Patents by Inventor Peter David

Peter David 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).

  • Plate processing
    Patent number: 9577270
    Abstract: A method of processing a linked series of metallic plates, in which each plate (9) is connected to an adjacent plate along adjoining edges (8), the method comprising: providing the series of plates as a first fan-folded stack of plates (1); drawing the plates in sequence from the stack; applying a surface treatment to one or more of the plates; and stacking the plates in reverse order to form a second fan-folded stack of plates (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Intelligent Energy Limited
    Inventors: Peter David Hood, Antony Richard Wilson
  • Hand drying
    Patent number: 9565979
    Abstract: An arrangement incorporates a sink and a hand dryer which extends over the sink. The hand dryer is of the type which uses an air-knife mechanically to wipe the water from the user's hands. The hand dryer comprising two elongate air-knife discharge outlets—each outlet discharging a respective air-knife forwardly onto a hand of the user—the air-knife outlets being arranged side-by-side over the basin of the sink. Each air-knife outlet extends along a part of the hand dryer which is swept back at an angle such that the inboard end the air-knife outlet is in front of the outboard end of the air-knife outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Alasdair Michael Maclaine, Peter David Gammack
  • ASSESSING DIGITAL CONTENT ACROSS A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
    Publication number: 20170034577
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of providing an on-line assessment of digital content, such as video clips (10), across a network, such as the Internet. In general terms the steps involved in thus embodiment of the methodology include: 1. presenting a stimulant video clip (10); 2. providing means for rating the video clip in real time, in this example a rating bar (12) and slider (14) driven by a computer peripheral device (not shown); 3, collecting rating data relevant to the viewed video clip such as (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Gary Samuel DAVIS, Eric Joseph GYORS, Peter David TIPPETT
  • Methods and systems for controlling access to resources and privileges per process
    Patent number: 9558343
    Abstract: To control privileges and access to resources on a per-process basis, an administrator creates a rule that may be applied to modify a token of a process. The rule may include an application-criterion set and changes to be made to the groups and/or privileges of the token. The rule may be set as a policy within a group policy object (GPO), where a GPO is associated with one or more groups of computers or users. When a GPO containing a rule is applied to a computer, a driver installed on the computer may access the rule(s) anytime a logged-on user executes a process. If the executed process satisfies the criterion set of a rule, the changes contained within the rule are made to the process token, and the user has expanded and/or contracted access and/or privileges for only that process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: BeyondTrust Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter David Beauregard, Andrey Kolishchak, Shannon E. Jennings, Robert F. Hogan
  • Robust stator winding temperature sensor
    Patent number: 9546913
    Abstract: Disclosed herein, among other things, is a stator winding temperature sensor. According to an embodiment, the sensor includes at least one sensing wire coil adapted to be connected to a stator. The sensor also includes a body, including a core material surrounding at least a portion of the sensing wire coil, and a laminate material over the core material. The body has a thickness adapted to protect the sensing wire coil. The sensor includes a lead wire adapted to connect to an external monitoring device. The sensing wire coil is electrically connected to the lead wire at a lead step portion of the sensor. In addition, the sensor includes a tab extending from the lead wire and encompassing the lead step. The tab protects the lead step and the sensing wire coil in a region where the sensor extends over an end of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES, INC.
