Patents by Inventor Christopher Burrow
Christopher Burrow 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).
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Patent number: 11942719Abstract: An ROV, diver, or stab, wet mateable connector plug front end housing includes a housing front section; a locator mount section; and a seal section axially in series with one another. The housing front section includes a plug coarse alignment feature on an outer surface of the housing front section, adjacent to a front surface of the housing front section and radially outward of a central axis of the housing. There is a circumferential groove on the outer surface of the housing front section, axially displaced from and rearward of the coarse alignment feature, the groove being adapted to receive a latch of a wet-mateable connector receptacle front end housing. The plug coarse alignment feature includes a bullnose feature. A plug fine alignment feature is formed in the outer surface of the housing front section, aligned with and located radially outward of the central axis of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Christopher Burrow, Kelly Turner, Daniel Walton
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Patent number: 11942720Abstract: A dry mate cable connection includes a data cable. The data cable includes a plurality of electrical conductors and at least one electrically insulating outer layer surrounding each data conductor, whereby the data conductors are electrically insulated from one another. The cable includes a termination end. The outer layer of each conductor is physically in contact with an outer layer of an adjacent conductor, except at the termination end. The plurality of electrical conductors at the termination end are physically separated from one another by a single electrically insulating overmoulded cable termination housing. The housing is in contact with at least part of the electrically insulating layers of each of the electrical conductors.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Jordan Buchanan, Christopher Burrow, Daniel Walton
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Publication number: 20230344153Abstract: A subsea connector cable termination system for terminating a cable comprises a cable core (12) and a cable sheath (11). The termination system comprises a crimp component, the crimp component comprising a crimp body and further comprising two or more integral conductive resilient members (14) adapted to be mounted radially outwardly of the cable core. The termination system further comprises a retainer (18) or one of the crimp body, or the conductive resilient members, are adapted to latch the crimp body. A method of terminating a cable to a connector in a subsea cable connection system is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2021Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Jordan Buchanan, Christopher Burrow, Daniel Walton
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Patent number: 11646526Abstract: An electrical connector having a first connector part and a second connector part, the first connector part with at least one electrically conductive pin and the second connector part with at least one shuttle pin, the conductive pin having two or more electrically conductive cores, each conductive core being provided with an external electrical contact and an insulating material forming a watertight seal with the conductive core and the electrical contact. The conductive cores include two or more cores spaced from one another to form the conductive pin. Facing surfaces of the two or more cores are spaced by an air gap with insulating material in the air gap and overmoulded insulating material is in contact with other surfaces of the conductive cores.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Christopher Burrow
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Publication number: 20230009735Abstract: An independently mountable sensor system for a wet-mateable subsea connector or a dry-mateable subsea connector having at least one of a receptacle connector body or a plug connector body with a pressure vessel; one or more sensors, a power source, a transmitter, a processor and a memory within the pressure vessel. The pressure inside the pressure vessel is maintained at a predetermined pressure and an antenna is provided in the sensor system. The pressure vessel includes an electromagnetically transparent section to permit electromagnetic waves to pass between the sensor system and an external receiver. The sensor system is configured to be mounted between a back end and a front end of the receptacle connector body, or between a back end and a front end of the plug connector body; or configured to be mounted to the connector body back end.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2020Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Wesley Barrett, Cameron Brennan, Christopher Burrow, Jonathan Hardisty, Peter Henry
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Publication number: 20220336996Abstract: A configurable subsea wet-mateable connector includes a receptacle connector body and a plug connector body. The subsea receptacle connector unit includes at least two receptacle inserts chosen from at least one of a power connector unit, a data connector unit, an optical fibre connector unit, a pneumatic connector unit or a fluid connector unit. The subsea plug connector unit includes at least two plug inserts having the same two of a power connector unit, a data connector unit, an optical fibre connector unit, a pneumatic connector unit or a fluid connector unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Christopher Burrow, Scott Spencer, Daniel Walton
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Publication number: 20220302636Abstract: A plug part for a subsea connector, the connector includes a plug and a receptacle. The plug part includes one or more female conducting contact assemblies each female conducting contact assembly including a female contact including inner and outer conducting surfaces, the inner conducting surface defining a cavity of the one or more female conducting contact assemblies and each female contact unit further including a shuttle pin adapted to receive a male contact pin of a receptacle. The female contact assembly further includes a solid insulator mounted radially outward of the external surface and forming an annulus between the outer surface of the female contact and an inner surface of the solid insulator and an orifice between the cavity and the annulus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Christopher Burrow, Scott Spencer, Daniel Walton
