the electronic equipment. The TReCS sensor further includes an evaluation circuit connected to the sensing element for monitoring health state of the electronic equipment. The evaluation circuit includes one or more processing elements configured to diagnose health state of the electronic equipment based on extracted baseband information associated with the characteristic signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventors: Patrick W. Kalgren, Kenneth Gravenstede, Evan Grundman, John Gorton
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Publication number: 20180180671Abstract: A Transistor Resonant Characteristic Sensor (TReCS) includes a sensing element positioned along electronic equipment so that the sensing element is electromagnetically coupled to the electronic equipment. The sensing element includes a coil. The sensing element is configured to detect magnetic oscillations associated with a characteristic signal generated by the electronic equipment. The TReCS sensor further includes an evaluation circuit connected to the sensing element for monitoring health state of the electronic equipment. The evaluation circuit includes one or more processing elements configured to diagnose health state of the electronic equipment based on extracted baseband information associated with the characteristic signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Patrick W. Kalgren, Kenneth Gravenstede, Evan Grundman, John Gorton
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Publication number: 20180136995Abstract: A method for prognostic modeling includes obtaining probability values for possible health states of a system or component part using one or more data driven models and one or more physics of failure models. A probabilistic network is built using a plurality of observed and latent variables. The probable outcomes from the one or more physics of failure models and the one or more data driven models are combined to create an integrated model for failure prognosis. A health state of the system or system component is predicted using possible health states using the integrated model and the probabilistic network.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: John W. Sheppard, John Gorton, Patrick W. Kalgren, Liessman E. Sturlaugson
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Publication number: 20160211495Abstract: A motor land vehicle (10) includes a fire-guarded battery pack chamber (12) containing a battery system (22), the chamber having a relief port (34) with a bust disk (36), the chamber having a fire guard including a sheet of material comprising a first protective material which is ceramic and a second protective layer which is a carbon material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2015Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: WILLIAMS GRAND PRIX ENGINEERING LIMITEDInventors: EDWARD WATSON HAYNES, STEVE WISE, ANDREW JOHN GORTON
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Patent number: 8740263Abstract: A latch assembly is provided, the latch assembly having: a chassis, a latch bolt having a closed position and an open position, a pawl having an engaged position and a disengaged position, an eccentric arrangement defining an eccentric axis and a pawl axis remote from the eccentric axis, wherein when the pawl moves from the engaged position to the disengaged position the eccentric arrangement rotates about the eccentric axis to move the pawl axis from a first pawl axis position to a second pawl axis position, a retaining mechanism having a retaining position at which the pawl axis is held in the first pawl axis position and having a non-retaining position at which the pawl axis is allowed to move to the second pawl axis position, a release lever configured to move the retaining mechanism between the retaining position and the non-retaining position.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Inteva Products, LLCInventors: Hardev Singh, Peter Coleman, David Peatey, Andrew Fairey, John Gorton, Michael Smith, Patrice Cardine, Samuel Hall, Paul Norman, David Pritchard
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Publication number: 20120098279Abstract: A latch assembly is provided, the latch assembly having: a chassis, a latch bolt having a closed position and an open position a pawl having an engaged position and a disengaged position an eccentric arrangement defining an eccentric axis and a pawl axis remote from the eccentric axis wherein when the pawl moves from the engaged position to the disengaged position the eccentric arrangement rotates about the eccentric axis to move the pawl axis from a first pawl axis position to a second pawl axis position, a retaining mechanism having a retaining position at which the pawl axis is held in the first pawl axis position and having a non-retaining position at which the pawl axis is allowed to move to the second pawl axis position, a release lever configured to move the retaining mechanism between the retaining position and the non-retaining position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Inventors: Hardev Singh, Peter Coleman, David Peatey, Andrew Fairey, John Gorton, Michael Smith, Patrice Cardine, Samuel Hall, Paul Norman, David Pritchard
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Patent number: 7195292Abstract: A latch mechanism includes a chassis and a latch bolt movably mounted on the chassis. The chassis includes an abutment, and the latch bolt is moveable between an open position in which the latch bolt can receive a striker of a vehicle, a closed position at which the striker is capable of being retained by the latch bolt, and an over-travel position. The latch mechanism includes a buffer having a displacing element and an engagement portion. The buffer is capable of operably acting between the abutment and the latch bolt to absorb over-travel of the latch bolt. The displacing element is capable of moving frictionally against the engagement portion during over-travel to generate a frictional force to absorb over-travel energy of the latch bolt.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2004Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: ArvinMeritor Light Vehicle Systems (UK) Ltd.Inventors: Morten Ketelsen, John Gorton
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Publication number: 20050062295Abstract: A latch mechanism includes a chassis and a latch bolt movably mounted on the chassis. The chassis includes an abutment, and the latch bolt is moveable between an open position in which the latch bolt can receive a striker of a vehicle, a closed position at which the striker is capable of being retained by the latch bolt, and an over-travel position. The latch mechanism includes a buffer having a displacing element and an engagement portion. The buffer is capable of operably acting between the abutment and the latch bolt to absorb over-travel of the latch bolt. The displacing element is capable of moving frictionally against the engagement portion during over-travel to generate a frictional force to absorb over-travel energy of the latch bolt.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2004Publication date: March 24, 2005Inventors: Morten Ketelsen, John Gorton