Patents by Inventor Matthew Harding

Matthew Harding 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).

  • Publication number: 20240428922
    Abstract: A system for selecting a mask for a patient for use with a respiratory therapy device, the mask suitable to deliver respiratory therapy to the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Wilson CASSE, Christopher Harding CAMPBELL, Patrick Liam MURROW, Matthew James MCCONWAY, Clifton James HAWKINS, Fahad Shams Tahani Bin HAQUE
  • Publication number: 20240326684
    Abstract: A vehicular vessel mounting system is provided. In one aspect, a vehicular vessel mounting system includes a mount arranged to support a pressure vessel in a substantially vertical orientation. The mount includes a vertically oriented spine and a backing connected to the spine. The backing is shaped to match an outer wall of the pressure vessel. One or more retention mechanisms are arranged to retain the pressure vessel to the backing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Eric HARDING, Matthew LEE
  • Patent number: 10906630
    Abstract: A folding wing having a wing tip device (3) rotatable between flight and ground configurations, about an Euler axis of rotation (11). The wing tip device (3) and a fixed wing (1) are separated along an oblique cut plane (13) passing through the upper and lower surfaces of the folding wing. A rotational joint (15) for coupling the wing tip device (3) to the fixed wing (1) during rotation between the ground and flight configurations. The rotational joint includes a follower (17a) and a guide (17b), one which being fixed relative to the wing tip device and the other being fixed relative to the fixed wing. The follower and guide interlock such as by interlocking rings. The follower is received in the guide such that during rotation between the ground and flight configurations the follower moves along the arcuate path defined by the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: John David Randall, Stuart Alexander, Matthew Harding, Krzysztof Jerzy Skirkowski
  • Patent number: 10900728
    Abstract: Systems and methods herein relate to a safety magazine for blank ammunition or “blanks”. In one illustrative implementation, a specially-shaped follower is utilized to engage and advance the blank ammunition without jamming, i.e., when holding and feeding blank cartridges into the chamber of a firearm. In other implementations, integrated/unitary magazines including such a follower are disclosed, which also prevent jams otherwise common in the field of magazines converted to handle blank rounds of ammunition. According to such implementations, live ammunition or cartridges are prevented from being loaded into the magazine and a specialized follower that prevents the ammunition form jamming is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SafeTacMag, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew A. Harding
  • Patent number: 10759514
    Abstract: A rotatable locking member for locking an aircraft wing with a movable wing tip device. The rotatable locking member including a U-shaped receiving portion arranged such that in an unlocked position the locking pin may be moved into and out of the U-shaped receiving portion, and in a locked position the locking pin is not able to be moved out of the U-shaped receiving portion, and the rotatable locking member is configured to be moved between the unlocked and locked position by rotational movement around the longitudinal central axis of the locking pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Eric Wildman, Matthew Harding
  • Patent number: 10739094
    Abstract: Systems and methods herein relate to a safety magazine for blank ammunition or “blanks”. In one illustrative implementation, a specially-shaped follower is utilized to engage and advance the blank ammunition without jamming, i.e., when holding and feeding blank cartridges into the chamber of a firearm. In other implementations, integrated/unitary magazines including such a follower are disclosed, which also prevent jams otherwise common in the field of magazines converted to handle blank rounds of ammunition. According to such implementations, live ammunition or cartridges are prevented from being loaded into the magazine and a specialized follower that prevents the ammunition form jamming is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SafeTacMag, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew A. Harding
  • Patent number: 10464658
    Abstract: An aircraft wing having a wing tip device at the tip thereof is disclosed. The wing tip device is configurable between: a flight configuration for use during flight and a ground configuration for use during ground-based operations to reduce span. In the flight configuration, flight loads may be transferred via a load transfer arrangement from the wing tip device into the fixed wing, but during movement of the wing tip device towards the ground configuration, the load transfer arrangement is disengaged. The wing includes an actuation assembly having a sliding chassis coupled to the wing tip device, via a track and follower arrangement. The track includes a wide portion and a narrow portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Matthew Harding, Stefan Napier, Nicola Marongiu
