Patents by Inventor Neil Andrew

Neil Andrew 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).

  • FAN
    Publication number: 20130336771
    Abstract: A ceiling fan includes an annular nozzle having an inner wall, an outer wall extending about the inner wall, an air inlet for receiving an air flow, an air outlet for emitting the air flow, and an interior passage located between the inner wall and the outer wall for conveying the air flow to the air outlet. The inner wall defines a bore through which air from outside the nozzle is drawn by the air flow emitted from the air outlet. The fan includes a support assembly for supporting the nozzle on a ceiling. The nozzle is rotatable relative to the support assembly about a rotational axis and between a first orientation in which the air flow is directed away from the ceiling and a second orientation in which the air flow is directed towards the ceiling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: James Dyson, Neil Andrew Stewart, Rodney James Brown
  • FAN
    Publication number: 20130302146
    Abstract: A ceiling fan includes an annular nozzle having an inner wall, an outer wall extending about the inner wall, an air inlet for receiving an air flow, an air outlet for emitting the air flow, and an interior passage located between the inner and outer wall for conveying the air flow to the air outlet. The inner wall defines a bore through which air from outside the nozzle is drawn by the air flow emitted from the air outlet. A support assembly supports the nozzle on a ceiling and includes a ceiling mount for mounting the ceiling fan on a ceiling, an arm having a first end connected to the ceiling mount, and a body connected to a second end of the arm and the annular nozzle. The body is pivotable relative to the arm about a pivot axis to move the annular nozzle between a raised and lowered position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: James Dyson, Neil Andrew Stewart, Rodney James Brown
  • NATURAL LANGUAGE INCIDENT RESOLUTION
    Publication number: 20130262082
    Abstract: A natural language incident report resolution method and system are provided. Natural language incident reports received from a user are analyzed to determine a category associated with the incident. A database of existing incidents is analyzed to determine whether a report for the incident has already been submitted. The current status or state of the device associated with the incident is then ascertained and the incident, if new, is added to an incident database. If the incident is preexisting, the incident in the database is updated with the current status. A solution database is then queried to determine any solutions, automatic or manual workflows, that may correct the error or fault associated with the incident. The determined solution is communicated to the device associated with the incident for implementation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Neil Andrew McKeeman, Jerry Shkavritko
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING AN EXCEPTION TO A PARKING RESTRICTION
    Publication number: 20130261958
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for implementing an exception to a parking restriction, the exception being a parking area defined by one or more coordinates, includes monitoring an area including the parking area; detecting a vehicle in the monitored area; determining whether the detected vehicle is positioned within the parking area; and determining whether the vehicle has permission to park in the parking area. The parking area is not marked on the road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: ACTIV8VPS LIMITED
    Inventor: Neil Andrew Herron
  • MULTIPLATFORM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20130103816
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing multiple wireless devices are disclosed. An exemplary system includes multiple domains each having a particular type of wireless device management system and respective (application programming interface) APIs. API call modules corresponding to each domain enable accessing of the APIs exposed by each of the respective domains. A management console enables compiling of a consolidated list of devices and users from each of the device management systems into a single view. An exemplary method includes querying multiple domains to obtain user information, compiling a consolidated list of users, displaying the consolidated list in a user interface, selecting a user from the consolidated list, and submitting a command to either all or a specific domain for the selected user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Douglas MORLEY, Michael Wayne DENNIS, Neil Andrew BILLINGS, Aleksandar SUSNJAR
  • PROCESS FOR SEPARATING GASES AND ADSORBENT COMPOSITIONS USED THEREIN
    Publication number: 20130036904
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a composite adsorbent comprising at least a zeolite-containing CO2 removal adsorbent and 10% or more of a metal oxide having a heat capacity of at least 20 cal/mol-° K (83.7 J/(mol·K). The composite is preferably used in a multi-layered adsorption system in a cyclic adsorption process. The adsorption system comprises two or more layers wherein the first layer is at least a water vapor removal adsorbent, such as activated alumina, and the second layer is the novel composite adsorbent. The adsorption system is preferably used in a PSA prepurification process prior to cryogenic air separation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: JIAN ZHENG, Neil Andrew Stephenson, Philip Alexander Barrett
