Patents by Inventor Mark Goddard-Watts

Mark Goddard-Watts 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).

  • Article restraining means for pallets
    Patent number: 4774892
    Abstract: A pallet (12) for an automated transportation apparatus includes resilient restraining means (14) protruding from an upper load carrying surface (13) to prevent sliding movement of an article on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1988
    Assignee: Westland plc
    Inventors: Richard L. Ballard, Mark Goddard-Watts, David N. Hallett
  • Filament laying apparatus and a method of fabricating a harness
    Patent number: 4563812
    Abstract: Apparatus for laying a filament includes a tool 10 moveable to follow a predetermined path, the tool comprising a storage chamber 12, 12', opposed outlets 30, 28, 16 and 116, 128 and clamp arrangements 19, 119 associated therewith. In use, filament is fed via outlet 30, 28, 16 through the chamber 12, 12' to protrude from outlet 116, 128. Clamp 119 is actuated and continued feeding causes the filament to be stored. Feeding is continued until the other end of the filament protrudes from outlet 116, 128. The tool is operable to define a gap through which filament may be bodily laterally withdrawn, once its free ends have been attached to respective attachment points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1986
    Assignee: British Aerospace Public Limited Co.
    Inventor: Mark Goddard-Watts