Patents by Inventor Daniel Clark

Daniel Clark 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).

  • Hinge with minimized free play
    Patent number: 10066429
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are hinge devices having reduced or minimized free play. Specifically, disclosed herein are hinge devices having surface elements positioned on a surface of a hinge component to reduce or eliminate any free play present between interacting hinge components. In one or more embodiments, the hinge includes a first hinge component having a first guide and a second hinge component having a second guide, wherein the second hinge component is rotatably mounted on at least one surface of the first hinge component such that the first guide is positioned within the second guide or the second guide is positioned within the first guide. At least one surface element is disposed on a surface of the first guide or the second guide to provide a reduction in free play at a location of the at least one surface element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Clark Park, Brian Bitz, Brett Andrew Tomky
  • Pipe, apparatus and method
    Patent number: 10053244
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pipe for transferring powder material from a reservoir to a container e.g. prior to hot isostatic pressing. The pipe comprises a continuous outer wall and a concentric continuous inner wall enclosed within and spaced from the outer wall. The spacing between the inner and outer walls defines a flow channel extending from an inlet to an outlet. The radial cross sectional area of the outlet is greater than the cross sectional area of the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Daniel Clark
  • Method and apparatus for separating a canister and component
    Patent number: 10035189
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing a canister 12 from a component 18 by forming an opening 30 in the canister wall thickness 14, 16 and introducing a pressurised fluid into the opening 14, 16 causing hydrostatic pressure build up between an internal canister surface 14 and the component 18, leading to the removal of the canister 12. This method and apparatus obviates the need to expend significant machining or chemical processing to remove the canister 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: John Harold Boswell, Daniel Clark
  • Methods and apparatus for machining objects
    Patent number: 10031111
    Abstract: A method of machining an object, the method comprising: receiving a signal from an ultrasonic transducer; determining at least a first external surface of the object and a second internal surface of the object in the received signal; determining a thickness between the first external surface and the second internal surface of the object, the object comprising a first material between the first external surface and the second internal surface, and a second material between the second internal surface and a third surface, the determination of the thickness using a database including a plurality of materials and a plurality of associated acoustic wave velocities; and controlling machining of the first external surface using the determined thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Daniel Clark, David C. Wright
  • METHOD OF HEAT TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20180187282
    Abstract: A method of heat treating a localised region of a component including providing a heat treatment assembly with two or more subassemblies. Each subassembly is configured to partially circumscribe a portion of the component for heat treatment. Each subassembly includes a housing configured to partially circumscribe a portion of the component. An insulator and a heater are provided within the housing and extend to partially circumscribe a component and are arranged such that the insulator is between a wall of the housing and the heater. The method includes positioning the subassemblies adjacently around the component so that the subassemblies fully circumscribe the component. The subassemblies are connected together. The method includes activating the heater to heat the component in a region adjacent the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Laura M. HIND, Vincent P. Tsao, Callum J. Jackson, Daniel Clark, Wai Lek Chan
  • HINGE WITH MINIMIZED FREE PLAY
    Publication number: 20180113491
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are hinge devices having reduced or minimized free play. Specifically, disclosed herein are hinge devices having surface elements positioned on a surface of a hinge component to reduce or eliminate any free play present between interacting hinge components. In one or more embodiments, the hinge includes a first hinge component having a first guide and a second hinge component having a second guide, wherein the second hinge component is rotatably mounted on at least one surface of the first hinge component such that the first guide is positioned within the second guide or the second guide is positioned within the first guide. At least one surface element is disposed on a surface of the first guide or the second guide to provide a reduction in free play at a location of the at least one surface element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Clark Park, Brian Bitz, Brett Andrew Tomky
  • ELECTROCHEMICAL POLISHING OF NON-UNIFORM FEATURES
    Publication number: 20170355032
    Abstract: A method of controlling a working gap between one or more cathodic tools and an anodic workpiece in an electrochemical material dissolution process, the method comprising: providing a cathodic tool and an anodic workpiece defining a working gap therebetween, the cathodic tool and the workpiece being at least partially immersed in a conductive electrolyte solution; providing a negative electrical potential to the cathodic tool; monitoring one or more of the electrical potential, current, current density and charge between the cathodic tool and the anode to determine the working gap between the cathodic tool and the anode; and, controlling one or more process parameters to maintain one or more of the working gap and electrochemical working conditions between the cathodic tool and anodic workpiece at a targeted value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: Daniel CLARK, Andrew R. WALPOLE
  • SIGNAL TRANSMITTING COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20170324168
    Abstract: A component including a substrate with dielectric coating on the substrate. The electrical reactance of the dielectric coating configured for the propagation of electromagnetic surface waves. The dielectric coating is arranged as a plurality of discrete pathways. Also a signal transmission system including a component, an electromagnetic surface wave transmitter coupled to the substrate, and an electromagnetic surface wave receiver also coupled to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Daniel CLARK, Werner P. SCHIFFERS
  • Method of machining a gas turbine engine component
    Patent number: 9809886
    Abstract: A method of machining a nickel containing alloy gas turbine engine component (34) comprises applying a material removal gas comprising gaseous carbon monoxide at a nickel carbonyl gas forming temperature such as 50 to 60° C. to a surface of the component to form a nickel carbonyl gas, and thereby remove a surface layer from at least part of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Daniel Clark, Andrew Robert Walpole
  • PROBES FOR IMAGING HUNTINGTIN PROTEIN
    Publication number: 20170292150
    Abstract: Provided are imaging agents comprising a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Celia Dominguez, John Wityak, Jonathan Bard, Christopher John Brown, Michael Edward Prime, Derek Alexander Weddell, Daryl Simon Walter, Paul Richard Giles, Ian James Wigginton, Malcolm George Taylor, Sébastien René Gabriel Galan, Peter David Johnson, Thomas Martin Krülle, Inaki Morao, Daniel Clark-Frew
  • PROBES FOR IMAGING HUNTINGTIN PROTEIN
    Publication number: 20170283436
    Abstract: Provided are imaging agents comprising a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Celia Dominguez, John Wityak, Jonathan Bard, Alex Kiselyov, Christopher John Brown, Sébastien René Gabriel Galan, Michael Edward Prime, Paul Richard Giles, Elise Luciennen Paulette Gadouleau, Thomas Martin Krülle, Daniel Clark-Frew, Peter David Johnson, Samuel Coe, Sarah Hayes
  • PROBES FOR IMAGING HUNTINGTIN PROTEIN
    Publication number: 20170281804
    Abstract: Provided are imaging agents comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Celia Dominguez, John Wityak, Jonathan Bard, Christopher John Brown, Thomas Martin Krülle, Daniel Clark-Frew, Sarah Hayes
  • PROBES FOR IMAGING HUNTINGTIN PROTEIN
    Publication number: 20170283439
    Abstract: Provided are imaging agents comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: CCHDI Foundation Inc.
