Patents by Inventor Alan Tomlinson

Alan Tomlinson 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).

  • Publication number: 20090035054
    Abstract: A specialist tow cable termination for sustaining the tensile load when an object is towed at high speeds at the end of an cable behind an aircraft, the termination comprises a closed eye bolt attached to the cable and a U-bolt looped through the eye bolt attached to the object. The arrangement allows significant pivoting bending stresses to the tow cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: David John Lye, Anthony Caesari, Mark Alan Tomlinson
  • Patent number: 4976533
    Abstract: A contact lens comprising a corneal section, a vertical axis, and a shape adapted to maintain the lens at an intended orientation. The improvement comprises either a visible horizontal line segment located in the corneal section perpendicular to the vertical axis and/or three visible radial line segments in the corneal section, the first of the line segments located on the vertical axis, and the second and third segments located on either side of the first segment such that the extension of the segments would pass through a geometric center of the corneal section forming two 20.degree. angles. The lens is useful for measuring the rotation of an assymetric lens. Methods for measuring lens rotation using the invention lenses are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Hahn, John Reynolds, Alan Tomlinson, Robert J. O'Meara, Martin Drazba