  • Agent for treating allergic or hypersensitivity condition
    Patent number: 8357372
    Abstract: The use of an agent in the manufacture of a medicament to affect an allergic condition and/or a hypersensitivity condition is described. The agent is capable of modulating a ganglioside associated activity. The agent is not coupled to an antigen. The modulation of the ganglioside activity affects an allergic condition and/or a hypersensitivity condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Trident Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil Andrew Williams, Timothy Raymond Hirst, John Bienenstock
  • FAN
    Publication number: 20130017106
    Abstract: A fan assembly for generating an air flow within a room includes an impeller and a motor for driving the impeller to draw an air flow into the fan assembly, and a casing having an interior passage with a scroll section having a cross-sectional area that decreases from a scroll inlet section to a scroll outlet section. The scroll inlet section has an inlet port for receiving the air flow and the scroll outlet section has an outlet port for returning a first portion of the air flow to the scroll inlet section. The scroll section includes an air outlet for emitting a second portion of the air flow from the casing. The casing defines a bore through which air from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the air emitted from the air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Neil Andrew STEWART, Mark James Adkin, David Andrew Tibbetts
  • FAN
    Publication number: 20130017104
    Abstract: A fan assembly for generating an air flow within a room includes an annular casing which defines an interior passage. The interior passage includes an air inlet, and houses, downstream from the air inlet, an impeller and a motor for driving the impeller to draw an air flow through the air inlet and into the fan assembly. The interior passage also has an air outlet from which at least a portion of the air flow is emitted from the fan assembly. The annular casing defines a bore about which the interior passage extends and through which a secondary air flow from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the air emitted from the air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Neil Andrew Stewart, Mark James Adkin, David Andrew Tibbetts
  • FAN
    Publication number: 20130017105
    Abstract: A fan assembly for generating an air flow within a room includes an impeller and a motor for driving the impeller to draw an air flow into the fan assembly, and a casing having a continuous interior passage with a tangential air inlet through which the air flow enters the interior passage and at least one air outlet for emitting at least a portion of the air flow. The casing defines a bore about which the interior passage extends and through which air from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the air emitted from said at least one air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Neil Andrew STEWART, Mark James ADKIN, David Andrew TIBBETTS
  • Hose and wand assembly for a surface treating appliance
    Patent number: 8272098
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner has a hose and wand assembly onto which a floor tool may be attached. The wand includes a plurality of telescoping tubes which can slide between retracted and extended positions. In order to be able to transmit power and signals from the vacuum cleaner to the end of the wand assembly, conductors are provided in a channel in the hose. The hose is connected to the interior of the wand, just beyond the last telescoping joint, with the conductors extending beyond the end of the hose to a connector at the far end of the wand. This arrangement automatically provides a reliable electrical connection down the wand. Previously, electrical conductors were not employed with this type of wand as it was not straightforward to provide electrical connections across the telescoping parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventor: Neil Andrew Stewart
  • TUBING EXPANSION
    Publication number: 20120181732
    Abstract: A tubing expansion device is adapted to be advanced axially, without rotation, through tubing to be expanded. The device comprises a body and a plurality of expansion members mounted on the body, the expansion members being independently radially movable. The expansion members may be rotatable, or may be non-rotating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: David Stephenson, Grant Adams, David H. Grant, Neil Andrew Abercrombie Simpson
  • FAN
    Publication number: 20120163972
