Patents by Inventor Douglas Coutts

Douglas Coutts 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: 11674624
    Abstract: A load bearing flexible conduit system for use in a body of water and adapted for deployment from a reel located on a water going vessel into the body of water is disclosed. The system comprises a number of lengths of load bearing flexible conduit, each length of load bearing flexible conduit provided with an inner layer having a throughbore and a load bearing outer layer. A joint for connecting the lengths together has a body having a longitudinal axis and a throughbore and at least one flexible coupling to permit at least one of the ends of the respective first and second lengths of load bearing flexible conduit to move relative to the longitudinal axis of the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: HYDRASUN LIMITED
    Inventors: Benjamin Douglas Coutts, Jonathan Hill
  • Publication number: 20200116283
    Abstract: A load bearing flexible conduit system (10) for use in a body of water and adapted for deployment from a reel (100) located on a water going vessel into the body of water is disclosed. The system comprises a number of lengths (12) of load bearing flexible conduit, each length of load bearing flexible conduit provided with an inner layer (44) having a throughbore and a load bearing outer layer (50). A joint (30) for connecting the lengths together has a body having a longitudinal axis and a throughbore and at least one flexible coupling to permit at least one of the said one ends of the respective first and second lengths of load bearing flexible conduit to move relative to the longitudinal axis of the joint. The lengths of load bearing flexible conduit are sufficiently flexible such that they are capable of being stored, prior to use, on a reel (100) and are further capable of being at least partially payed out from the reel into the body of water during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin Douglas COUTTS, Jonathan HILL
  • Patent number: 10520121
    Abstract: A load bearing flexible conduit system (10) for use in a body of water and adapted for deployment from a reel (100) located on a water going vessel into the body of water is disclosed. The system comprises a number of lengths (12) of load bearing flexible conduit, each length of load bearing flexible conduit provided with an inner layer (44) having a throughbore and a load bearing outer layer (50). A joint (30) for connecting the lengths together has a body having a longitudinal axis and a throughbore and at least one flexible coupling to permit at least one of the said one ends of the respective first and second lengths of load bearing flexible conduit to move relative to the longitudinal axis of the joint. The lengths of load bearing flexible conduit are sufficiently flexible such that they are capable of being stored, prior to use, on a reel (100) and are further capable of being at least partially payed out from the reel into the body of water during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: HYDRASUN LIMITED
    Inventors: Benjamin Douglas Coutts, Jonathan Hill
  • Publication number: 20160076684
    Abstract: A load bearing flexible conduit system (10) for use in a body of water and adapted for deployment from a reel (100) located on a water going vessel into the body of water is disclosed. The system comprises a number of lengths (12) of load bearing flexible conduit, each length of load bearing flexible conduit provided with an inner layer (44) having a throughbore and a load bearing outer layer (50). A joint (30) for connecting the lengths together has a body having a longitudinal axis and a throughbore and at least one flexible coupling to permit at least one of the said one ends of the respective first and second lengths of load bearing flexible conduit to move relative to the longitudinal axis of the joint. The lengths of load bearing flexible conduit are sufficiently flexible such that they are capable of being stored, prior to use, on a reel (100) and are further capable of being at least partially payed out from the reel into the body of water during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: HYDRASUN LIMITED
    Inventors: Benjamin Douglas COUTTS, Jonathan HILL
  • Publication number: 20090077015
    Abstract: A software and/or hardware facility for implementing composite applications. The facility includes a composite application designer that enables users to create and modify composite applications. A composite application can include data from primary assets, as well as data from derived assets, which are assets that are derived from one or more primary assets. The composite application designer also enables the creation of configuration files for configuring access to data corresponding to primary and derived assets. The facility also includes a data access service that enables access to data corresponding to primary and derived assets. The data access service is configured by a configuration file that is created by the composite application designer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Douglas Coutts, Richards Federie, Michael Geyer, Scott Oyler
  • Publication number: 20050183562
    Abstract: A channel cutting tool may include an arbor that connects to a rotating spindle of a machining tool or a similar spinning part of a machining tool. Two slot cutting blades may be fixedly mounted to the arbor. An inner washer may be fixedly mounted on the arbor between the cutting blades and establish the blade spacing. An outer washer may be rotationally mounted to the inner washer with a smaller thickness to facilitate rotation relative to the two cutting blades. The arbor rotates about a longitudinal rotation axis, which may also the rotation axis for the cutting blades, the inner washer, and the outer washer. The outer washer functions as a depth-limiting safeguard for the channel cutting tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Anthony Morris, Michael Hankins, Frederick Kuck, Kenneth Smith, David Campbell, Douglas Coutts, Richard Folster, Jeffry Fint, Chad Schepel