Patents by Inventor Norman Francis Charles Barns

Norman Francis Charles Barns 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).

  • Life support system
    Patent number: 6846347
    Abstract: A method of operating a life support system for an aircraft, the system including a plurality of oxygen supply apparatus, each of which in use is operable to supply product gas, which may be pure oxygen or oxygen enriched gas, to a breathing gas supply apparatus, at least one of the oxygen supply apparatus being a main oxygen supply apparatus and the remainder of the oxygen supply apparatus being auxiliary oxygen supply apparatus, the main oxygen supply apparatus being operable independently of the auxiliary oxygen supply apparatus, characterized in that the method includes operating the main oxygen supply apparatus and supplying product gas to each of the auxiliary oxygen supply apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Honeywell Normaliar-Garrett (Holdings) Limited
    Inventors: Robert John Phillips, Adrian Simons, Norman Francis Charles Barns
  • Life support system
    Publication number: 20040083886
    Abstract: A method of operating a life support system for an aircraft, the system including a plurality of oxygen supply apparatus, each of which in use is operable to supply product gas, which may be pure oxygen or oxygen enriched gas, to a breathing gas supply apparatus, at least one of the oxygen supply apparatus being a main oxygen supply apparatus and the remainder of the oxygen supply apparatus being auxiliary oxygen supply apparatus, the main oxygen supply apparatus being operable independently of the auxiliary oxygen supply apparatus, characterized in that the method includes operating the main oxygen supply apparatus and supplying product gas to each of the auxiliary oxygen supply apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Robert John Phillips, Adrian Simons, Norman Francis Charles Barns