Patents by Inventor Ian Bates

Ian Bates 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).

  • Publication number: 20100008514
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for an audio belt buckle. The audio belt buckle contains a belt buckle housing, at least one speaker, an audio input receiver, an amplification device, and a power source. The belt buckle housing is coupled to a first end of a belt of a user. The belt buckle housing is configured to secure an opposing end of the belt to hold the belt around the waist of a user. The speaker is coupled to the belt buckle housing and is directed away from the user's body. The audio input receiver is also coupled to the belt buckle housing and is configured to receive audio input. The amplification device is coupled to the audio input, the speaker, and the power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Ian Bates, David Williams, Chase Wallis
  • Bag
    Publication number: 20090223850
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bag, and more particularly to a bag for carrying bottles, cups and other liquid containers. We describe a bag manufactured of a recyclable material, comprising an insert comprising at least one container-receiving aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicants: DEMPSON CROOKE LTD., PORTABRANDS LTD.
    Inventors: Jonathan Katzauer, Ian Bates
  • Publication number: 20080217191
    Abstract: We describe a carrier which seeks to prevent containers, such as bottles, located in compartments at open ends of the carrier from slipping out of the carrier. We also describe a carrier in which adjacently located bottles are prevented from contacting into each other. We further describe a carrier in which sliding movement of a loaded carrier across a surface is minimised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: SMURFIT KAPPA ZEDEK B.V.
    Inventors: Ian Bates, Lourens Van Pesch
  • Publication number: 20070295622
    Abstract: We describe a carrier which seeks to prevent containers, such as bottles, located in compartments at open ends of the carrier from slipping out of the carrier. We also describe a carrier in which adjacently located bottles are prevented from contacting into each other. We further describe a carrier in which sliding movement of a loaded carrier across a surface is minimised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: SMUFIT KAPPA ZEDEK B.V.
    Inventors: Ian Bates, Lourens Van Pesch
  • Publication number: 20050103145
    Abstract: A gearbox actuator comprising a selector shaft 2 which is arranged in a housing and is driven by a drive. A shift finger 3 and disengaging shaped elements 4 used to actuate gearshift rails are arranged on the selector shaft, and jibs for 12-15 supporting and guiding the gearshift rails are arranged on the housing. The gearbox actuator 1 comprises the central selector shaft 2 mounted in bearing elements 19 and comprises a shift finger 3 and two disengaging shaped elements 4 arranged in the center thereof, at a distance corresponding to the width of a channel. Preferably, the selector shaft 2 is driven by a brushless motor 5 by means of a double planetary stage 6 and a toothed segment 7 which engages a toothed wheel 16 that is preferably positioned in a housing element 17. A preferably second brushless motor 8 drives a sliding element 37 by means of spindle 9, the sliding element displacing the shift finger 3 and the disengaging shaped elements 4 on the selector shaft 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Applicant: LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG
    Inventors: Burkhard Pollak, Terry Morgan, James Lethbridge, Ian Bates
  • Patent number: 6764980
    Abstract: An oil field production chemical, especially a scale inhibitor, is in the form of particles thereof carrying a coating e.g. of a dispersing agent. The coating may be polymeric such as an oligomeric polyacid polyester, a polymeric alkoxylated alcohol or a fatty acid polyamine condensate or it may also be a surfactant and may be used in the form of a suspension in an inert oil, such as diesel oil or kerosene which may be injected into a subterranean formation to inhibit the formation of deposits, e.g. scale in oil wells over a longer period than compounds free of the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Ian Bates, Ian Ralph Collins, Paul Derek Ravenscroft
  • Publication number: 20020128157
    Abstract: An oil field production chemical, especially a scale inhibitor, is in the form of particles thereof carrying a coating e.g. of a dispersing agent. The coating may be polymeric such as an oligomeric polyacid polyester, a polymeric alkoxylated alcohol or a fatty acid polyamine condensate or it may also be a surfactant and may be used in the form of a suspension in an inert oil, such as diesel oil or kerosene which may be injected into a subterranean formation to inhibit the formation of deposits, e.g. scale in oil wells over a longer period than compounds free of the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Ian Bates, Ian Ralph Collins, Paul Derek Ravenscroft
  • Patent number: 6380136
    Abstract: An oil field production chemical, especially a scale inhibitor, is in the form of particles thereof carrying a coating e.g. of a dispersing agent. The coating may be polymeric such as an oligomeric polyacid polyester, a polymeric alkoxylated alcohol or a fatty acid polyamine condensate or it may also be a surfactant and may be used in the form of a suspension in an inert oil, such as diesel oil or kerosene which may be injected into a subterranean formation to inhibit the formation of deposits, e.g. scale in oil wells over a longer period than compounds free of the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignees: BP Exploration Operating Company, Collag Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Ian Bates, Ian Ralph Collins, Paul Derek Ravenscroft