Patents by Inventor Blair Ramsay

Blair Ramsay 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).

  • Staging valve arrangement and valve for use therein
    Patent number: 8739544
    Abstract: A staging valve arrangement is described that comprises an arrangement of electrically driven staging valves that are located, in use, in the high temperature core zone of an engine. Each staging valve may comprise a housing having an inlet, a pilot flow outlet and a mains flow outlet, a valve member movable between a closed position in which the mains flow outlet is closed and an open position in which the mains flow outlet is open, a motor operable to drive the valve member for movement, and a cooling arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Controls and Data Services Limited
    Inventors: Neil Rawlinson, Michael Robert Lyons, William Keith Bradbury, Laurence Alden, Blair Ramsay, Mark Scully
  • Staging Valve Arrangement and Valve for Use Therein
    Publication number: 20100252758
    Abstract: A staging valve arrangement is described that comprises an arrangement of electrically driven staging valves that are located, in use, in the high temperature core zone of an engine. Each staging valve may comprise a housing having an inlet, a pilot flow outlet and a mains flow outlet, a valve member movable between a closed position in which the mains flow outlet is closed and an open position in which the mains flow outlet is open, a motor operable to drive the valve member for movement, and a cooling arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce Goodrich Engine Control Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Neil Rawlinson, Michael Robert Lyons, William Keith Bradbury, Laurence Alden, Blair Ramsay, Mark Scully