Patents by Inventor Nicholas Clarke
Nicholas Clarke 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).
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Patent number: 11953034Abstract: A method for monitoring health of a hydraulic fluid subsystem is presented. The method includes determining a plurality of forces acting on an actuator of the hydraulic fluid subsystem, determining a plurality of parameters based on at least one of an actuator inlet flow rate, an actuator outlet flow rate, and the plurality of forces acting on the actuator, receiving a valve inlet pressure of at least one of oil and gas flowing through a pipe while entering a valve operationally coupled to the actuator and a valve outlet pressure of the at least one of the oil and the gas flowing through the pipe while flowing out of the valve, and monitoring the health of the hydraulic fluid subsystem based on at least one of the plurality of parameters, the valve inlet pressure, and the valve outlet pressure.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Baker Hughes Energy Technology UK LimitedInventors: Ajay Kumar Behera, Bhasker Rao Keely, Nicholas Josep Ellson, Andrew Clarke
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Patent number: 11560097Abstract: In a first aspect, the present invention relates to a support system for mounting a load to a removable vehicle canopy on a vehicle, comprising a pair of support frames configured to be installed on opposing internal side walls of the removable vehicle canopy, a pair of support feet configured to be installed on an internal surface of the removable vehicle canopy, and a plurality of mounting elements on an external surface of the canopy and arranged for mounting the load thereto, each of the support frames and support feet having one of the plurality of mounting elements affixed thereto by a mechanical fastener extending through a hole in the canopy, wherein the support system is configured to be installable onto the removable vehicle canopy while the canopy is mounted to the vehicle, such that when the canopy having the support system installed is mounted to the vehicle, the support system substantially distributes the mounted load into the vehicle and substantially inhibits distribution into or through theType: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: RHINO RACK AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITEDInventors: Richard Cropley, William Davis, Nicholas Clarke
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Patent number: 11458905Abstract: The present invention relates to an adaptor for mounting a cargo carrier to a vehicle surface, comprising a mounting element configured to enable a cargo carrier to be mounted thereto, a foot configured to engage with the vehicle surface, and a leg extending between the mounting element and the foot, wherein a length of the leg is adjustable.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Rhino Rack Australia Pty LimitedInventors: Richard Cropley, William Davis, Nicholas Clarke
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Publication number: 20210394684Abstract: In a first aspect, the present invention relates to a support system for mounting a load to a removable vehicle canopy on a vehicle, comprising a pair of support frames configured to be installed on opposing internal side walls of the removable vehicle canopy, a pair of support feet configured to be installed on an internal surface of the removable vehicle canopy, and a plurality of mounting elements on an external surface of the canopy and arranged for mounting the load thereto, each of the support frames and support feet having one of the plurality of mounting elements affixed thereto by a mechanical fastener extending through a hole in the canopy, wherein the support system is configured to be installable onto the removable vehicle canopy while the canopy is mounted to the vehicle, such that when the canopy having the support system installed is mounted to the vehicle, the support system substantially distributes the mounted load into the vehicle and substantially inhibits distribution into or through theType: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: RHINO RACK AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITEDInventors: Richard Cropley, William Davis, Nicholas Clarke
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Publication number: 20210362659Abstract: The present invention relates to an adaptor for mounting a cargo carrier to a vehicle surface, comprising a mounting element configured to enable a cargo carrier to be mounted thereto, a foot configured to engage with the vehicle surface, and a leg extending between the mounting element and the foot, wherein a length of the leg is adjustable.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Richard CROPLEY, William DAVIS, Nicholas CLARKE
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Patent number: 7238345Abstract: Outer-membrane vesicles, Class 1 outer membrane proteins of Neisseria meningitidis, fragments or oligopeptides containing epitopes of the Class I OMP can be used to immunize against meningococcal disease.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Wyeth Holdings CorporationInventors: Robert C. Seid, Jr., Peter R. Paradiso, Jan T. Poolman, Peter Hoogerhout, Emmanuel J. H. J. Wiertz, Peter van der Ley, John Edward Heckels, Ian Nicholas Clarke
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Publication number: 20070054107Abstract: A method of making a moulded component (for example a door) comprises placing a core comprising at least one slab of foam material into one half of a mould with LPSMC, closing the mould and applying pressure and heat to render the LPSMC fluid to at least partially envelop the core and thereby produce a LPSMC coated component, wherein the core has at least one cavity which extends across the width thereof and which has at least a portion which is inboard of the intended outer edge of the component, whereby causing the LPSMC to flow into said at least one cavity to form a bridge between the sides of the so-formed component. The foam material may have a portion with a density in excess of 250 kgm?3. The core may comprise two slabs of material with a density in excess of 250 kgm?3 either side of a lower-density core material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2003Publication date: March 8, 2007Applicant: POLYMER DOORS LIMITEDInventors: Ernest Hammond, Nicholas Clarke
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Patent number: 7118757Abstract: Outer-membrane vesicles, Class 1 outer membrane proteins of Neisseria meningitidis, fragments or oligopeptides containing epitopes of the Class I OMP can be used to immunize against meningococcal disease.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 1994Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignees: Wyeth Holdings Corporation, De Staat der Nederlanden Vertegenwoordigd Door de Minister Van Welzijn, Volksgezondheid en CultuurInventors: Robert C. Seid, Jr., Peter R. Paradiso, Jan T. Poolman, Peter Hoogerhout, Emmanuel J. H. J. Wiertz, Peter van der Ley, John Edward Heckels, Ian Nicholas Clarke
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Publication number: 20060151938Abstract: A sheet stacking apparatus for storing a plurality of sheets is disclosed having a storage chamber having a first transverse dimension, a platform located within the storage chamber for storing a plurality of sheets in a substantially vertical stack thereon, a feeder for feeding a top sheet from the stack, and means for moving the platform upwards to hold the stack in operative contact with the feeder, wherein the platform comprises a support portion having a second transverse dimension which is less than the first transverse dimension, for allowing sheets stacked on the platform to droop below the support portion in at least one overhanging region.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2005Publication date: July 13, 2006Applicant: Pitney Bowes Limited,Inventors: Antoine Bauvin, Jean-Christian Maleyran, Laurent Auffret, Francois Reby, Martyn House, Lee Glover, Nicholas Clarke, John Deamer, Mark Woodliffe, Matthew Morrissey
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Publication number: 20060151936Abstract: A sheet feeder for feeding sheets one-at-a-time along a path is disclosed having: means for storing a plurality of sheets; a feeder/separator comprising feeding means for engaging the sheets and feeding them from the means for storing and a separator for engaging sheets fed by the feeding means to thereby feed single ones of the sheets one-at-a-time along the path whilst remaining sheets not being fed along the path are halted by the separator; and a clearance mechanism for engaging said remaining sheets and removing them from the separator region in a sheet clearance process.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2005Publication date: July 13, 2006Applicant: Pitney Bowes Limited, The PinnaclesInventors: Christopher Brown, Nicholas Clarke, Martyn House, Paul Jeeves
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Patent number: D920886Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Rhino Rack Australia Pty LimitedInventors: Nicholas Clarke, William Davis
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Patent number: D1009765Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Rhino Rack Australia Pty. LimitedInventors: Nicholas Clarke, Sam Whelan, Adam Connellan, Colin Schwecke