Patents by Inventor Benn Matcham

Benn Matcham 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: 20260180301
    Abstract: Disclosed is a busbar spacer comprising a first busbar passage liner having a first spacer passage therethrough. The first busbar passage liner is arranged to be provided within a first busbar passage through a first busbar, to thereby electrically insulate from a wall of the first busbar passage a shank of a connector. The shank of the connector is arranged to pass through the first busbar passage liner to secure the first busbar to a mounting point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2025
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Inventors: Ewan Ridley, Benn Matcham
  • Publication number: 20260026621
    Abstract: Disclosed is a framework member comprising a top-hat portion and a return portion, where the top-hat portion comprises an open brim wall, an open side wall extending from the open brim wall, a crown wall extending from the open side wall, a closed side wall extending from the crown wall and a closed brim wall extending from the closed side wall. The return portion comprises a return wall extending from the closed brim wall. The open brim wall, the open side wall, the crown wall, the closed side wall and the closed brim wall form, in cross-section, a top-hat shape and the closed side wall, the closed brim wall and the return wall form, in cross-section, a channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Ewan Ridley, Benn Matcham
  • Patent number: 10040491
    Abstract: A vehicle airflow control apparatus (900) has an air inlet (902) at the rear quarter glass (906) of the vehicle and ducting (908) leading via an openable joint (912) and rear ducting (912) past a bend (916) to an exit blowing aperture (918), a concertina element (928) allowing duct movement, the openable joint having a self-alignment cup (938) with wedging inner sides (944, 946), an interface seal connecting the rear ducting and the cup, a deployable spoiler (920) having a drive system (978), 10 outboard positional control of the spoiler being provided by a rod (998) with cone surfaces (1000, 1002).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Aston Martin Lagonda Limited
    Inventors: James Brooks, Grant Hastie, Richard Wilcox, Andrew Kirk, Dean Smart, Benn Matcham, Andrew McAllister, Darren Coe
  • Publication number: 20170240226
    Abstract: A vehicle airflow control apparatus (900) has an air inlet (902) at the rear quarter glass (906) of the vehicle and ducting (908) leading via an openable joint (912) and rear ducting (912) past a bend (916) to an exit blowing aperture (918), a concertina element (928) allowing duct movement, the openable joint having a self-alignment cup (938) with wedging inner sides (944, 946), an interface seal connecting the rear ducting and the cup, a deployable spoiler (920) having a drive system (978), 10 outboard positional control of the spoiler being provided by a rod (998) with cone surfaces (1000, 1002).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: James Brooks, Grant Hastie, Richard Wilcox, Andrew Kirk, Dean Smart, Benn Matcham, Andrew McAllister, Darren Coe