Patents by Inventor Mark Gordon Vickers

Mark Gordon Vickers 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: 10273011
    Abstract: An aircraft environmental control system (4) for controlling a temperature of a fluid, the control system (4) comprising: a temperature sensor (30) configured to measure a temperature of the fluid and to generate a first signal, the first signal being indicative of the measured temperature; a control signal generator (52) configured to, dependent upon the first signal, generate a control signal for controlling the temperature of the fluid; and one or more processors (64) configured to, responsive to determining that the measured temperature is less than or equal to a pre-determined threshold value (e.g. 0° C.), increase a gain of the control signal generator (52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventor: Mark Gordon Vickers
  • Publication number: 20180312261
    Abstract: An aircraft environmental control system (4) for controlling a temperature of a fluid, the control system (4) comprising: a temperature sensor (30) configured to measure a temperature of the fluid and to generate a signal, the first signal being indicative of the measured temperature; a control signal generator (52) configured to, dependent upon the first signal, generate a control signal for controlling the temperature of the fluid; and one or more processors (64) configured to, responsive to determining that the measured temperature oscillates about a central value, decrease a gain of the control signal generator (52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventor: Mark Gordon Vickers
  • Publication number: 20180314278
    Abstract: An aircraft environmental control system (4) for controlling a temperature of a fluid, the control system (4) comprising: a first temperature sensor (30) configured to measure a first temperature and to generate a first signal, the first temperature being a temperature of the fluid, the first signal being indicative of the measured first temperature; an amplifier (76) configured to amplify the first signal; one or more processors (64) configured to, using the amplified first signal, generate a control signal for controlling the temperature of the fluid; and a second temperature sensor (68) configured to measure a second temperature, the second temperature being a temperature of an operational environment of the amplifier (76); wherein the one or more processors (64) are further configured to, responsive to the determining that the measured second temperature satisfies one or more predetermined criteria, modify a gain of the amplifier (76) and wherein: the aircraft environmental control system (4) further comp
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Gordon Vickers, Douglas John Sharpe
  • Publication number: 20180305029
    Abstract: An aircraft environmental control system (4) for controlling a temperature of a fluid, the control system (4) comprising: a temperature sensor (30) configured to measure a temperature of the fluid and to generate a first signal, the first signal being indicative of the measured temperature;a control signal generator (52) configured to, dependent upon the first signal, generate a control signal for controlling the temperature of the fluid; and one or more processors (64) configured to, responsive to determining that the measured temperature is less than or equal to a pre-determined threshold value (e.g. 0° C.), increase a gain of the control signal generator (52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventor: Mark Gordon Vickers