Patents by Inventor Matthew James Silvester

Matthew James Silvester 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).

  • Power generating system and hydraulic control system
    Patent number: 9835140
    Abstract: A hydraulic control system HCS for controlling a variable ratio transmission of a power generating system. A hydraulic motor/pump unit 140 is operably connected to a superposition gear, and is connected to a hydraulic circuit that comprises an orifice 28 and/or a relief valve 29 that opens at a predetermined hydraulic pressure. The hydraulic circuit switches between a variable low-speed operating mode and a torque limiting high-speed operating mode. In the torque limiting high-speed operating mode the hydraulic motor/pump unit 140 is driven by the superposition gear and drives hydraulic fluid through the orifice 28 and/or relief valve 29 to provide a passive torque limiting function. In the variable low-speed operating mode the hydraulic motor/pump unit 140 drives the superposition gear and the hydraulic control system provides a desired rotor 101 speed by controlling hydraulic fluid flow rate through the hydraulic motor/pump unit 140.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: WINDFLOW TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Geoffrey Morgan Henderson, Peter John Scott, Matthew James Silvester, Richard James Trudgian
  • POWER GENERATING SYSTEM AND HYDRAULIC CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150219077
    Abstract: A hydraulic control system HCS for controlling a variable ratio transmission of a power generating system. A hydraulic motor/pump unit 140 is operably connected to a superposition gear, and is connected to a hydraulic circuit that comprises an orifice 28 and/or a relief valve 29 that opens at a predetermined hydraulic pressure. The hydraulic circuit switches between a variable low-speed operating mode and a torque limiting high-speed operating mode. In the torque limiting high-speed operating mode the hydraulic motor/pump unit 140 is driven by the superposition gear and drives hydraulic fluid through the orifice 28 and/or relief valve 29 to provide a passive torque limiting function. In the variable low-speed operating mode the hydraulic motor/pump unit 140 drives the superposition gear and the hydraulic control system provides a desired rotor 101 speed by controlling hydraulic fluid flow rate through the hydraulic motor/pump unit 140.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: WINDFLOW TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Geoffrey Morgan Henderson, Peter John Scott, Matthew James Silvester, Richard James Trudgian