Patents by Inventor Paul Arthur Bottomley

Paul Arthur Bottomley 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).

  • Reinforcement apparatus for reinforcing a structure comprising a pier and a cross-beam
    Patent number: 10655287
    Abstract: A reinforcement apparatus for reinforcing a structure comprising at least one pier bearing on foundations, a cross-beam bearing on said pier and at least one structure element located above the cross-beam, the reinforcement apparatus comprising at least one column (20) destined to surround the pier at least partly, to be mechanically coupled to the pier and to bear on said foundations, and at least one transverse beam (22) fixed relative to the column and destined to be mechanically coupled to the cross-beam, and at least one load transfer element (36) arranged on an upper face of said at least one transverse beam (22) to take up at least part of the load of the structure element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SOLETENCHE FREYSSINET
    Inventors: Boris Cousin, Paul Arthur Bottomley
  • METHOD FOR CONNECTING PRECAST SEGMENTS TENDON DUCTS AND RESULTING STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20190292785
    Abstract: A method for establishing an air-tight connection between post-tensioning tendon ducts of two consecutive precast segments of a structure, each segment being cast with a recess opening out on a jointing face of the segment leaving an access to ends of the ducts. The method including connecting pairs of respective duct ends of the two consecutive segments together, and pouring a sealing material into the recesses of the two consecutive segments around the duct ends while preventing the material to enter the internal space of the ducts, thus forming an air-tight connection at the junction of ducts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Paul Arthur Bottomley, Boris Cousin
  • AN IMPROVED REINFORCEMENT APPARATUS FOR REINFORCING A STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PIER AND A CROSS-BEAM
    Publication number: 20190161925
    Abstract: A reinforcement apparatus for reinforcing a structure comprising at least one pier bearing on foundations, a cross-beam bearing on said pier and at least one structure element located above the cross-beam, the reinforcement apparatus comprising at least one column (20) destined to surround the pier at least partly, to be mechanically coupled to the pier and to bear on said foundations, and at least one transverse beam (22) fixed relative to the column and destined to be mechanically coupled to the cross-beam, and at least one load transfer element (36) arranged on an upper face of said at least one transverse beam (22) to take up at least part of the load of the structure element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Boris COUSIN, Paul Arthur BOTTOMLEY
  • Multi-turn element RF coil array for multiple channel MRI
    Patent number: 7282915
    Abstract: An RF coil assembly for use in a multiple receive-channel MRI system is provided. The RF coil assembly is configured as a multi-turn-element RF coil assembly to operate as a surface-coil array in cooperation with the MRI system which is configured to operate in a multiple-channel receive mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignees: General Electric Company, The John Hopkins University
    Inventors: Randy Otto John Giaquinto, Harvey Ellis Cline, Christopher Judson Hardy, Charles Lucian Dumoulin, Paul Arthur Bottomley