Patents by Inventor George Reginald Seyfang

George Reginald Seyfang 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).

  • Deployable wingsail for container ships
    Patent number: 10870472
    Abstract: A wingsail includes a wing body, a wing axle having an axis, and at least one trim plate supported on a side surface of the wing body, the trim plate to control a rotational movement of the wing body about an axis of the wing axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Wind + Wing Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Michael Gardner, George Reginald Seyfang
  • DEPLOYABLE WINGSAIL FOR CONTAINER SHIPS
    Publication number: 20190248460
    Abstract: A wingsail includes a wing body, a wing axle having an axis, and at least one trim plate supported on a side surface of the wing body, the trim plate to control a rotational movement of the wing body about an axis of the wing axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Jay Michael Gardner, George Reginald Seyfang
  • Deployable wingsail for container ships
    Patent number: 10293904
    Abstract: A shipping container includes a container configured to be secured onto a vessel or a vehicle. The shipping container further includes at least one wingsail stored in the container and configured to be unfolded to deploy from the container and folded to be stowed in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Wind + Wing Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Michael Gardner, George Reginald Seyfang
  • DEPLOYABLE WINGSAIL FOR CONTAINER SHIPS
    Publication number: 20170327196
    Abstract: A shipping container includes a container configured to be secured onto a vessel or a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Wind + Wing Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Michael Gardner, George Reginald Seyfang
  • Sensor system
    Patent number: 7301454
    Abstract: The invention provides apparatus having a sensor system for providing sensor information for a monitoring, control or other operating function of the apparatus. The sensor system comprises: a transducer (16) adapted to be responsive to a predetermined environmental characteristic of the apparatus for providing an electrical output, and means (18) adjacent to the transducer to accentuate the said characteristic. At least one sensor (20) is arranged to be operated by power derived from the electrical output for generating a detection signal, and means (38, 40) arranged to be operated by power derived from the electrical output and responsive to the detection signal are also provided for communicating sensor information to a processing unit remote from the sensor system and associated with the said function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventors: George Reginald Seyfang, Geoffrey Salkeld, Christopher John Hunter, Neil John Calder
  • Aircraft recovery methods
    Patent number: 3980259
    Abstract: A powered remotely piloted vehicle which is not controllable at the low landing speeds necessary for landing on a platform of small area is provided with a para-foil type wing deployable at the beginning of a recovery sequence, and is further provided with a rocket ejectable line which is passed to the landing platform and winched in so that the composite flight vehicle and deployed para-foil wing is drawn towards the platform after the manner of a kite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1976
    Assignee: British Aircraft Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Richard David Greenhalgh, Ronald Alexander Saunders, George Reginald Seyfang