Patents by Inventor John Cross McNabb

John Cross McNabb 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).

  • Detecting apparatus and method
    Patent number: 11460126
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting pipe entrenchment or upheaval of a flexible pipe and/or the presence of an external feature to the flexible pipe. The method includes helically winding a temperature sensing element around a layer of a flexible pipe, helically winding a heating element around a layer of a flexible pipe, heating the heating element to a pre-determined temperature, measuring the temperature at at least two locations along the flexible pipe, comparing the measured temperature response at the at least two locations, and making a determination, from the comparison of measured responses, regarding the exterior vicinity of the pipe at one of the at least two locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: GE OIL 7 GAS UK LIMITED
    Inventors: John Cross McNabb, Philip Michael Nott
  • Detecting Apparatus And Method
    Publication number: 20210148486
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting pipe entrenchment or upheaval of a flexible pipe and/or the presence of an external feature to the flexible pipe. The method includes helically winding a temperature sensing element around a layer of a flexible pipe, helically winding a heating element around a layer of a flexible pipe, heating the heating element to a pre-determined temperature, measuring the temperature at at least two locations along the flexible pipe, comparing the measured temperature response at the at least two locations, and making a determination, from the comparison of measured responses, regarding the exterior vicinity of the pipe at one of the at least two locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: John Cross McNabb, Philip Michael Nott