Patents by Inventor Michael T. Cunningham

Michael T. Cunningham 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).

  • Improvements in and relating to connection assemblies and components thereof
    Patent number: 4886300
    Abstract: Apparatus for use in remotely connecting a plurality of lines for carrying fluid terminating in a first hub to a plurality of lines for carrying fluid terminating in a second hub, the hubs being initially arranged with their axes approximately coaxial but spaced apart, comprises a plurality of first engagement members fixed relative to the first hub and comprising generally conical receptor elements forming end portions of elongate tubular members arranged around the first hub with their axes generally parallel to that of the first hub, and a plurality of second engagement members comprising generally conical elements forming end portions of elongate members arranged around the second hub with their axes generally parallel to that of the second hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1989
    Assignee: Hunting Oilfield Services Limited
    Inventors: Michael W. Spiering, Michael T. Cunningham
  • Selective solar surfaces
    Patent number: 4518467
    Abstract: A process for the production of a solar collector for high temperature use by forming a porous oxidic film of less than 0.5 .mu.m thickness on to a stainless steel surface, said film comprising a tortuous network of interlinking pathways, and by depositing nickel or palladium into the pores by a DC electrolysis process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: INCO Selective Surfaces Limited
    Inventors: John J. Mason, Michael T. Cunningham, Jeffrey N. Crosby