Patents by Inventor Graham Knowles

Graham Knowles 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: 11066272
    Abstract: An assembly and method for deploying, retrieving, and storing a cable having a minimum bend radius onto a drum. The assembly may comprise a frame, a rotatable drum carried by the frame, a levelwind carried by the frame, and a powertrain. The levelwind may comprise a rail spanning at least the width of the drum, and a traversable carriage carried by the rail. The levelwind may also comprise a cable guide carried by the carriage, where the cable guide comprises an elongated chute having contoured walls. The contoured walls of the chute include no bends having a radius less than the minimum bend radius of the cable. The powertrain may be operatively connected to rotate the drum about the drum axis and traverse the carriage along the rail. In some examples, the contoured walls of the chute are coated with a supplmentary coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE CANADA LIMITED
    Inventors: Terry Sharpe, Bob Millett, Graham Knowles
  • Publication number: 20200339376
    Abstract: An assembly and method for deploying, retrieving, and storing a cable having a minimum bend radius onto a drum. The assembly may comprise a frame, a rotatable drum carried by the frame, a levelwind carried by the frame, and a powertrain. The levelwind may comprise a rail spanning at least the width of the drum, and a traversable carriage carried by the rail. The levelwind may also comprise a cable guide carried by the carriage, where the cable guide comprises an elongated chute having contoured walls. The contoured walls of the chute include no bends having a radius less than the minimum bend radius of the cable. The powertrain may be operatively connected to rotate the drum about the drum axis and traverse the carriage along the rail. In some examples, the contoured walls of the chute are coated with a supplmentary coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce Canada Limited
    Inventors: Terry Sharpe, Bob Millett, Graham Knowles
  • Publication number: 20180271500
    Abstract: Methods of detecting and predicting ovulation and a period of fertility include determining a series of measures indicative of the basal body temperature of a female human user to identify a temperature change event. The method includes obtaining, within a first 24 hour period, a plurality of first readings of the temperature of the female human user at intervals over a first extended period of at least an hour. The plurality of first readings are then processed to determine at least one first representative temperature reading representative of the basal body temperature of the user for the first extended period and the at least one first representative temperature reading is stored. The method is repeated for at least second and third 24 hour periods and the representative temperature readings are provided for analysis to identify a temperature change event for the female human user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Howard JAMES, Toby Grahame Knowles
  • Publication number: 20160030011
    Abstract: Methods of detecting and predicting ovulation and a period of fertility include determining a series of measures indicative of the basal body temperature of a female human user to identify a temperature change event. The method includes obtaining, within a first 24 hour period, a plurality of first readings of the temperature of the female human user at intervals over a first extended period of at least an hour. The plurality of first readings are then processed to determine at least one first representative temperature reading representative of the basal body temperature of the user for the first extended period and the at least one first representative temperature reading is stored. The method is repeated for at least second and third 24 hour periods and the representative temperature readings are provided for analysis to identify a temperature change event for the female human user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Howard JAMES, Toby Grahame Knowles
  • Patent number: 9155523
    Abstract: Methods of detecting and predicting ovulation and a period of fertility include determining a series of measures indicative of the basal body temperature of a female human user to identify a temperature change event. The method includes obtaining, within a first 24 hour period, a plurality of first readings of the temperature of the female human user at intervals over a first extended period of at least an hour. The plurality of first readings are then processed to determine at least one first representative temperature reading representative of the basal body temperature of the user for the first extended period and the at least one first representative temperature reading is stored. The method is repeated for at least second and third 24 hour periods and the representative temperature readings are provided for analysis to identify a temperature change event for the female human user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: FERTILITY FOCUS LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Howard James, Toby Grahame Knowles
  • Patent number: 9155522
    Abstract: Methods of detecting and predicting ovulation and a period of fertility include determining a series of measures indicative of the basal body temperature of a female human user to identify a temperature change event. The method includes obtaining, within a first 24 hour period, a plurality of first readings of the temperature of the female human user at intervals over a first extended period of at least an hour. The plurality of first readings are then processed to determine at least one first representative temperature reading representative of the basal body temperature of the user for the first extended period and the at least one first representative temperature reading is stored. The method is repeated for at least second and third 24 hour periods and the representative temperature readings are provided for analysis to identify a temperature change event for the female human user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: FERTILITY FOCUS LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Howard James, Toby Grahame Knowles
  • Patent number: 8556738
