Patents by Inventor Barry N Hocking

Barry N Hocking 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).

  • Adjustment assembly
    Patent number: 8122723
    Abstract: A fluid flow control device (26, 28) comprising a guide member (30) to guide a fluid passing through a duct (22, 24, 76), the guide member (30) being movable between first and second positions; and an urging arrangement (32) capable of providing an urging force (F1) to urge the guide member (30) towards the first position, characterised in that the urging arrangement (32) is a resilient torsion bar that is formed so as to allow the guide member (30) to be moved towards the second position by a pressure force (F2) exceeding and opposite to the urging force (F1), the pressure force (F2) being provided by a pressure difference across the guide member (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLC
    Inventor: Barry N Hocking
  • Adjustment assembly
    Publication number: 20070235080
    Abstract: A fluid flow control device (26, 28) comprising a guide member (30) to guide a fluid passing through a duct (22, 24, 76), the guide member (30) being movable between first and second positions; and an urging arrangement (32) capable of providing an urging force (F1) to urge the guide member (30) towards the first position, characterised in that the urging arrangement (32) is a resilient torsion bar that is formed so as to allow the guide member (30) to be moved towards the second position by a pressure force (F2) exceeding and opposite to the urging force (F1), the pressure force (F2) being provided by a pressure difference across the guide member (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventor: Barry N. Hocking