Patents by Inventor Christopher Burrows
Christopher Burrows 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: 12248033Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Wesley Barrett, Cameron Brennan, Christopher Burrow, Jonathan Hardisty, Peter Henry
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Publication number: 20250061990Abstract: A method for exchanging healthcare information includes using a healthcare informatics system to obtain first medical information that is encoded in accordance with a first coding scheme and providing a first cryptographic key to a patient device after receiving a request from the patient device for keys to be used to encrypt the first medical information. The first medical information and the first cryptographic key may be encoded in an optical code that is displayed for capture by a clinician device. Responsive to a request from the clinician device, a mapping may be used to translate the first medical information to obtain second medical information that is encoded in accordance with a second coding scheme. The second medical information may be provided to the clinician device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2024Publication date: February 20, 2025Inventors: Bettina Experton, Christopher Burrow, Blake Schwendiman
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Patent number: 12149023Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Christopher Burrow, Daniel Walton
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Patent number: 12149022Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Christopher Burrow, Daniel Walton
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Patent number: 12113312Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Christopher Burrow, Scott Spencer, Daniel Walton
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Patent number: 12095201Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Christopher Burrow, Scott Spencer, Daniel Walton
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Publication number: 20240184915Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a system for exchanging medical information. A portable computing device uniquely associated with a user may communicate the medical information to a healthcare provider. The medical information may be combined with other information and electronically delivered to the healthcare provider. Delivery may be initiated by the portable computing device and directed to a computing device of a healthcare provider or patient. In one example, exchange of records and other information between the user and the provider can be effected using an optical code to transmit encrypted, coded medical information together with cryptographic keys necessary to extract the coded medical information. The coded medical information may be automatically remapped and/or translated according to a state, country, region and/or language associated with the healthcare provider or patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2024Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Bettina Experton, Christopher Burrow, Blake Schwendiman
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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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Patent number: D1073115Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: GE Healthcare UK LimitedInventors: Cheryl Louise Potts, Neil Williams, Christopher Burrows, Anthony Williams, Paul Slater