Patents by Inventor Nicholas NEWLANDS

Nicholas NEWLANDS 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).

  • Dual parallel hydraulic actuator
    Patent number: 10274090
    Abstract: The invention relates to agate valve hydraulic actuator, said actuator comprising a cup shaped sleeve (9) which is operably coupled to an opening or closing element (5) of the gate valve (2), the actuator further comprising a movable primary piston (13) arranged within a primary cylinder (12) arranged at the inside of the cup-shaped sleeve (9), said primary piston (13) being con figured to move the sleeve (9) and hence said opening and closing element (5) towards an open or closed position of the gate valve (2) by a force applied to the primary piston (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Aker Solutions AS
    Inventors: Victor Rodriguez Ferreira, Nicholas Newlands
  • DUAL PARALLEL HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20180100588
    Abstract: The invention relates to agate valve hydraulic actuator, said actuator comprising a cup shaped sleeve (9) which is operably coupled to an opening or closing element (5) of the gate valve (2), the actuator further comprising a movable primary piston (13) arranged within a primary cylinder (12) arranged at the inside of the cup-shaped sleeve (9), said primary piston (13) being con figured to move the sleeve (9) and hence said opening and closing element (5) towards an open or closed position of the gate valve (2) by a force applied to the primary piston (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: Aker Solutions AS
    Inventors: Victor Rodriguez FERREIRA, Nicholas NEWLANDS
  • Modular, robust, component user interface framework
    Publication number: 20050097574
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating a componentized user interface is provided. The componentized user interface may include a framework and a plurality of plug-ins to provide users a method to customize the user interface. A shell that is linked to the framework hosts the plurality of plug-ins. A shell adapter may be utilized to provide an interface between the shell and the plurality of plug-ins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Conor Morrison, Sivaprasad Padisetty, Huaming Wang, Nicholas Newland