Patents by Inventor David Edward Higgins

David Edward Higgins 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).

  • Publication number: 20240318613
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine defining an engine inlet to an inlet duct, a fan duct inlet to a fan duct, and a core inlet to a core duct; a primary fan driven by the turbomachine; and a secondary fan located downstream of the primary fan within the inlet duct. The gas turbine engine defines a thrust to power airflow ratio between 3.5 and 100 and a core bypass ratio between 0.1 and 10, wherein the thrust to power airflow ratio is a ratio of an airflow through a bypass passage over the turbomachine plus an airflow through the fan duct to an airflow through the core duct, and wherein the core bypass ratio is a ratio of the airflow through the fan duct to the airflow through the core duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Miller, Randy M. Vondrell, David Marion Ostdiek, Craig Williams Higgins, Alexander Kimberley Simpson, Syed Arif Khalid, Jeffrey S. Spruill, Daniel Lawrence Tweedt, William Joseph Solomon, Kevin Edward Hinderliter
  • Publication number: 20130068410
    Abstract: The invention enables thin film particles of a controlled shape and size to be generated directly upon release of a thin film coating from a textured Substrate upon which they are grown directly. The substrate comprises an array of discrete, steep sided plateaus of a selected size and shape, from which discrete particles of a corresponding shape and size are releasable usually by means of an intermediate release layer coating on the plateaus. The process is readily scalable for high volume production and permits monomodal or multimodal particle size distributions. Such particles may be used as specialised pigments in the security, anti-counterfeiting, defence and cosmetics industries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventors: David Edward Higgins, Peter Gerald Lederer, Andrew Martin Pitt, Siân Donohue
  • Patent number: 8097321
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of vermiculite and layer minerals in general release films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Qinetiq Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Martin Pitt, David Edward Higgins
  • Publication number: 20040076819
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of vermiculite and layer minerals in general in release films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Andrew Martin Pitt, David Edward Higgins
  • Patent number: 6436219
    Abstract: A polyester film having an opaque first polyester layer having an optical density greater than 2.0 and a second white polyester layer, wherein the film is made by coextrusion. The opaque first layer preferably contains carbon black. The film is suitable for use as a base for a photographic sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partner
    Inventors: John Francis, David Edward Higgins
  • Patent number: 5932352
    Abstract: A release film has a polymeric film substrate and a release layer formed from a release composition containing a mixture of a curable silicone resin and a curable polymer. The curable polymer is preferably an ethylenically unsaturated polyurethane resin. The film substrate is preferably polyethylene terephthalate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Inventor: David Edward Higgins
  • Patent number: 5795649
    Abstract: A release film which is a polymeric film coated with a release resin which is a water soluble copolymer containing styrene is disclosed. The release film is especially suitable for receiving a layer(s) of metal for release of the metal flakes. The released metal flakes possess enhanced optical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: ICI Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Cosentino, David Edward Higgins