  • Patent number: 10421529
    Abstract: An aircraft including a wing 10 having a fixed wing 12 and a swing wing tip device 14 pivotably mounted about a pivot 16 at the tip of the fixed wing, wherein the swing wing tip device 14 is configurable between a flight configuration for use during flight and a ground configuration for use during ground-based operations, where the span of the aircraft wing is reduced. The swing wing tip device 14 includes a receiving portion 48 arranged such that in the ground configuration, portions of the upper wing skin and lower wing skin of the fixed wing which are exposed in the flight configuration are at least partially received within the receiving portion 48 of the swing wing 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Stefan Napier, Robert Hart, Matthew Harding, Nick Livings
  • Patent number: 10222153
    Abstract: Systems and methods herein relate to a safety magazine for blank ammunition or “blanks”. In one illustrative implementation, a specially-shaped follower is utilized to engage and advance the blank ammunition without jamming, i.e., when holding and feeding blank cartridges into the chamber of a firearm. In other implementations, integrated/unitary magazines including such a follower are disclosed, which also prevent jams otherwise common in the field of magazines converted to handle blank rounds of ammunition. According to such implementations, live ammunition or cartridges are prevented from being loaded into the magazine and a specialized follower that prevents the ammunition form jamming is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: SafeTacMag, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew A. Harding
  • Patent number: 10196128
    Abstract: An aircraft wing is disclosed having a wing tip device configurable between a flight configuration for use during flight and a ground configuration for use during ground-based operations to reduce the span. The wing includes an actuator and an actuation assembly having an articulation mechanism having a master bell crank connected to the actuator and a slave link connecting the master bell crank with the wing tip device. The slave link is pivoted, at one end, to the master bell crank about a first pivot, and at the other end, to the wing tip device about a second pivot. The master bell crank being pivotably mounted, at its base, about a third pivot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Matthew Harding, Stefan Napier, Nicola Marongiu
  • Publication number: 20180194453
    Abstract: A folding wing having a wing tip device (3) rotatable between flight and ground configurations, about an Euler axis of rotation (11). The wing tip device (3) and a fixed wing (1) are separated along an oblique cut plane (13) passing through the upper and lower surfaces of the folding wing. A rotational joint (15) for coupling the wing tip device (3) to the fixed wing (1) during rotation between the ground and flight configurations. The rotational joint includes a follower (17a) and a guide (17b), one which being fixed relative to the wing tip device and the other being fixed relative to the fixed wing. The follower and guide interlock such as by interlocking rings. The follower is received in the guide such that during rotation between the ground and flight configurations the follower moves along the arcuate path defined by the guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: John David RANDALL, Stuart ALEXANDER, Matthew HARDING
  • Patent number: 9889920
    Abstract: An aircraft wing comprises a fixed wing and a wing tip device at the tip thereof. The wing tip device is configurable between: a flight configuration for use during flight and a ground configuration for use during ground-based operations to reduce the span. The wing comprises an actuation assembly for moving the wing tip device. The actuation assembly is arranged to move the wing tip device in a two-stage movement comprising a first stage in which the wing tip device is translated away from the flight configuration in a linear movement only, and a second, subsequent stage, in which the wing tip device is rotated to the ground configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Matthew Harding, Stefan Napier, Nicola Marongiu, Robert Ian Thompson, Nick Livings, Stephen Paul Briancourt, Sylvain Boye
  • Publication number: 20170334543
    Abstract: A rotatable locking member for locking an aircraft wing with a movable wing tip device. The rotatable locking member including a U-shaped receiving portion arranged such that in an unlocked position the locking pin may be moved into and out of the U-shaped receiving portion, and in a locked position the locking pin is not able to be moved out of the U-shaped receiving portion, and the rotatable locking member is configured to be moved between the unlocked and locked position by rotational movement around the longitudinal central axis of the locking pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Eric WILDMAN, Matthew HARDING
  • Patent number: 9784512
