Patents by Inventor Philip Stephen Hinchliffe

Philip Stephen Hinchliffe 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).

  • Apparatus adapted to provide an indication of an angular position of an input member over multiple turns
    Patent number: 9310195
    Abstract: Apparatus (100) adapted to provide an indication of an angular position of an input member (106) over multiple turns includes at least two rotatable members (104A-104D) configured, in use, to rotate in accordance with rotation of an input member (106), and at least one sensing device (114A) configured to measure and output an angular position of at least one of the rotatable members. The rotatable members are configured to rotate simultaneously but at different rates. The apparatus further includes a device (114) configured to use the angular position measurements from the at least one sensing device to produce an cation of an angular position of the input member over multiple turns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Rotork Controls Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Richard Stafford, Stuart Masefield Lay, Alan Stephen Budden, Philip Stephen Hinchliffe
  • Apparatus Adapted To Provide An Indication Of An Angular Position Of An Input Member Over Multiple Turns
    Publication number: 20130212893
    Abstract: Apparatus (100) adapted to provide an indication of an angular position of an input member (106) over multiple turns includes at least two rotatable members (104A-104D) configured, in use, to rotate in accordance with rotation of an input member (106), and at least one sensing device (114A) configured to measure and output an angular position of at least one of the rotatable members. The rotatable members are configured to rotate simultaneously but at different rates. The apparatus further includes a device (114) configured to use the angular position measurements from the at least one sensing device to produce an cation of an angular position of the input member over multiple turns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Richard Stafford, Stuart Masefield Lay, Alan Stephen Budden, Philip Stephen Hinchliffe