Patents by Inventor Brian James Davidson

Brian James Davidson 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: 11965479
    Abstract: A rotor lock assembly for locking a rotor of a wind turbine. The rotor lock assembly has at least one relocatable rotor lock. The relocatable rotor lock has a housing, a bushing element, a pin shaft position within the bushing element, and a locking mechanism. The housing includes a mounting portion adapted for mounting to a bearing housing adjacent to a rotor lock plate of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Brian William Manikas, Paul Howard Davidson, Michael Frederick Sander, Jacob Thomas Hoyt, Jason James Welsh, Kevin L Holmes
  • Patent number: 8971510
    Abstract: The present invention resides in one aspect in a system including a user operable portable radio communication device and a server. The invention includes the portable radio communication device comprising a sensor adapted to allow automatic input of data to the portable radio communication device, a controller for controlling the device, a browser adapted to download content from the server, the controller being arranged to be responsive to data input via said sensor so as control the browser to download content from a server associated with the input data, means for providing for information personal to a user, and contextualization means configured to contextualize the downloaded content with the personal information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Brian James Davidson, Steven Andrew Mote, Robert Clifford Newstead, Ronald J. Lander, David Fisher
  • Publication number: 20100226581
    Abstract: The present invention resides in one aspect in a system including a user operable portable radio communication device and a server. The invention includes the portable radio communication device comprising a sensor adapted to allow automatic input of data to the portable radio communication device, a controller for controlling the device, a browser adapted to download content from the server, the controller being arranged to be responsive to data input via said sensor so as control the browser to download content from a server associated with the input data, means for providing for information personal to a user, and contextualization means configured to contextualize the downloaded content with the personal information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Brian James Davidson, Steven Andrew Mote, Robert Clifford Newstead, Ronald J. Lander, David Fisher
  • Patent number: 6375026
    Abstract: A housing assembly for a radiotelephone comprising, a first housing having an aperture; a second housing; attachment means forming part of a moulding for fixing to the first housing having an engaging element for inserting through the aperture of the first housing for attaching the first and second housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Bryan Sheldrake, Johnson Keith, Brian James Davidson
  • Patent number: 6297967
    Abstract: An RF screened housing (1;13) according to the invention contains a screening plate (2;15) and having at least two mutually opposite side walls (3;16), which project from said screening plate (2;15) and are designed to engage behind rims of a printed circuit board (5;14), which is fitted with the RF screened housing (1;13), as well as elastic means (7;18) which can be pressed against at least one of the main surfaces of the printed circuit board (5;14) in order to clamp them at the rims to the side walls (3;16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd.
    Inventors: Brian James Davidson, Rainer Weber
  • Patent number: 6160513
    Abstract: An antenna is formed from a metal sheet partitioned by a slot. A corner of the metal sheet is short-circuited, and a field is coupled to the antenna near to the short circuit corner. The slot extends from a point near the field, across the metal sheet to an opposite corner to the short circuit corner. The metal sheet may be supported over air, or by a solid dielectric substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Limited
    Inventors: Brian James Davidson, Joseph Christopher Modro
  • Patent number: 6014113
    Abstract: An antenna assembly comprising: an antenna; a circuit unit; and a device cover for connection between the antenna and the circuit unit to electrically couple the antenna to the circuit unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Limited
    Inventors: Lee Orchard, David Hicks, Brian James Davidson
  • Patent number: 6008765
    Abstract: An antenna assembly comprises an elongate antenna element (11) mounted in a support (5) and movable between a retracted position and an extended position. A helical antenna element (12) in electrical contact with the helical element is carried at one end of the elongate element. The coupling between the feed point and the antenna in the retracted and extended positions allow the same matching circuitry to be used in both conditions. The invention provides a compact and convenient dual antenna arrangement ideally suited for use in a portable cellular radio telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Limited
    Inventors: Brian James Davidson, Stephen Goodwin
  • Patent number: 5945952
    Abstract: A radio device comprising a housing having an opening and a retaining surface, an antenna support sleeve inserted in the opening and a rod antenna mounted for sliding movement in the antenna support sleeve between extended and retracted positions, the antenna including a stop surface the sleeve including a first resilient, inwardly-directed member which abuts the stop surface when the antenna is in its fully extended position to block sliding removal of the antenna from the sleeve, the first member being outwardly displaceable using a tool to allow the stop surface to be slid past the first member and thereby enable sliding removal of the antenna from the sleeve and a second resilient member which engages the retaining surface to prevent removal of the sleeve from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Limited
    Inventor: Brian James Davidson
  • Patent number: 5895884
    Abstract: A shielding device is formed from two unitary pieces, one of which pieces is a generally planar member taking the form of a lid and the other piece takes the form of a side wall member which is adapted for mounting to a substrate surface on which is mounted electric circuit elements. The two pieces together combine to create a shielding device for inhibiting the passage of electromagnetic radiation to and/or from a group of circuit elements disposed on a substrate. The lid may have flanges for connection onto the side wall member and the side wall member may have intersecting dividing walls disposed internally thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones, Ltd.
    Inventor: Brian James Davidson
  • Patent number: 5850063
    Abstract: A domed contact element 50 for a keypad assembly comprising a substrate (52) having the dome (54) formed therein, the dome being depressible towards the substrate so as to move from a first natural-bias position to a second position; a soldering site (62) on the substrate by which the contact element can be soldered to a circuit board; and a port (56) positioned between the dome (54) and the soldering site (62) to inhibit ingress of solder into the dome (54) during soldering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Limited
    Inventor: Brian James Davidson