Patents by Inventor Nick Andrew Panayides

Nick Andrew Panayides 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: 6401398
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement between an opening leaf and a frame, one of the frame and leaf providing an elongate recess, and the other of the leaf and frame carrying an elongate seal which, when the leaf is closed with respect to the frame, is received in the recess, wherein the elongate seal includes a plurality of axially extending outwardly projecting formations, and an internal hollow, the recess and the seal being configured such that as the leaf is closed and the seal is received in the recess, a first of the axially extending outwardly projecting formations of the seal engages with a respective first part of an inside surface of the recess and as the leaf is continued to be closed, the seal becomes deformed in a manner to cause the or at least one of the other axially extending outwardly projecting formations to be urged into sealing engagement with a second part of the inside surface of the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: GKN Westland Helicopters Limited
    Inventors: Nick Andrew Panayides, Richard Leslie Carter