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Publication number: 20220302633Abstract: An ROV, diver, or stab, wet mateable connector plug front end housing includes a housing front section; a locator mount section; and a seal section axially in series with one another. The housing front section includes a plug coarse alignment feature on an outer surface of the housing front section, adjacent to a front surface of the housing front section and radially outward of a central axis of the housing. There is a circumferential groove on the outer surface of the housing front section, axially displaced from and rearward of the coarse alignment feature, the groove being adapted to receive a latch of a wet-mateable connector receptacle front end housing. The plug coarse alignment feature includes a bullnose feature. A plug fine alignment feature is formed in the outer surface of the housing front section, aligned with and located radially outward of the central axis of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Christopher Burrow, Kelly Turner, Daniel Walton
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Publication number: 20220302635Abstract: A subsea wet mateable connector includes a plug and a receptacle. The plug includes a plug body and a shuttle pin moveably mounted in a socket contact. The receptacle includes a receptacle body and a receptacle pin. The connector further including a secondary diaphragm mounted to the plug body and a primary diaphragm mounted to the plug body outside the secondary diaphragm. The primary diaphragm and secondary diaphragm are spaced from one another in a demated state, allowing fluid flow in the space formed therebetween. The primary diaphragm and secondary diaphragm are sealingly engaged in a mated state, forming a continuous protective layer over the receptacle pin in a mated state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Christopher Burrow, Daniel Walton
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Publication number: 20220302637Abstract: A subsea wet mateable connector plug part includes a plug body, a plurality of data conductor contacts arranged in the plug body and a plurality of power conductor contacts arranged in the plug body. The data conductor contacts include an even number of pairs of data conductor contacts, each pair being aligned orthogonally with respect to an adjacent pair of data conductor contacts. The pairs of data conductor contacts are so arranged as to form a data cluster. The data cluster includes an outer earth screen adapted to maintain an electrical contact with an earth screen of a cable. The power conductor contacts are spaced from one another in the plug body, outside of and remote from the outer earth screen of the data cluster.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Christopher Burrow, Daniel Walton
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Publication number: 20220302634Abstract: A dry mate cable connection includes a data cable. The data cable includes a plurality of electrical conductors and at least one electrically insulating outer layer surrounding each data conductor, whereby the data conductors are electrically insulated from one another. The cable includes a termination end. The outer layer of each conductor is physically in contact with an outer layer of an adjacent conductor, except at the termination end. The plurality of electrical conductors at the termination end are physically separated from one another by a single electrically insulating overmoulded cable termination housing. The housing is in contact with at least part of the electrically insulating layers of each of the electrical conductors.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Jordan Buchanan, Christopher Burrow, Daniel Walton
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Patent number: 11372006Abstract: An apparatus for determining the mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) in a whole blood sample includes a sample holder including an elongate sample chamber having an open end and a closed end. A holding member is adapted to receive and retain the sample holder. The holding member rotates may rotate about an axis of rotation. When the sample holder is received and retained by the holding member the sample chamber is substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation. First and second light sources are positioned on one side of the sample holder and are configured to emit light in respective different frequencies. At least one light sensor is positioned on a second side of the sample holder, opposite from the first side, so that light from the light source may pass through the sample chamber, in at least one rotational position of the sample holder, and impinge on the light sensor.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Entia Ltd.Inventors: Toby Basey-Fisher, Christopher Burrows
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Publication number: 20210296813Abstract: An electrical connector having a first connector part and a second connector part, the first connector part with at least one electrically conductive pin and the second connector part with at least one shuttle pin, the conductive pin having two or more electrically conductive cores, each conductive core being provided with an external electrical contact and an insulating material forming a watertight seal with the conductive core and the electrical contact. The conductive cores include two or more cores spaced from one another to form the conductive pin. Facing surfaces of the two or more cores are spaced by an air gap with insulating material in the air gap and overmoulded insulating material is in contact with other surfaces of the conductive cores.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Christopher Burrow
