Patents by Inventor Neil Fletcher

Neil Fletcher 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: 11766680
    Abstract: There is provided a filter sub-assembly that comprises a rotary vessel having a rotor body and a closure member to close an opening of the rotor body. The sub-assembly further comprises a liner that is receivable within the rotor body to line an inner surface thereof. The liner is also fluidly sealable to the closure member by a centrifugal force directed radially outwardly from an axis of rotation, about which the rotary vessel is rotatable. The sub-assembly has particular application in a centrifugal filter of a motor vehicle, for example for cleaning engine oil in an engine lubrication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Neil Fletcher, Anthony W. Fell, Vikas Jilakarapalli Prabhakar, Robin Nash
  • Patent number: 11465079
    Abstract: A liner for a filter sub-assembly has a wall having an outermost surface and an innermost surface. The innermost surface bounds a cavity extending between opposing first and second ends of the liner. A portion of the outermost surface is textured. The liner may be used in a rotor of a filter assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Neil Fletcher, James Eddiford, Robin Nash, Anthony W. Fell
  • Publication number: 20200384481
    Abstract: There is provided a filter sub-assembly that comprises a rotary vessel having a rotor body and a closure member to close an opening of the rotor body. The sub-assembly further comprises a liner that is receivable within the rotor body to line an inner surface thereof. The liner is also fluidly sealable to the closure member by a centrifugal force directed radially outwardly from an axis of rotation, about which the rotary vessel is rotatable. The sub-assembly has particular application in a centrifugal filter of a motor vehicle, for example for cleaning engine oil in an engine lubrication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Neil Fletcher, Anthony W. Fell, Vikas Jilakarapalli Prabhakar, Robin Nash
  • Publication number: 20190176064
    Abstract: A liner for a filter sub-assembly has a wall having an outermost surface and an innermost surface. The innermost surface bounds a cavity extending between opposing first and second ends of the liner. A portion of the outermost surface is textured. The liner may be used in a rotor of a filter assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Neil Fletcher, James Eddiford, Robin Nash, Anthony W. Fell
  • Publication number: 20090036346
    Abstract: An aqueous conditioning composition comprising: (i) a water-insoluble, non-ester, quaternary ammonium fabric conditioning agent having at least 2 alkyl and/or alkenyl groups of at least 12 carbon atoms, or an alkyl or alkenyl group having a chain length of at least 20 carbon atoms. (ii) a water-soluble quaternary ammonium cationic surfactant and (iii) perfume, at least a portion of which is encapsulated. The composition is made by a specific process which comprises adding the encapsulated perfume to water prior to the addition of the water-insoluble quaternary ammonium fabric conditioning agent and adding the water-soluble quaternary ammonium cationic surfactant after the addition of the water-insoluble quaternary ammonium fabric conditioning agent and any free perfume and at a temperature below the phase transition temperature of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Nigel Peter Bird, Lisa Emma Fildes, David Andrew Ross Jones, Srinivasa Rao Kandala, Neil Fletcher Taylor
  • Publication number: 20070036738
    Abstract: Spray compositions and particularly anhydrous aerosol compositions containing particulate antiperspirant actives exhibit a tendency for nozzle blockage, impeding discharge of the contents when a polyol humectant, such as glycerol, is blended into its base composition. The problem is overcome or at least ameliorated by preparation of a base composition, suitable for employment in conjunction with a propellant, that contains a low molecular weight (liquid) polyethylene glycol (PEG) as humectant, and particularly a PEG of molecular weight 150 to 500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Neil Fletcher, Michael Massaro, Joseph Muscat, Graham Turner
  • Publication number: 20020143689
    Abstract: A system whereby high volumes of related commodities or securities trades with a brokerage firm's clients may be processed by the firm's back office systems. The system includes a firm account processor and a wash account processor which combine all characteristically similar trades with the same counterparty into a discrete aggregate trades. The firm and wash account processor calculates the quantity and proceeds of the aggregate trades from the sum of the quantities and proceeds of characteristically similar related trades which make up the aggregate trades. The prices of the aggregate trades are computed as the average price of all of their related trades. The wash account processor transmits information concerning any aggregate trades and unaggregated trades to the firm's back office systems for settlement as individual trades with each individual counterparty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Mark Jeremy Melville Naylor, Alfred Neil Fletcher, Harry Justin Barman