Patents by Inventor Anthony Fulford

Anthony Fulford 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: 20190063253
    Abstract: Technologies for engine fluid quality monitoring are disclosed herein. An engine system includes a sensor and an engine controller. The sensor generates sensor data indicative of a fluid property of engine fluid of a gas turbine engine of the engine system. The engine fluid may be engine oil or fuel. The fluid quality may be viscosity, water content, calorific content, specific gravity, heating value, or the presence of contaminants in the engine fluid. The engine controller determines the fluid property based on the sensor data and outputs the fluid property. The fluid property may be stored in non-volatile storage. A user alert such as a cockpit alert may be generated based on the fluid property. A control law of the gas turbine engine may be modified as a function of the fluid property. The engine controller may include the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Dawn K. Andrus, Michael T. Elliott, John Costello, Anthony Fulford, John Gebhard
  • Patent number: 10180075
    Abstract: Technologies for engine fluid quality monitoring are disclosed herein. An engine system includes a gas turbine engine having one or more mechanical components, a fluid quality sensing system, and an engine controller. Each mechanical component includes a tracer material embedded in the mechanical component during manufacture. The fluid quality sensing system applies a laser beam to debris captured in an engine fluid of the gas turbine engine and detects a light signature generated by tracer material in the debris in response to application of the laser beam. The engine controller identifies the tracer material as a function of the light signature. The engine controller determines a potential wear state of a mechanical component as a function of the tracer material. The engine controller may select the mechanical component from multiple mechanical components based on the tracer material. Each mechanical component has a predetermined association with a corresponding tracer material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Dawn K. Andrus, Michael T. Elliott, John Costello, Anthony Fulford, John Gebhard
  • Patent number: 8048058
    Abstract: A tip for attachment, in use, to the distal end of a catheter for insertion into a body lumen. The tip comprises an attachment region. The attachment region is formed from a material selected to have at least one characteristic having a first parameter of a predetermined value to enable attachment of the tip in use. There is also a second region, connected to the attachment region. The second region is formed from a material selected to have the at least one characteristic defined by a second parameter value, the second parameter value being lower than the first parameter value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventor: Anthony Fulford
  • Publication number: 20060030834
    Abstract: A tip for attachment, in use, to the distal end of a catheter for insertion into a body lumen. The tip comprises an attachment region. The attachment region is formed from a material selected to have at least one characteristic having a first parameter of a predetermined value to enable attachment of the tip in use. There is also a second region, connected to the attachment region. The second region is formed from a material selected to have the at least one characteristic defined by a second parameter value, the second parameter value being lower than the first parameter value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventor: Anthony Fulford
  • Patent number: 6964750
    Abstract: A tip for attachment, in use, to the distal end of a catheter for insertion into a body lumen. The tip comprises an attachment region. The attachment region is formed from a material selected to have at least one characteristic having a first parameter of a predetermined value to enable attachment at the tip in use. There is also a second region, connected to the attachment region. The second region is formed front a material selected to have the at least one characteristic defined by a second parameter value, the second parameter value being lower than the first parameter value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventor: Anthony Fulford
  • Publication number: 20050165382
    Abstract: A tip for attachment, in use, to the distal end of a catheter for insertion into a body lumen. The tip comprises an attachment region. The attachment region is formed from a material selected to have at least one characteristic having a first parameter of a predetermined value to enable attachment of the tip in use. There is also a second region, connected to the attachment region. The second region is formed from a material selected to have the at least one characteristic defined by a second parameter value, the second parameter value being lower than the first parameter value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventor: Anthony Fulford
  • Publication number: 20020049424
    Abstract: A tip for attachment, in use, to the distal end of a catheter for insertion into a body lumen. The tip comprises an attachment region. The attachment region is formed from a material selected to have at least one characteristic having a first parameter of a predetermined value to enable attachment at the tip in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: BIOCOMPATIBLES LIMITED
    Inventor: Anthony Fulford
  • Patent number: 5886204
    Abstract: A process for the production of ruthenium (III) acetate solution which comprises reacting ruthenium (IV) oxide with a stoichiometric amount of a hydrazine reductant in the presence of acetic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: BP Chemicals Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Geoffrey Warren, Anthony Fulford
  • Patent number: 5877377
    Abstract: A method for conducting a chemical reaction with a catalyst composed of metal oxide particles among which are uniformly incorporated, in order to reduce the operating temperature of the catalyst, palladium particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Stanislaw E. Golunski, John M. Gascoyne, Anthony Fulford, John W. Jenkins
  • Patent number: 5478528
    Abstract: A catalyst composed of metal oxide particles among which are uniformly incorporated, in order to reduce the operating temperature of the catalyst, palladium particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Stanislaw E. Golunski, John M. Gascoyne, Anthony Fulford, John W. Jenkins