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Publication number: 20210072262Abstract: An apparatus for determining the mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) in a whole blood sample, comprising: a sample holder including an elongate sample chamber having an open end and a closed end; a holding member adapted to receive and retain the sample holder, wherein the holding member may rotate about an axis of rotation, and wherein, when the sample holder is received and retained by the holding member the sample chamber is substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation; first and second light sources positioned on one side of the sample holder, configured to emit light in respective different frequencies; and at least one light sensor positioned on a second side of the sample holder, opposite from the first side, so that light from the light source may pass through the sample chamber, in at least one rotational position of the sample holder, and impinge on the at least one light sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Toby Basey-Fisher, Christopher Burrows
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Patent number: 10490934Abstract: A subsea connector cable connection system has an interface and a retainer. One of the interface and the retainer has an external screw thread on a cylindrical section and the other has a corresponding internal screw thread on a cylindrical section. The interface further includes a conical body extending from the cylindrical section and the retainer further includes a corresponding conical internal surface extending from the cylindrical section and adapted to be spaced from the surface of the conical body when the interface and retainer are screwed together. Interaction of the conical body and conical internal surface produces a first end stop adapted to stop axial movement of the retainer. A second end stop remote from the first end stop is provided, adapted to stop axial movement of the cable. In one embodiment the connector may include a locking mechanism whereby undoing the joint requires more torque than doing up the joint.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Christopher Burrow
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Patent number: 10340611Abstract: An electrical cable termination assembly includes a crimp body configured for electrically connecting a conductive core of an electrical cable to a conductive pin. The crimp body is further configured to receive the conductive core at a first end thereof and the conductive pin at a second end thereof. The assembly further includes a locking sleeve that is located radially outwardly of the crimp body and is movable relative to the crimp body between a locking position and an unlocking position.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Christopher Burrow, Mark Simmonds
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Publication number: 20190074630Abstract: A subsea connector cable connection system has an interface and a retainer. One of the interface and the retainer has an external screw thread on a cylindrical section and the other has a corresponding internal screw thread on a cylindrical section. The interface further includes a conical body extending from the cylindrical section and the retainer further includes a corresponding conical internal surface extending from the cylindrical section and adapted to be spaced from the surface of the conical body when the interface and retainer are screwed together. Interaction of the conical body and conical internal surface produces a first end stop adapted to stop axial movement of the retainer. A second end stop remote from the first end stop is provided, adapted to stop axial movement of the cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Christopher Burrow
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Patent number: 10224129Abstract: A method for manufacturing a conductor part for a connector unit is provided. The conductor part includes a conductive core, an insulating sleeve, and at least a first conductive layer arranged between the conductive core and the insulating sleeve. The method includes equipping at least one section of a radially inner surface of the insulating sleeve with the first conductive layer, and equipping at least one section of a radially outer surface of the insulating sleeve with at least a second conductive layer. The second conductive layer is a metal layer or a conductive plastic layer. The method also includes inserting the conducting core in the insulating sleeve before or after equipping a surface of the insulating sleeve with a conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Christopher Burrow, Paul Chana, Trevor Jones, Christopher Plant
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Patent number: 10085726Abstract: A controlled transfer biological sample material collection device is disclosed which comprises: a body; and a sample collection member for collecting the biological sample material (not shown), the body housing a sample storage medium for generally dry storage of the biological material, the collection member being moveable from an exposed position (shown in FIG. 8) where collection of a biological sample is possible, to a transfer position (shown in FIG. 9) which effects transfer of at least a portion of the collected sample to said medium. The device is characterized in that the body slideably supports the sample collection member, and in that the body or collection member include a ramp-like projection portion (116 FIG. 10) operable to force the collection member into the transfer position against the medium and to effect said transfer as the collection member slides within the body.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: GE HEALTHCARE UK LIMITEDInventors: Cheryl Louise Potts, Peter James Tatnell, Geraint Seymour, Alan Stuart Pierce, Michael John Smith, Samantha Jane Ogden, Neil John Williams, Christopher Burrows, Jared William Harris Evans, Ashley Edward Bryant, Sean Robert Sweeney
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Patent number: D824531Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: GE Healthcare UK LimitedInventors: Cheryl Louise Potts, Neil Williams, Christopher Burrows