Patents by Inventor David William Ford

David William Ford 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).

  • Method of constructing a cylindrical superconducting magnet coil assembly
    Patent number: 10535463
    Abstract: A cylindrical superconducting coil assembly has multiple individual coil units stacked together and retained in place by retaining structures, each coil unit having a resin-impregnated annular superconducting coil bonded at its axial extremities to respective rings of non-ferromagnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Peter Jonathan Davis, David William Ford, Matthew John Longfield
  • CYLINDRICAL SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET COIL STRUCTURE WITH METHODS OF MAKING AND ASSEMBLING IT
    Publication number: 20170229239
    Abstract: A cylindrical superconducting coil assembly comprising a plurality of individual coil units stacked together and retained in place by retaining structures, each coil unit comprising a resin-impregnated annular superconducting coil bonded at its axial extremities to respective rings of non-ferromagnetic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Jonathan DAVIS, David William FORD, Matthew John LONGFIELD
  • COIL FORMERS FOR MRI MAGNETS
    Publication number: 20090174513
    Abstract: A former for a coil of a magnet has a coil former body having an axially-extending floor, a first radially extending wall and a second radially extending wall. The walls are positioned at axial extremities of the axially extending floor. A radial dimension of the coil former body at an axial position corresponding to one wall is greater than a radial dimension of the coil former body at an axial position corresponding to the other wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: David William Ford, Jonathan Noys
  • Methods for reducing entrainment of solids and liquids
    Patent number: 6599348
    Abstract: Methods are provided for the reduction in entrainment of solids and liquids, and loss of valuable chemicals such as catalysts, in processing and refining sequences that employ separation devices in which non-vapors are to be separated from vapors. The methods comprise regulating the velocities of the incoming stream and the vapor being separated, and creating and maintaining the flow of the incoming stream tangentially to the inner surface of the separation vessel, so as to aid in the reduction in entrainment and loss of valuable chemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Celanese International Corporation
    Inventors: Jack Chosnek, David William Ford, Michael B. Lakin
  • Methods for reducing entrainment of solids and liquids
    Publication number: 20020189453
    Abstract: Methods are provided for the reduction in entrainment of solids and liquids, and loss of valuable chemicals such as catalysts, in processing and refining sequences that employ separation devices in which non-vapors are to be separated from vapors. The methods comprise regulating the velocities of the incoming stream and the vapor being separated, and creating and maintaining the flow of the incoming stream tangentially to the inner surface of the separation vessel, so as to aid in the reduction in entrainment and loss of valuable chemicals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Jack Chosnek, David William Ford, Michael B. Lakin