    Abstract: An apparatus including a shaft mounted for rotation and a balancing sleeve is provided. The balancing sleeve functions to balance the shaft during rotation and includes first and second ends. The first end is secured to the shaft so that the balancing sleeve is substantially concentric with the shaft and rotates with the shaft. The second end incorporates balancing weight to balance the shaft at lower speeds of rotation of the shaft where there is substantially no flexing of the shaft. The lengthwise stiffness of the balancing sleeve is matched to the lengthwise stiffness of the shaft to maintain balance of the shaft at higher speeds of rotation of the shaft where there is flexing of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Grahame Knowles
  • Patent number: 8496597
    Abstract: A method of providing information relating to the fertility of a female mammal comprising the steps of: (i) taking multiple temperature readings from the female mammal during an extended period; (ii) identifying and disregarding temperature readings having one or more characteristics of irrelevant or faulty data; (iii) obtaining one or several representative temperature values for the extended period; (iv) repeating steps (i) to (iii) over multiple extended periods; (v) analyzing the representative temperature values obtained over multiple extended periods for one or more patterns in the representative temperature values indicative or predictive of ovulation in order to provide information relating to the fertility of the female mammal to a user, wherein the representative temperature values are not the maximum or minimum temperature readings obtained for the extended period; and related uses and apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Fertility Focus Limited
    Inventors: Michael Howard James, Toby Grahame Knowles
  • Publication number: 20120094776
    Abstract: An apparatus including a shaft mounted for rotation and a balancing sleeve is provided. The balancing sleeve functions to balance the shaft during rotation and includes first and second ends. The first end is secured to the shaft so that the balancing sleeve is substantially concentric with the shaft and rotates with the shaft. The second end incorporates balancing weight to balance the shaft at lower speeds of rotation of the shaft where there is substantially no flexing of the shaft. The lengthwise stiffness of the balancing sleeve is matched to the lengthwise stiffness of the shaft to maintain balance of the shaft at higher speeds of rotation of the shaft where there is flexing of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventor: Grahame Knowles
  • Publication number: 20100326784
    Abstract: A torque protection device is provided which includes an axial direction and a radial direction. The torque protection device further includes a driven element for connecting the torque protection device to a driven output member, a driving element for connecting the torque protection device to a driving input member, and at least one shear pin connecting the driving element to the driven element. The shear pin includes a first end held by the driven element and a second end held by the driving element. The shear pin extends from the driven element to the driving element in the radial direction of the torque protection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: Grahame Knowles
  • Publication number: 20100200344
    Abstract: An apparatus for damping the torsional excitation of a hollow drive shaft is provided. The apparatus includes an elongate member that extends along the interior of the drive shaft, one end of the member is secured to one end of the drive shaft, the other end of the member is disposed at the other end of the drive shaft, and a hydraulic damping device secured to the other end of the drive shaft for damping vibration of the other end of the member. The hydraulic damping device includes a piston and cylinder arrangement having first and second hydraulic chambers, a reservoir of hydraulic fluids, and hydraulic circuitry which uses the hydraulic chambers to communicate with the reservoir. The hydraulic damping device is arranged so that any leakage of hydraulic fluid from the first and second hydraulic chambers via a piston/cylinder interface passes to the reservoir of hydraulic fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventor: Grahame Knowles
  • Patent number: 7770600
    Abstract: A hydraulic restrictor comprising: a passage along which hydraulic fluid flows; a member which extends along the passage, the member restricting the flow along the passage; and structure for selectively securing the member at a plurality of different positions along the passage thereby to enable variation in the restriction on flow along the passage, the securing structure securing the member at each position by securing the member against the side wall of the passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Grahame Knowles
  • Patent number: 7654907
    Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus for damping the torsional excitation of a drive shaft is provided. The apparatus includes: a member secured to one end of the drive shaft and extending along the drive shaft; and damping means secured to the other end of the drive shaft for damping vibration of the end of the member remote from the securing of the member to the one end of the drive shaft. A hydraulic circuit for damping the vibration of a component in a first dimension, the circuit including: a pair of hydraulic cylinders disposed so that the actions of the pistons of the cylinders oppose one another in the first dimension, the pistons communicating with the component; and a fluid flow path between the cylinders, vibration of the component in the first dimension causing fluid flow between the cylinders to damp the vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellshcaft
    Inventor: Grahame Knowles
  • Publication number: 20090326410
    Abstract: A method of providing information relating to the fertility of a female mammal comprising the steps of: (i) taking multiple temperature readings from the female mammal during an extended period; (ii) identifying and disregarding temperature readings having one or more characteristics of irrelevant or faulty data; (iii) obtaining one or several representative temperature values for the extended period; (iv) repeating steps (i) to (iii) over multiple extended periods; (v) analysing the representative temperature values obtained over multiple extended periods for one or more patterns in the representative temperature values indicative or predictive of ovulation in order to provide information relating to the fertility of the female mammal to a user, wherein the representative temperature values are not the maximum or minimum temperature readings obtained for the extended period; and related uses and apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: FERTILITY FOCUS LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Howard James, Toby Grahame Knowles
