Patents by Inventor Martin Howe

Martin Howe 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: 11964441
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein that relate to vehicles, composite parts, and methods for forming a composite part for a vehicle. In one example, a vehicle comprises a composite part comprising a skin comprising one or more material layers. The composite part further comprises a stiffener comprising one or more material layers, wherein the stiffener comprises a flange and a web. The composite part also includes an additively manufactured sub-structure positioned between at least a portion of the skin and at least a portion of the stiffener. The additively manufactured sub-structure comprises at least one flange portion, at least one radius, and at least one radius filler. A polymer matrix is co-infused within the skin, the stiffener, and the additively manufactured sub-structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Christopher A. Howe, Paul David Evans, Stuart Bateman, Martin Leary
  • Publication number: 20240123260
    Abstract: The disclosed calibration method includes a calibration phantom positioned on an adjustable table on the surface of a mechanical couch, with the phantom's centre at an estimated location for the iso-centre of a radio therapy treatment apparatus. The calibration phantom is then irradiated using the apparatus, and the relative location of the center of the calibration phantom and the iso-centre of the apparatus is determined by analyzing images of the irradiation of the calibration phantom. The calibration phantom is then repositioned by the mechanical couch applying an offset corresponding to the determined relative location of the centre of the calibration phantom and the iso-centre of the apparatus to the calibration phantom. Images of the relocated calibration phantom are obtained, to which the offset has been applied, and the obtained images are processed to set the co-ordinate system of a stereoscopic camera system relative to the iso-centre of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ivan Meir, Martin Allen, Gideon Hale, Norman Smith, Robert Howe
  • Patent number: 9182656
    Abstract: The invention provides an optical mask (1) for use in blending overlapping tiled images, the optical mask comprising a base (2); an array of elongate sliding elements (10) arranged side by side on the support, each sliding element being independently slidable along an axis and being constrained against lateral translational movement; the mask having a transmission-modifying edge (22) for positioning in a beam of light to modify transmission of the light, the transmission-modifying edge (22) having a profile which is adjustable by moving one or more of the sliding elements (10) along their axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: ELECTROSONIC LIMITED
    Inventors: Jack Langley, Martin Howe, Craig Maddock, Nicholas Richard Coates
  • Publication number: 20140098348
    Abstract: The invention provides an optical mask (1) for use in blending overlapping tiled images, the optical mask comprising a base (2); an array of elongate sliding elements (10) arranged side by side on the support, each sliding element being independently slidable along an axis and being constrained against lateral translational movement; the mask having a transmission-modifying edge (22) for positioning in a beam of light to modify transmission of the light, the transmission-modifying edge (22) having a profile which is adjustable by moving one or more of the sliding elements (10) along their axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: ELECTROSONIC LIMITED
    Inventors: Jack Langley, Martin Howe, Craig Maddock, Nicholas Richard Coates