Patents by Inventor Robert Neil MacKinlay

Robert Neil MacKinlay 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: 20100325873
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stator (24) for an electrostatic loudspeaker in which at least a part of a structure (28) for forming the stator (24) is moulded from an electrically insulating material. This structure (28) may be a frame of the stator. To complete the stator (24), electrically conductive portions (30) are combined with the moulded structure to form a complete structure that includes an electrically conductive grid (29). The electrically conductive portions (30) may be a preformed grid (29). The frame (28) and the grid (29) may be pressfitted together. Alternatively the moulded structure may be electrically conductive, and electrically insulating portions may be combined with it to form a complete stator. Manufacture of electrostatic loudspeaker stators using a moulding process allows for relatively low cost production methods that can repeatedly achieve a required high degree of accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Charles Corneles VAN DONGEN, Lindsay Alfred Champion, Evan Douglas Evans, Craig Evans, Grover Latham Howard, Robert Neil Mackinlay
  • Patent number: 7810224
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stator (24) for an electrostatic loudspeaker in which at least a part of a structure (28) for forming the stator (24) is moulded from an electrically insulating material. This structure (28) may be a frame of the stator. To complete the stator (24), electrically conductive portions (30) are combined with the moulded structure to form a complete structure that includes an electrically conductive grid (29). The electrically conductive portions (30) may be a preformed grid (29). The frame (28) and the grid (29) may be press-fitted together. Alternatively the moulded structure may be electrically conductive, and electrically insulating portions may be combined with it to form a complete stator. Manufacture of electrostatic loudspeaker stators using a moulding process allows for relatively low cost production methods that can repeatedly achieve a required high degree of accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Immersion Technology Property Limited
    Inventors: Charles Corneles Van Dongen, Lindsay Alfred Champion, Evan Douglas Evans, Craig Evans, Grover Latham Howard, Robert Neil MacKinlay
  • Publication number: 20080307632
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stator (24) for an electrostatic loudspeaker in which at least a part of a structure (28) for forming the stator (24) is moulded from an electrically insulating material. This structure (28) may be a frame of the stator. To complete the stator (24), electrically conductive portions (30) are combined with the moulded structure to form a complete stricture that includes an electrically conductive grid (29). The electrically conductive portions (30) may be a preformed grid (29). The frame (28) and the grid (29) may be press-fitted together. Alternatively the moulded structure may be electrically conductive, and electrically insulating portions may be combined with it to form a complete stator. Manufacture of electrostatic loudspeaker stators using a moulding process allows for relatively low cost production methods that can repeatedly achieve a required high degree of accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: Immersion Technology Property Limited
    Inventors: Charles Corneles Van Dongen, Lindsay Alfred Champion, Evan Douglas Evans, Craig Evans, Grover Latham Howard, Robert Neil MacKinlay
  • Publication number: 20040262132
    Abstract: This invention relates to a conveyor monitoring system for monitoring the integrity of a conveyor belt during operation as to detect when a safe level of wear or tear has been breached. The system including a detection member (13) being electrically conductive when intact and electrically non-conductive when broken, and a transmitter (15) transmitting the conductivity condition of the detection member. The monitoring system preferably also includes a scanner (20) which communicates with the transmitter (15) to receive data regarding the conductivity condition of the detector member (13). The scanner (20) preferably communicates with the monitoring station (130) which provides a visual indication of the conductivity condition of the detector member (13), and provides a visual and/or audible signal when the safe level of wear or tear for the conveyor belt has been breached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Timothy Joseph Pauley, Robert Neil Mackinlay