Patents by Inventor Barry Cockburn

Barry Cockburn 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: 4714998
    Abstract: The equipment measures the volume of fluid injected by each injector of the system, and possibly also the relative pulses of the different lines, by measuring the volume of fuel, and possibly also the angle of turn of the injector shaft between commencements of injections of the different lines. To provide signals indicative of the commencements of injection in the various lines, circuitry is provided which comprises a single commencement of injection detector for at least one of the lines, a counter which generates pulses at a rate proportional to the revolutionary speed of the pump shaft and which is reset following the issue of a reset signal, and an artificial commencement of injection pulse generator which generates artificial commencement of injection signals for the various lines of the pump according to a predetermined count of pulses from the counter since the latter was reset following the issue of a signal from the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1987
    Assignee: Leslie Hartridge Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Bussey, Barry Cockburn, Alastair E. F. Heath
  • Patent number: 4453403
    Abstract: Volumetric metering equipment comprising an injector mounting block by which injectors of a multi-line fuel injection system can be mounted on the equipment. A measuring device is in communication with the mounting block via a feed line to allow test fluid to pass from the injectors to the measuring device when the equipment is in use. The measuring device is constructed to provide signals which are indicative of the amount of test fluid received by the device. Point-of-injection detectors are arranged adjacent to the injectors for determining which of the signals relate to an individual injection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1984
    Assignee: Leslie Hartridge, Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen Bussey, Barry Cockburn, Alastair E. F. Heath
  • Patent number: 4362052
    Abstract: A flowmeter comprising a piston and cylinder arrangement and measuring means arranged to measure the distance through which the piston moves as fluid flows into the arrangement, in which measurement commences with a flying start with fluid already flowing into the piston and cylinder arrangement and the piston is returned to a starting end of its travel before each succeeding measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1982
    Assignee: Leslie Hartridge Limited
    Inventors: Alastair E. F. Heath, David J. Neville, Barry Cockburn, Stephen Bussey