Patents by Inventor Ian Nicholas PROBYN

Ian Nicholas PROBYN 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: 20200021097
    Abstract: A termination assembly for an umbilical comprising a chamber through which pass one or more tubes extending from the umbilical, the chamber containing a filler material, wherein at least one tube is provided with an anchor for securing the at least one tube in the filler material, the anchor comprising a shape memory material. A method of making a termination assembly for an umbilical. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing an anchor for mounting onto one of the tubes, the anchor comprising a shape memory material in a second phase and comprising an aperture which is in a second shape which the tube can pass through, (b) sliding the anchor onto the tube by passing the tube through the aperture, (c) allowing the shape memory alloy to undergo a phase change in which at least some of the second phase converts to a first phase such that the aperture returns towards a first shape which the tube cannot pass through, the anchor thereby gripping the tube, and (d) adding a filler material to the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Alan DOBSON, Ian Nicholas PROBYN, Xiaoxue AN, Jamie FLETCHER-WOODS, Thierry DEQUIN, Michael ZERKUS