Patents by Inventor ANDREW JAMES MULLENDER

ANDREW JAMES MULLENDER 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: 9726030
    Abstract: A flow deflector arrangement is used in combination with a pipe arrangement secured through a component, the flow deflector arrangement comprising: a nut to secure the pipe arrangement to the component, and a shroud for attachment to the component so as to extend at least partially around the pipe arrangement when the pipe arrangement is secured to the component by the nut. The nut has an outwardly directed flange to adopt a position spaced from the component, and the shroud defines at least one deflector surface which, when the shroud is attached to the component, extends away from the component in spaced relation to the pipe arrangement. The flange and the deflector surface cooperate in deflecting a flow of fluid flowing from the component and along the outside of the pipe arrangement such that the flow is deflected generally outwardly from the pipe arrangement with a degree of swirl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Oliver George Feaver, Andrew James Mullender
  • Publication number: 20150300188
    Abstract: A flow deflector arrangement is used in combination with a pipe arrangement secured through a component, the flow deflector arrangement comprising: a nut to secure the pipe arrangement to the component, and a shroud for attachment to the component so as to extend at least partially around the pipe arrangement when the pipe arrangement is secured to the component by the nut. The nut has an outwardly directed flange to adopt a position spaced from the component, and the shroud defines at least one deflector surface which, when the shroud is attached to the component, extends away from the component in spaced relation to the pipe arrangement. The flange and the deflector surface cooperate in deflecting a flow of fluid flowing from the component and along the outside of the pipe arrangement such that the flow is deflected generally outwardly from the pipe arrangement with a degree of swirl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Oliver George FEAVER, Andrew James MULLENDER
  • Publication number: 20080252021
    Abstract: A sealed assembly comprising two bodies and an elastomeric seal therebetween wherein the seal comprises an internal web that is aligned in the general direction of a shear force between the two bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: BRIAN ALEX HANDLEY, ANDREW JAMES MULLENDER