  • Publication number: 20090133759
    Abstract: A hydraulic restrictor comprising: a passage along which hydraulic fluid flows; a member which extends along said passage, said member restricting the flow along the passage; and means for selectively securing said member at a plurality of different positions along the passage thereby to enable variation in the restriction on flow along the passage, said securing means securing said member at each said position by securing the member against the side wall of the passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventor: Grahame Knowles
  • Publication number: 20080175914
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof: wherein: R1 is C1-4alkyl, C1-3fluoroalkyl, —CH2CH2OH or —CH2CH2CO2C1-2alkyl; R2 is a hydrogen atom (H), methyl or C1fluoroalkyl; R3 is optionally substituted C3-8cycloalkyl or optionally substituted mono-unsaturated-C5-7cycloalkenyl or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group of sub-formula (aa), (bb) or (cc); in which n1 and n2 independently are 1 or 2; and in which Y is O, S, SO2, or NR10; or R3 is a bicyclic group (dd) or (ee): and wherein X is NR4R5 or OR5a. The compounds are phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitors, in particular PDE4 inhibitors. Also provided is the use of a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of an inflammatory and/or allergic disease in a mammal such as a human, for example chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, or allergic rhinitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: David George ALLEN, Diane Mary Coe, Caroline Mary Cook, Michael Dennis Dowle, Christopher David Edlin, Julie Nicole Hamblin, Martin Redpath Johnson, Paul Spencer Jones, Richard Graham Knowles, Mika Kristian Lindvall, Charlotte Jane Mitchell, Alison Judith Redgrave, Peter Ward
  • Publication number: 20080132505
    Abstract: Combination of one or more CB2 modulators and one or more PDE4 inhibitors, and method of treating conditions which are mediated by the activity of CB2 receptors or conditions which are mediated by PDE4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew James Brown, Helen Elizabeht Connor, Andrew John Eatherton, Gerard Martin Paul Giblin, Richard Howard Green, Jennifer Margaret Doughty, Karamjit Singh Jandu, Richard Graham Knowles, William Leonard Mitchell, Alan Naylor, Celestine Theresa O'Shaughnessy, Giovanni Palombi, Derek Anthony Rawlings, Brian Peter Slingsby, Catherine Jane Tralau-Stewart, Andrew Richard Whittington, Richard Alexander Williamson
  • Publication number: 20080016810
    Abstract: A building component having first and second high density foam panels and improved bridging members for connecting the panels that extend between and may be molded into the panels. The bridging members include a pair of elongated end plates oriented in a top to bottom direction of the panels, a pair of substantially identical web members joining the end plates and being substantially symmetrically disposed above and below a central horizontal axis of the bridging member, and a pair of strip members oriented in the top to bottom direction of the panels intersecting the web members. The web members have a unique configuration that maximizes load bearing capacity with a minimum amount of material. The strip members may abut against and be substantially flush with respective inner surfaces of the foam panels to assist in positioning and forming the panels during molding. Seating areas for positioning horizontally and/or vertically disposed rebar in predetermined positions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: Arxx Building Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Cooper, G. Scott, Robert Sculthorpe, Graham Knowles
  • Publication number: 20070240959
    Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus for damping the torsional excitation of a drive shaft is provided. The apparatus includes: a member secured to one end of the drive shaft and extending along the drive shaft; and damping means secured to the other end of the drive shaft for damping vibration of the end of the member remote from the securing of the member to the one end of the drive shaft. A hydraulic circuit for damping the vibration of a component in a first dimension, the circuit including: a pair of hydraulic cylinders disposed so that the actions of the pistons of the cylinders oppose one another in the first dimension, the pistons communicating with the component; and a fluid flow path between the cylinders, vibration of the component in the first dimension causing fluid flow between the cylinders to damp the vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Grahame Knowles
  • Patent number: RE39576
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein R1 is a C1-6 straight or branched chain alkyl group, a C2-6alkenyl group, a C2-6 alkynyl group, a C3-6cycloalkyl group or a C3-6cycloalkylC1-6alkyl group, each optionally substituted by one to three groups independently selected from: —CN; —NO2; a group —COR2 wherein R2 is hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, —OR3 wherein R3 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl or NR4R5 wherein R4 and R5 are independently selected from hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl; a group —S(O)mR6 wherein m is 0, 1 or 2, R6 is hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, hydroxy or NR7R8 wherein R7 and R8 are independently hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl; a group PO(OR9)2 wherein R9 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl; a group NR10R11 wherein R10 and R11 are independently selected from hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, —COR12 wherein R12 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl, or —S(O)m?R13 wherein m? is 0, 1 or 2 and R13 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl; halo; or a group —OR14 wherein R14 is hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl optionally substituted by one to three halo atoms, C6-10 aryl or —COR15 wherein R15 is hydroge
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Smithkline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Harold Francis Hodson, Richard Michael John Palmer, David Alan Sawyer, Richard Graham Knowles, Karl Witold Franzmann, Martin James Drysdale, Patricia Ifeyinwa Davies, Helen Alice Rebecca Clark, Barry George Shearer, Steven Smith