    Inventors: Brad Lesmeister, Peter David Bernier, Mark Stewart
  • Reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexor and optical switching node
    Patent number: 9548834
    Abstract: A colorless, directionless ROADM includes a pair of contentioned add and drop wavelength-selective optical switches, an input wavelength-selective optical switch having one input port, and an output wavelength-selective optical switch having one output port. Unintended input-to-output port couplings, which appear in the “contentioned” add and drop switches, can be mitigated by the input and output wavelength-selective optical switches carrying the through traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLC
    Inventors: Peter David Roorda, Sheldon McLaughlin
  • RECIPE SELECTION BASED ON INTER-RECIPE CONSISTENCY
    Publication number: 20160370717
    Abstract: A method including: determining recipe consistencies between one substrate measurement recipe of a plurality of substrate measurement recipes and each other substrate measurement recipe of the plurality of substrate measurement recipes; calculating a function of the recipe consistencies; eliminating the one substrate measurement recipe from the plurality of substrate measurement recipes if the function meets a criterion; and reiterating the determining, calculating and eliminating until a termination condition is met. Also disclosed herein is a substrate measurement apparatus, including a storage configured to store a plurality of substrate measurement recipes, and a processor configured to select one or more substrate measurement recipes from the plurality of substrate measurement recipes based on recipe consistencies among the plurality of substrate measurement recipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Arie Jeffrey DEN BOEF, Timothy Dugan DAVIS, Peter David ENGBLOM, Kaustuve BHATTACHARYYA
  • Surface treating appliance
    Patent number: 9521937
    Abstract: A surface treating appliance includes cyclonic separating apparatus having a plurality of cyclones arranged in parallel and a dust collector arranged to receive dust from each of the plurality of cyclones. Each cyclone has a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The plurality of cyclones is divided into at least a first set of cyclones and a second set of cyclones. The fluid inlets of the first set of cyclones are located in a first plane and the fluid inlets of the second set of cyclones are located in a second plane spaced from the first plane. This enables the separating apparatus to have a compact appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas James Dunning Follows, Stephen Benjamin Courtney, Peter David Gammack
  • Current collector component for a fuel cell
    Patent number: 9525185
    Abstract: A current collector component (206) for a fuel cell. The current collector component (206) comprises a first electrically conductive plate (210) configured to form a wall of a fluid confinement volume of a fuel cell; and a second electrically conductive plate (212) in electrical contact with the first electrically conductive plate (210). The second electrically conductive plate (212) comprises an external electrical connection (208). The second electrically conductive plate (212) has a higher electrical conductivity than the first electrically conductive plate (210). The first electrically conductive plate (210) has a higher resistance to corrosion than the second electrically conductive plate (212).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Intelligent Energy Limited
    Inventor: Peter David Hood
  • Self-righting cleaning appliance
    Patent number: 9516982
    Abstract: A self-righting cleaning appliance of the cylinder type comprises a separating apparatus for separating dirt from a dirt-bearing fluid flow, and a floor-engaging rolling assembly having a recess in which the separating apparatus is received. At least a portion of the separating apparatus is visible as a portion of the outer surface of the cleaning appliance when the separating apparatus is received in the recess, and the cleaning appliance is arranged so that it is urged to return to an upright position if it is tipped onto its side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Robert Dimbylow, Peter David Gammack, Patrick Joseph William Moloney, David Christopher James Newton, James White
  • Fan assembly
    Patent number: 9513028
    Abstract: A fan assembly for creating an air current includes an air outlet mounted on a stand. The stand includes a base and a body tiltable relative to the base. Each of the base and the body has an outer surface shaped so that adjoining portions of the outer surfaces are substantially flush when the body is in the untilted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Peter David Gammack, James Dyson, Alexander Stuart Knox
  • MULTI-FUNCTION/POSITION COVER SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE CARGO AREA
    Publication number: 20160332579
    Abstract: A vehicle having first and second seat rows supported by a floor and a lift gate for accessing a cargo area partially defined by the second seat row, the floor, and the lift gate includes first and second flexible covers positioned within at least one cassette in a retracted position. The at least one cassette is positioned adjacent a floor of the vehicle behind the second seat row. At least one of the first and flexible covers may include a pass through door allowing for storage of elongated cargo when at least a portion of the second seat row is folded down. The pass through door may be secured in a closed position by a zipper, a hook and loop fastener, at least one magnet, or at least one snap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: David Huelke, Scott Holmes Dunham, Peter David Alexander Jones, Daniel Clifford
  • Vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D775439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Mark Stamford Vanderstegen-Drake, Peter David Gammack, Jonathan George Marsh, Adam James Bates, Joanne Katy Mitchell, Paul Dawson, James Dyson
  • Hand dryer
    Patent number: D776350
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Peter David Gammack, Adam James Bates, Joshua Timothy Pascal Bagshawe
  • Hand dryer
    Patent number: D776351
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Peter David Gammack, Adam James Bates, Joshua Timothy Pascal Bagshawe
  • Vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D776375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Joanne Katy Mitchell, Paul Dawson, James Dyson, Peter David Gammack
  • Vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D776379
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Joanne Katy Mitchell, Paul Dawson, James Dyson, Peter David Gammack
  • Vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D778013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Mark Stamford Vanderstegen-Drake, Peter David Gammack, Jonathan George Marsh, Adam James Bates
  • Vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D779748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Mark Stamford Vanderstegen-Drake, Peter David Gammack, Jonathan George Marsh, Adam James Bates
  • Vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D779749
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Peter David Gammack, Jonathan George Marsh, Adam James Bates, Mark Stamford Vanderstegen-Drake