Patents by Inventor Robert Lye Crocker

Robert Lye Crocker 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).

  • System and method for the detection of faults in rails
    Patent number: 8181529
    Abstract: A system (1) for the detection of defects in rails (12), the system comprising a source of ultrasonic waves for emitting ultrasonic waves onto a rail, a detector for detecting ultrasonic waves reflected or otherwise scattered by the rail or defects therein and a mist generator (3) arranged, in use, to expose one or both of the rail and source of ultrasonic wave to a mist of liquid, thus enabling the formation of an ultrasound-transmissive interface between the rail and the source of ultrasonic waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Sperry Rail (International) Limited
    Inventors: Robert Lye Crocker, Justin James Robert Stroud
  • Sealing methods
    Patent number: 7707704
    Abstract: The invention relates a method for providing reconnection to a ferrule to a service line from within the bore of a lined host pipe adapted to carry a fluid, comprising lining the host pipe with a liner, locating the ferrule from within the lined host pipe, forming a passage for fluid through the liner to the ferrule, and forming a seal of the liner with the system whereby to obviate leakage of fluid between the liner and host pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Enterprise Managed Services Limited
    Inventors: Robert Lye Crocker, Dominic Paul Edmund Barnard, Trevor George Sanders
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF FAULTS IN RAILS
    Publication number: 20090320603
    Abstract: A system (1) for the detection of defects in rails (12), the system comprising a source of ultrasonic waves for emitting ultrasonic waves onto a rail, a detector for detecting ultrasonic waves reflected or otherwise scattered by the rail or defects therein and a mist generator (3) arranged, in use, to expose one or both of the rail and source of ultrasonic wave to a mist of liquid thus enabling the formation of an ultrasound-transmissive interface between the rail and the source of ultrasonic waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: SPERRY RAIL (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Lye Crocker, Justin James Robert Stroud
  • Sealing methods
    Publication number: 20040078954
    Abstract: The invention relates a method for providing reconnection to a ferrule to a service line from within the bore of a lined host pipe adapted to carry a fluid, comprising lining the host pipe with a liner, locating the ferrule from within the lined host pipe, forming a passage for fluid through the liner to the ferrule, and forming a seal of the liner with the system whereby to obviate leakage of fluid between the liner and host pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Robert Lye Crocker, Dominic Paul Edmund Barnard