    Abstract: A fan assembly for generating an air flow within a room includes an air inlet section having an air inlet, an impeller, and a motor for rotating the impeller about an impeller axis to draw an air flow through the air inlet, and an annular nozzle having an inner wall, an outer wall extending about the inner wall, an air inlet for receiving the air flow, an air outlet for emitting the air flow, and an interior passage located between the inner wall and the outer wall for conveying the air flow to the air outlet, the inner wall defining a bore through which air from outside the nozzle is drawn by the air flow emitted from the air outlet. A support assembly supports the air inlet section and the nozzle on a ceiling of the room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: James DYSON, Neil Andrew STEWART, Rodney James BROWN, Mark Niall O'RIORDAN
  • High rate and high crush-strength adsorbents
    Patent number: 8123835
    Abstract: High rate and high crush-strength adsorbent particles and collections of such particles, and particularly LiLSX particles, are provided. A binder is employed in the form of a colloidal solution during the method of manufacture. Suitable binders include various silica binders. The particles are made using the steps of mixing, agglomeration, calcination and in the case of certain adsorbents such as LiX and LiLSX, ion exchange and activation. When the adsorption rate is expressed in the form SCRR/?p (mmol mm2/g s), desirable collections of adsorbent particles can have values of at least 4.0 for the highly-exchanged Li (at least 90% Li exchanged) form of the collection of particles and can further be characterized by particles having average crush strengths of at least 0.9 lbf for particles having an average diameter of at least about 1.0 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jian Zheng, Steven John Pontonio, Neil Andrew Stephenson, Philip Alexander Barrett
  • Tubing expansion
    Patent number: 8117883
    Abstract: A method of expanding tubing comprises locating an expansion device in tubing to be expanded, vibrating one or both of the tubing and the expansion device, and translating the expansion device relative to the tubing, the vibration acting to reduce friction between the tubing and the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil Andrew Abercrombie Simpson, Wayne Rudd
  • DRIVE SYSTEM FOR A DOWNHOLE TOOL
    Publication number: 20110315451
    Abstract: A turbine drive system (10) for a downhole tool comprises a stator (12) and a rotor (14). The rotor (14) is mounted externally of the stator (12) and, in use, the rotor (14) is rotated relative to the stator (12) to drive the downhole tool. The stator (12) is provided with a through bore (15) for providing access through the drive system (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Edward Docherty Scott, Neil Andrew Abercrombie Simpson
  • BETA RADIATION MONITOR AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20110315889
    Abstract: A beta radiation monitor (70,90), comprising a gas flow proportional detector (60) for detecting beta radiation emitted by a beta emitter external to the detector; a fill gas supply (51) configured to supply a fill gas to the detector, wherein the fill gas comprises nitrogen; a temperature sensor (72) for measuring temperature; and a controller (64) in communication with the temperature sensor for adjusting an operational parameter of the monitor in accordance with the measured temperature. The operational parameter may comprise a voltage applied across the fill gas, which may be thermistor controlled, or a beta radiation detection threshold of the detector. The fill gas is supplied by a nitrogen generator. The gas flow proportional detector may be a large-area detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Neil Andrew Webster, John Stanley Usher, Christopher Edward Hill, Michael Hodgson
  • Tubing expansion
    Patent number: 8075813
    Abstract: A tubing expansion device is adapted to be advanced axially, without rotation, through tubing to be expanded. The device comprises a body and a plurality of expansion members mounted on the body, the expansion members being independently radially movable. The expansion members may be rotatable, or may be non-rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: David Stephenson, Grant Adams, David H. Grant, Neil Andrew Abercrombie Simpson
  • FOOD PREPARATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110223306
    Abstract: A food preparation device including: a body defining a passage; and a mount or head portion for holding a skewer within the passage. The passage has an opening for receiving portions of food such that when a skewer is held by the mount, portions of food entering the opening become impaled on the skewer within the passage. The device is provided with a cutter to cut portions of food such as meat for use in the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Neil Andrew Allen, Edward Joseph Khoury
  • VACCINE
    Publication number: 20110223194
    Abstract: A method for stimulating the immune response to a vaccine applied to a mammalian subject includes the step of administering to the subject an effective amount of EtxB or a molecule having substantially equivalent activity, free from whole toxin and not linked to an antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Timothy Raymond HIRST, Neil Andrew Williams, Andrew Morgan, Andrew Douglas Wilson, Lucy Amber Bird