    Abstract: Systems and methods herein relate to a safety magazine for blank ammunition or “blanks”. In one illustrative implementation, a specially-shaped follower is utilized to engage and advance the blank ammunition without jamming, i.e., when holding and feeding blank cartridges into the chamber of a firearm. In other implementations, integrated/unitary magazines including such a follower are disclosed, which also prevent jams otherwise common in the field of magazines converted to handle blank rounds of ammunition. According to such implementations, live ammunition or cartridges are prevented from being loaded into the magazine and a specialized follower that prevents the ammunition form jamming is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SafeTacMag, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew A. Harding
  • Publication number: 20170152016
    Abstract: An aircraft including a wing 10 having a fixed wing 12 and a swing wing tip device 14 pivotably mounted about a pivot 16 at the tip of the fixed wing, wherein the swing wing tip device 14 is configurable between a flight configuration for use during flight and a ground configuration for use during ground-based operations, where the span of the aircraft wing is reduced. The swing wing tip device 14 includes a receiving portion 48 arranged such that in the ground configuration, portions of the upper wing skin and lower wing skin of the fixed wing which are exposed in the flight configuration are at least partially received within the receiving portion 48 of the swing wing 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Stefan NAPIER, Robert HART, Matthew HARDING, Nick LIVINGS
  • Publication number: 20170137111
    Abstract: An aircraft wing having a wing tip device at the tip thereof is disclosed. The wing tip device is configurable between: a flight configuration for use during flight and a ground configuration for use during ground-based operations to reduce span. In the flight configuration, flight loads may be transferred via a load transfer arrangement from the wing tip device into the fixed wing, but during movement of the wing tip device towards the ground configuration, the load transfer arrangement is disengaged. The wing includes an actuation assembly having a sliding chassis coupled to the wing tip device, via a track and follower arrangement. The track includes a wide portion and a narrow portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew HARDING, Stefan NAPIER, Nicola MARONGIU
  • Publication number: 20170137110
    Abstract: An aircraft wing is disclosed having a wing tip device configurable between a flight configuration for use during flight and a ground configuration for use during ground-based operations to reduce the span. The wing includes an actuator and an actuation assembly having an articulation mechanism having a master bell crank connected to the actuator and a slave link connecting the master bell crank with the wing tip device. The slave link is pivoted, at one end, to the master bell crank about a first pivot, and at the other end, to the wing tip device about a second pivot. The master bell crank being pivotably mounted, at its base, about a third pivot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew HARDING, Stefan NAPIER, Nicola MARONGIU
  • Publication number: 20170015438
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to landing zone hardware used in UAV racing, recreational, and commercial applications; in particular, this disclosure relates to portable, foldable, and rollable landing zone hardware that includes embedded electronics and a cavity for insertion of smart devices for communicating status and/or condition information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: JONATHAN MATTHEW HARDING, TROY MERLE BROWN
  • Patent number: 9523546
    Abstract: Systems and methods herein relate to a safety magazine for blank ammunition or “blanks”. In one illustrative implementation, a specially-shaped follower is utilized to engage and advance the blank ammunition without jamming, i.e., when holding and feeding blank cartridges into the chamber of a firearm. In other implementations, integrated/unitary magazines including such a follower are disclosed, which also prevent jams otherwise common in the field of magazines converted to handle blank rounds of ammunition. According to such implementations, live ammunition or cartridges are prevented from being loaded into the magazine and a specialized follower that prevents the ammunition from jamming is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: SafeTacMag, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew A. Harding
  • Publication number: 20160244146
    Abstract: An aircraft wing comprises a fixed wing and a wing tip device at the tip thereof. The wing tip device is configurable between: a flight configuration for use during flight and a ground configuration for use during ground-based operations to reduce the span. The wing comprises an actuation assembly for moving the wing tip device. The actuation assembly is arranged to move the wing tip device in a two-stage movement comprising a first stage in which the wing tip device is translated away from the flight configuration in a linear movement only, and a second, subsequent stage, in which the wing tip device is rotated to the ground configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew HARDING, Stefan NAPIER, Nicola MARONGIU, Robert Ian THOMPSON, Nick LIVINGS, Stephen Paul BRIANCOURT, Sylvain BOYE