Patents by Inventor Mark J. Richardson

Mark J. Richardson 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).

  • Nuclear power plant having a protective superstructure
    Patent number: 11193292
    Abstract: A nuclear power plant having a protective superstructure including a first end region configured to cover a nuclear reactor in a containment structure, a second end region opposite the first end region and configured to cover a cooling water pump house, and a central region between the first and second end regions and configured to cover a turbine hall. The superstructure has an oval-shaped plan profile, the oval having a greater degree of curvature at the first end region than at the second end region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE POWER ENGINEERING PLC
    Inventors: Jose A Marquez-Santoyo, Mark J Richardson, Gareth Edwards, Paul C Smith
  • NUCLEAR POWER PLANT HAVING A PROTECTIVE SUPERSTRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20200199902
    Abstract: A nuclear power plant having a protective superstructure including a first end region configured to cover a nuclear reactor in a containment structure, a second end region opposite the first end region and configured to cover a cooling water pump house, and a central region between the first and second end regions and configured to cover a turbine hall. The superstructure has an oval-shaped plan profile, the oval having a greater degree of curvature at the first end region than at the second end region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE POWER ENGINEERING plc
    Inventors: Jose A MARQUEZ-SANTOYO, Mark J RICHARDSON, Gareth EDWARDS, Paul C SMITH
  • Powered access platform units
    Patent number: 4967876
    Abstract: A powered access platform unit having a wheeled base carrying a corner pillar to which is articulated one end of a parallel linkage boom articulated at the other end to the remote corner of a platform structure on the same side of said structure as the side of the base which carries the corner pillar, and a drive unit on the base for raising and lowering the platform structure on the parallel linkage boom by means of an hydraulic ram articulated between the base pillar and the boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1990
    Inventors: Mark J. Richardson, Colin Marshall