Patents by Inventor Peter Beecroft

Peter Beecroft 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).

  • Publication number: 20150330309
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is disclosed including a bifurcation fairing located in a bypass duct of the gas turbine engine and traversing the radial extent of the bypass duct. The bifurcation fairing has a delivery conduit inlet leading to a delivery conduit extending inside the bifurcation fairing, the delivery conduit being arranged in use for delivery of bypass air to one or more components of the gas turbine engine. A diverter conduit has a diverter conduit inlet from the delivery conduit upstream of the delivery conduit reaching the one or more components of the gas turbine engine. The diverter conduit has an outlet to a location other than the one or more components of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Adam MacGregor BAGNALL, Peter BEECROFT, Richard Geoffrey STRETTON, Philip Geoffrey WOODROW, Stephane Michel Marcel BARALON, Angus Roy SMITH
  • Publication number: 20150330236
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine including an outlet guide vane and a bifurcation fairing is disclosed. The outlet guide vane is located in a bypass duct of the gas turbine engine downstream of a fan and is of aerofoil form. The bifurcation fairing traverses the radial extent of the bypass duct and has an upstream end that blends into a trailing edge of the outlet guide vane. The bifurcation fairing includes a scoop protruding outwards from its side corresponding to a pressure side of the upstream outlet guide vane. The scoop includes a forward facing inlet leading to a delivery conduit extending inside the bifurcation fairing for delivery in use of bypass air to one or more components of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Peter BEECROFT, Richard Geoffrey STRETTON, Philip Geoffrey WOODROW, Stephane Michel Marcel BARALON, Angus Roy SMITH
  • Publication number: 20150236966
    Abstract: A capability for controlling a size of a congestion window of an information transmission connection (ITC) is provided. The size of the congestion window of the ITC may be controlled based on a threshold, which may be based on an ideal bandwidth-delay product (IBDP) value. The IBDP value may be based on a product of an information transmission rate measure and a time measure. The information transmission rate measure may be based on a target information transmission rate for the ITC. The time measure may be based on a round-trip time measured between a sender of the ITC and a receiver of the ITC. The threshold may be a cap threshold where the size of the congestion window is prevented from exceeding the cap threshold. The threshold may be a reset threshold which may be used to control a reduction of the size of the congestion window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicants: ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC., ALCATEL-LUCENT CANADA INC., ALCATEL LUCENT
    Inventors: Andrea Francini, Sameer Sharma, Viorel Craciun, Shahid Akhtar, Peter Beecroft
  • Patent number: 8996277
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine control apparatus comprises a controller 34, a memory 36 associated with the controller 34 and inputs 38 for measurement data from an engine. The controller 34 determines the start of a monitoring cycle at 73, receives measurement data at the inputs 38 during the monitoring cycle, manipulates the measurement data to provide an incremental deterioration value representing deterioration occurring within the engine and during the monitoring cycle, and uses the incremental deterioration value at 72 to update a deterioration value 74 stored in the memory 36, and determines the start of a further monitoring cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLC
    Inventors: Peter Beecroft, Leo Vivian Lewis, Marko Bacic
  • Publication number: 20100083328
    Abstract: A method of configuring and managing a user equipment client in an IPTV network (or cable or Internet TV) is disclosed, comprising installing a personalised service profile at the UE which is representative of fast channel change/retransmission service configuration data or other data available to the UE by virtue of at least its location, the service profile including a list of channels available for FCC/Retr and, for each channel, the address from which that service is achievable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Andrey Kisel, Dave Cecil Robinson, Peter Beecroft
  • Publication number: 20100083326
    Abstract: A data network comprising a node serving a local area, the node comprising an FCC/Retr (fast channel change/retransmission) server having a means for installing a location based FCC/Retr service profile, wherein the service profile is self-discovered by the module. Methods for configuring the profile are discussed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Andrey Kisel, Dave Cecil Robinson, Peter Beecroft