Patents by Inventor Alan Waggot

Alan Waggot 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).

  • Apparatus and method for applying a cyclical load to an elongate specimen
    Patent number: 8505387
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying at least one cyclical load to an elongate specimen, comprising at least two reciprocating mass means 1 each comprising a mass (6) and an actuator (16), wherein the actuator (16) is (5) operatively associated with the mass (6) to move the mass (6) along a linear displacement path, mounting means (2) for mounting each actuator (16) to a specimen, and a control system operatively associated with each actuator (16), the control system operating each actuator (16) to reciprocate its corresponding mass (6) along its respective linear displacement path, wherein the reciprocating mass means (1) are spaced apart such that the actuators (16) move their corresponding masses (6) on separate, and substantially parallel, linear displacement paths is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: National Renewable Energy Centre Limited
    Inventors: Alan Waggot, Peter Hope, Ian Williamson, Richard Court
  • SPECIMEN LOADING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20110056300
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying at least one cyclical load to an elongate specimen, comprising at least two reciprocating mass means 1 each comprising a mass (6) and an actuator (16), wherein the actuator (16) is (5) operatively associated with the mass (6) to move the mass (6) along a linear displacement path, mounting means (2) for mounting each actuator (16) to a specimen, and a control system operatively associated with each actuator (16), the control system operating each actuator (16) to reciprocate its corresponding mass (6) along its respective linear displacement path, wherein the reciprocating mass means (1) are spaced apart such that the actuators (16) move their corresponding masses (6) on separate, and substantially parallel, linear displacement paths is disclosed
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Alan Waggot, Peter Hope, Ian Williamson, Richard Court