Patents by Inventor Derek William Clarke

Derek William Clarke 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).

  • Patent number: 6008780
    Abstract: Diver communication equipment comprises a diver's helmet having a display consisting of a monitor, a prism, a relay lens and an eyepiece. The relay lens and the eyepiece are mounted in a tube which extends into the helmet through a sealing bush located in place by a nut. The helmet also caries a television camera and a light. By looking up at the eyepiece, the diver can see, through one eye, video images from the monitor derived from the camera or from another camera located topside of some other graphical or numeric information derived either from other devices subsea or other sources located topside. In a modification, the monitor occupies the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: BG plc
    Inventors: Derek William Clarke, Roger Brian Huxford, Arthur Graham Robinson