Patents by Inventor Andrew Ian Williams

Andrew Ian Williams 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: 11951717
    Abstract: A tile for reducing a radar wave reflection from a surface, the tile being a flexible surface sheet which is adhesively attachable to the surface, wherein the flexible surface sheet reduces the radar wave reflection from the surface at a frequency, the frequency being a frequency between 1 GHz and 12 GHz; and, wherein the flexible surface sheet is a laminate of layers, wherein at least one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the flexible surface sheet is adapted to be adhesively attachable to the surface, and wherein the laminate of layers comprises: a first layer comprising a polymer matrix into which a particulate filler is dispersed, wherein the particulate filler has radar absorbing properties; a second layer comprising a polymer matrix, the second layer adjoining the first layer, wherein the polymer matrix of at least one of the first and the second layer is thermoplastic polyurethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Trelleborg Retford Limited
    Inventors: Adam Christopher Nevin, Andrew Ian Williams, Philip Wayne Brindle, Paul Geary, Gary Critchlow, Sina Saremi-Yarahmadi
  • Publication number: 20220403826
    Abstract: A wind turbine component, the wind turbine component comprising a laminate of layers with an outer side and an inner side, wherein the outer side faces an exterior of the wind turbine component and the inner side faces an interior of the wind turbine component, the laminate of layers being configured to reflect a radar wave impinging the outer side of the laminate of layers, wherein a reflection loss of the reflected radar wave is below a threshold at a frequency, the laminate of layers comprising: an attenuating layer comprising reinforcing fiberglass or reinforcing carbon fibers, a polymer matrix, and radar absorbing particles; a reflective layer arranged on the inner side of the attenuating layer, the reflective layer being configured to reflect a transmitted portion of the radar wave, the transmitted portion of the radar wave being a portion of the radar wave that has passed through the attenuating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Trelleborg Retford Limited
    Inventors: Adam Christopher Nevin, Philip Wayne Brindle, Andrew Ian Williams
  • Publication number: 20220143957
    Abstract: A tile for reducing a radar wave reflection from a surface, the tile being a flexible surface sheet which is adhesively attachable to the surface, wherein the flexible surface sheet reduces the radar wave reflection from the surface at a frequency, the frequency being a frequency between 1 GHz and 12 GHz; and, wherein the flexible surface sheet is a laminate of layers, wherein at least one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the flexible surface sheet is adapted to be adhesively attachable to the surface, and wherein the laminate of layers comprises: a first layer comprising a polymer matrix into which a particulate filler is dispersed, wherein the particulate filler has radar absorbing properties; a second layer comprising a polymer matrix, the second layer adjoining the first layer, wherein the polymer matrix of at least one of the first and the second layer is thermoplastic polyurethane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Trelleborg Retford Limited
    Inventors: Adam Christopher Nevin, Andrew Ian Williams, Philip Wayne Brindle, Paul Geary, Gary Critchlow, Sina Saremi-Yarahmadi