Patents by Inventor Martin Kirkby

Martin Kirkby 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: 9656800
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to subsea fluid storage systems that may automatically and/or continuously compensate for subsea pressure changes. A subsea fluid storage unit with passive pressure compensation may comprise a vessel and a deformable bladder disposed within the vessel. A vessel may comprise a top port, a bottom port, and an internal vessel volume. A deformable bladder may comprise a first end and a second end. A second end may comprise a bladder opening that may be fluidically connected to a top port or a bottom port of a vessel. A deformable bladder may define an internal bladder volume that may be suitable for storage of fluids and/or chemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Oceaneering International, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Donahue, Arthur Martin Kirkby, III, David Garcia, Don Hay, Jake Hennig
  • Publication number: 20160023843
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to subsea fluid storage systems that may automatically and/or continuously compensate for subsea pressure changes. A subsea fluid storage unit with passive pressure compensation may comprise a vessel and a deformable bladder disposed within the vessel. A vessel may comprise a top port, a bottom port, and an internal vessel volume. A deformable bladder may comprise a first end and a second end. A second end may comprise a bladder opening that may be fluidically connected to a top port or a bottom port of a vessel. A deformable bladder may define an internal bladder volume that may be suitable for storage of fluids and/or chemicals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Keith Donahue, Arthur Martin Kirkby, III, David Garcia, Don Hay, Jake Hennig
  • Publication number: 20150271009
    Abstract: A technique involves placing a data acceleration engine between an end user device and a host device. The host device provides data associated with a client application to the data acceleration engine, which provides the data to the end user device. If the data acceleration engine is on the host device, content from a datastore is served to the data acceleration engine as if the data acceleration engine were a client running the client application locally; therefore, latency normally associated with a network between the content datastore and the client device is eliminated. If the data acceleration engine is on the end user device and has received at least some data in advance of a relevant query, responses to the query also do not have latency associated with a network. The data acceleration engine can be implemented as a series of data acceleration engines between end user and host devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: DATA ACCELERATOR LTD.
    Inventors: Matthew P. Clothier, Sean P. Corbett, Edward Philip Edwin Elliott, Martin Kirkby, Robert A'Court, Andrew McNeil
  • Publication number: 20140052848
    Abstract: A technique involves placing a data acceleration engine between an end user device and a host device. The host device provides data associated with a client application to the data acceleration engine, which provides the data to the end user device. If the data acceleration engine is on the host device, content from a datastore is served to the data acceleration engine as if the data acceleration engine were a client running the client application locally; therefore, latency normally associated with a network between the content datastore and the client device is eliminated. If the data acceleration engine is on the end user device and has received at least some data in advance of a relevant query, responses to the query also do not have latency associated with a network. The data acceleration engine can be implemented as a series of data acceleration engines between end user and host devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: DATA ACCELERATOR LTD.
    Inventors: Matthew Clothier, Sean Corbett, Edward Elliott, Martin Kirkby, Robert A'Court, Andrew McNeil