Patents by Inventor Hugh Sutherland

Hugh Sutherland 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: 8721755
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided and includes an inlet, including a peripheral wall formed to define a pathway along which gaseous, fluidic and particulate matter flow and two or more nets sequentially disposed in the pathway, the two or more nets being suspended on the peripheral wall with substantially no clearance between each of the two or more nets and the peripheral wall and held sufficiently loosely to permit relative movement of each of the two or more nets such that an effective pore size of the two or more nets is variable over time to encourage fluidic condensation at the two or more nets and to permit a relatively substantial portion of the gaseous and particulate matter to continue to flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: BHA Altair, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Sherwood Bryant, Alan Edwin Baigent, Paul Christopher James Bissett, John Carl Davies, Evdokia Ivanovna Huddlestone, Etienne Rene Jarrier, Ian Hugh Sutherland
  • Publication number: 20120000176
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided and includes an inlet, including a peripheral wall formed to define a pathway along which gaseous, fluidic and particulate matter flow and two or more nets sequentially disposed in the pathway, the two or more nets being suspended on the peripheral wall with substantially no clearance between each of the two or more nets and the peripheral wall and held sufficiently loosely to permit relative movement of each of the two or more nets such that an effective pore size of the two or more nets is variable over time to encourage fluidic condensation at the two or more nets and to permit a relatively substantial portion of the gaseous and particulate matter to continue to flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul Sherwood Bryant, Alan Edwin Baigent, Paul Christopher James Bissett, John Carl Davies, Evdokia Ivanovna Huddlestone, Etienne René Jarrier, Ian Hugh Sutherland
  • Patent number: D871247
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: ZapGo Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen Voller, Robert Dix, Hugh Sutherland