    Inventors: Celia Dominguez, John Wityak, Jonathan Bard, Alex Kiselyov, Christopher John Brown, Michael Edward Prime, Peter David Johnson, Daniel CLark-Frew
  • Dynamic process management
    Patent number: 9760399
    Abstract: The performance of a device can be improved by intelligently terminating (or otherwise operationally adjusting) applications, services, or processes that the user is unlikely to access on the device. Information such as system event data and hint data can be obtained from various sources and fed to one or more predictor algorithms, which can determine the likelihood that a user will access various applications over a period of time. Other determinations can be made as well, such as which applications are most likely causing degradation in performance. Various termination actions can be selected to be performed, which can in some cases adjust the applications selected for termination by an operating system of the device. Once a set of actions is selected, those termination actions can be performed for the associated application(s) at least to the extent needed to restore health of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Grant Fraser, Timothy Daniel Clark, Shah Pavel Jamal, Anderson Kailodge Quach, Vincent Edward Bannister
  • Bonding method
    Patent number: 9731377
    Abstract: A method of bonding a first article to a second article, each article having a respective bond surface. The method comprises interposing a porous interlayer region between the bond surfaces of the first and second articles and subsequently using electrical resistance heating to locally heat the interlayer region under contact pressure to a bonding temperature below the melting temperature of the interlayer and the first and second articles to thereby bond the interlayer to the first and second articles to form a bonded article. The interlayer has a porosity of between approximately 10% and 30%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: John Forsdike, Daniel Clark
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ARTICLE FROM POWDER MATERIAL AND AN APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING AN ARTICLE FROM POWDER MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20170225230
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an article from powder material includes a canister, a sorter, a plurality of hoppers and at least one valve. The canister has a predetermined internal shape to define the shape of the powder metal article. The sorter sorts the powder material by the size of the powder particles, the shape of the powder particles and/or the flow characteristics of the powder particles. The hoppers contain powder material with different sizes of powder particles, different shapes of powder particles and/or powder particles with different flow characteristics. The hoppers are arranged to supply the sorted powder material to the canister. The at least one valve controls the proportions of the different powder materials supplied from the one or more of the different hoppers into the canister to control the packing density of the powder material in the canister at all positions in the canister.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: Ian Colin Deuchar CARE, Daniel CLARK
  • Apparatus For Manufacturing An Article From Powder Material
    Publication number: 20170209930
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an article from powder material including a first table, a second table rotatably mounted on the first table about a first axis and a third table rotatably mounted on the second table about a second axis. A hollow canister is supported by the third table. A vibrator is arranged to vibrate the canister. A first device is arranged to rotate the second table about the first axis and a second device is arranged to rotate the third table about the second axis. A hopper is arranged to supply powder material into the canister and a valve controls the flow of powder material from the hopper into the canister. A processor is arranged to control the valve, the vibrator, the first device and the second device to control the filling and packing density of the canister.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Christopher HOOD, Daniel CLARK
  • Method of manufacturing an article from powder material and an apparatus for manufacturing an article from powder material
    Patent number: 9701584
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an article from powder material includes a canister, a sorter, a plurality of hoppers and at least one valve. The canister has a predetermined internal shape to define the shape of the powder metal article. The sorter sorts the powder material by the size of the powder particles, the shape of the powder particles and/or the flow characteristics of the powder particles. The hoppers contain powder material with different sizes of powder particles, different shapes of powder particles and/or powder particles with different flow characteristics. The hoppers are arranged to supply the sorted powder material to the canister. The at least one valve controls the proportions of the different powder materials supplied from the one or more of the different hoppers into the canister to control the packing density of the powder material in the canister at all positions in the canister.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Ian Colin Deuchar Care, Daniel Clark
  • Absorbent Article Having a Folded Waist
    Publication number: 20170172817
    Abstract: An article including a front region, a back region, and a chassis. The chassis may include an absorbent core having a front end edge and a back end edge. The front region and the back region may extend laterally outward beyond side edges of the chassis. The front region and the back region may abut to form a first seam and a second seam. At least one of the front region and the back region may include an elastic member. A first outer nonwoven layer of the front region and a second outer nonwoven layer of the back region may be folded to form an upper edge in the front and back regions such that a distal end of each of the first and second outer nonwoven layer may be disposed between the upper edge and the front and back end edges of the absorbent core, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory Ashton, Eiro Fukuda, Eric Patton Weinberger, Daniel Clark Buchner
  • Finger flange
    Patent number: D790691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Tommy Gene Davis, Daniel Clark Whiteside, Christopher Evans, Brian Costello