Patents by Inventor Gavin Borland

Gavin Borland 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: 8066224
    Abstract: A platform for the aerial delivery of payloads into aquatic environments has a staged v cross-section formed by two walls extending from an end part. The portions of the two walls adjacent to the end part diverge from it at an angle ? and, together with the end part, form the tip of the platform. The remaining portions of the two walls, remote from the end part, form the body of the platform, and diverge at an angle ? that is greater than the angle ?. When the platform is deployed onto the surface of a fluid, it initially experiences a period of low deceleration as the tip penetrates the surface, followed by a period of higher deceleration, as the body contacts the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Babcock Integrated Technology Limited
    Inventors: David Richard Schafer, Gavin Borland
  • Publication number: 20080258011
    Abstract: A platform for the aerial delivery of payloads into aquatic environments has a staged v cross-section formed by two walls extending from an end part. The portions of the two walls adjacent to the end part diverge from it at an angle ? and, together with the end part, form the tip of the platform. The remaining portions of the two walls, remote from the end part, form the body of the platform, and diverge at an angle ? that is greater than the angle ?. When the platform is deployed onto the surface of a fluid, it initially experiences a period of low deceleration as the tip penetrates the surface, followed by a period of higher deceleration, as the body contacts the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: David Richard SCHAFER, Gavin BORLAND