Patents by Inventor Nick Jeffers

Nick Jeffers 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: 11693456
    Abstract: Examples of the disclosure relate to vapour chambers. Examples of the disclosure can provide an apparatus comprising: at least a first vapour chamber portion and a second vapour chamber portion wherein the vapour chamber portions comprise walls housing an internal volume where the internal volume is configured to enable vapour flow; at least one hinge formed from walls of the first vapour chamber portion and walls of the second vapour chamber portion and configured to enable the first vapour chamber portion to be moved relative to the second vapour chamber portion; and wherein the hinge is thermally conductive and configured to enable heat to be transferred from the first vapour chamber portion to the second vapour chamber portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Nick Jeffers, Diarmuid O'Connell, Ian Davis, Akshat Agarwal, Oliver Burns
  • Publication number: 20220087066
    Abstract: According to examples of the disclosure there is provided a vapour chamber comprising one or more ducts extending between a condenser and an evaporator. Powder can be provided within the one or more ducts wherein the powder is configured to control flow of a working fluid through the one or more ducts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Nick Jeffers, Diarmuid O'Connell, Ian Davis, Akshat Agarwal, Ollie Burns
  • Publication number: 20220026961
    Abstract: Examples of the disclosure relate to vapour chambers. Examples of the disclosure can provide an apparatus comprising: at least a first vapour chamber portion and a second vapour chamber portion wherein the vapour chamber portions comprise walls housing an internal volume where the internal volume is configured to enable vapour flow; at least one hinge formed from walls of the first vapour chamber portion and walls of the second vapour chamber portion and configured to enable the first vapour chamber portion to be moved relative to the second vapour chamber portion; and wherein the hinge is thermally conductive and configured to enable heat to be transferred from the first vapour chamber portion to the second vapour chamber portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Nick JEFFERS, Diarmuid O'CONNELL, Ian DAVIS, Akshat AGARWAL, Oliver BURNS
  • Publication number: 20160379913
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a top substrate having a first surface and a bottom substrate having a second surface facing the first surface. The apparatus comprises a layer of metal located between facing regions of the first and second surfaces and connecting the facing regions to form sidewalls of channels located between the top and bottom substrates, the layer of metal having a different composition than the top and bottom surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Brian G. Donnelly, Nick Jeffers, Jason Stafford, Rayhaan Farrelly
  • Patent number: 9181933
    Abstract: A device, comprising a flow controller. The flow controller includes a body having walls that define a channel within the body, and a passive flow control valve. The passive control valve has a moveable member that includes a thermal shape memory material, the moveable member configured to change an aperture size in the channel in response to a reversible temperature-induced shape transformation of the thermal shape memory material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: John Daly, Nick Jeffers
  • Publication number: 20140157769
    Abstract: A device, comprising a flow controller. The flow controller includes a body having walls that define a channel within the body, and a passive flow control valve. The passive control valve has a moveable member that includes a thermal shape memory material, the moveable member configured to change an aperture size in the channel in response to a reversible temperature-induced shape transformation of the thermal shape memory material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT IRELAND LTD.
    Inventors: John Daly, Nick Jeffers