Patents by Inventor Roger H. Y. Hancock

Roger H. Y. Hancock 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).

  • Pinned suction anchors
    Patent number: 4270480
    Abstract: The invention concerns the use of pin or pile members in combination with a uction anchor to increase greatly the pull-out resistance of the anchor. The suction anchor acts as a base from which the pin or pile members are driven into the bed material. The pin members may be driven substantially vertically into the bed material externally of the anchor skirt or may be contained within the skirt and driven through apertures in the skirt to provide additional lateral anchorage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1981
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Industry in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventors: Roger H. Y. Hancock, Neil Kerr