Patents by Inventor Nigel Titchener

Nigel Titchener 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).

  • Stairlifts
    Patent number: 11685634
    Abstract: A method is provided for ensuring the integrity of a stairlift installation constructed from re-used components. Data representative of the form of a stairlift rail is stored in a control facility included in the stairlift carriage and then compared with data sensed in real time. A stairlift carriage may be disabled in the event sensed data varies from stored data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Stannah Stairlifts Limited
    Inventors: Nigel Titchener, Paul Alexander Cook
  • Or relating to stairlifts
    Patent number: 11597630
    Abstract: The disclosure defined by this invention relates to an electronic control facility for a stairlift. The control facility includes an installation mode in which a number of steps to be undertaken at the time of installation of the stairlift are defined. The control facility also includes a user mode in which the operation of the stairlift is controlled by a user. According to the invention, the control facility is configured so that the user mode cannot be entered until all steps in the installation mode have been completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Stannah Stairlifts Limited
    Inventors: Martin Thomas Piper, Paul Alexander Cook, Nigel Titchener
  • IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO STAIRLIFTS
    Publication number: 20200283262
    Abstract: A means and method to ensure the correct installation of a stairlift is provided. An electronic control facility within the stairlift includes an installation mode and a user mode, the installation mode prescribing a number of installation steps that must be undertaken correctly before the user mode can be entered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Thomas Piper, Paul Alexander Cook, Nigel Titchener
  • IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO STAIRLIFTS
    Publication number: 20200165103
    Abstract: The invention describes a method of ensuring the integrity of a stairlift installation constructed from re-used components. Data representative of the form of a stairlift rail is stored in a control facility included in the stairlift carriage and then compared with data sensed in real time. A stairlift carriage may be disabled in the event sensed data varies from stored data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Nigel Titchener, Paul Alexander Cook
  • Stairlift obstruction monitoring
    Patent number: 8365869
    Abstract: The invention provides for a method of operating a stairlift, the stairlift having non-contact sensors to monitor the path along which the stairlift carriage is traveling, and to determine the presence of an obstruction on that path. Features of the stairlift in a ‘safe’ or ‘un-obstructed’ mode, including the path, may be stored as a ‘map’ in memory and sensor readings compared with the map as the carriage moves along the path. The invention allows the use of momentary commands to initiate and maintain movement of the stairlift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Stannah Stairlifts Limited
    Inventors: Alan Neil Russell Stannah, Nigel Titchener
  • STAIRLIFTS
    Publication number: 20100314201
    Abstract: The invention provides for a method of operating a stairlift, the stairlift having non-contact sensors to monitor the path along which the stairlift carriage is traveling, and to determine the presence of an obstruction on that path. Features of the stairlift in a ‘safe’ or ‘un-obstructed’ mode, including the path, may be stored as a ‘map’ in memory and sensor readings compared with the map as the carriage moves along the path. The invention allows the use of momentary commands to initiate and maintain movement of the stairlift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: STANNAH STAIRLIFT LIMITED
    Inventors: Alan Neil Russell Stannah, Nigel Titchener
  • Stairlifts
    Publication number: 20070051562
    Abstract: The present invention enhances the safety of a stairlift by providing a proximity sensor (40, 42) to detect the proximity of users and other objects to a stairlift carriage (20) and to render remote call controls (22, 24) inoperative. A chair occupancy sensor may also be provided to prevent inadvertent operation of the main user control (38) when a user is mounting, or dismounting from, the stairlift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Nigel Titchener, David Foster