Patents by Inventor Andrew James Parsons

Andrew James Parsons 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).

  • Fire Extinguishing Discharge Nozzle for Helicopter Engine Compartment
    Publication number: 20240173582
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a rotorcraft comprising an airframe having an engine compartment, an engine disposed within the engine compartment, at least one fire bottle configured to hold a fire extinguishing agent, at least one agent tube coupled to the fire bottle and configured to carry the fire extinguishing agent to the engine compartment, and a nozzle on the at least one agent tube, the nozzle positioned below the engine and oriented in a upward-facing direction. The nozzle has at least one opening that is closed by a spring-loaded valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Dewey Parsons, Keith David Weaver, Chris James Ludtke, Paul Madej, Andrew Jordan Birkenheuer
  • Degradable composite material with fibres having various degradation rates
    Patent number: 8182496
    Abstract: A degradable composite comprising a degradable matrix, a first fiber type and a second fiber type, wherein the first fiber type has a different rate of degradation to that of the second fiber type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: University of Nottingham
    Inventors: Christopher Douglas Rudd, Andrew James Parsons, Gavin Stuart Walker
  • DEGRADABLE COMPOSITE
    Publication number: 20120016475
    Abstract: The invention relates to degradable composites and their use in biomedical implants, in particular the repair of damaged bones and/or cartilage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: The University of Nottingham
    Inventors: Andrew James Parsons, John Derek Irvine
  • DEGRADABLE COMPOSITE
    Publication number: 20100105799
    Abstract: A degradable composite comprising a degradable matrix, a first fibre type and a second fibre type, wherein the first fibre type has a different rate of degradation to that of the second fibre type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: NOTTINGHAM, UNIVERSITY OF
    Inventors: Christopher Douglas Rudd, Andrew James Parsons, Gavin Stuart Walker