Patents by Inventor Shaun HURD

Shaun HURD 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).

  • Enhanced safety attachment for cutting machine
    Patent number: 11181232
    Abstract: The safety attachment provides preferably 4 video cameras mounted around a bandsaw blade and looking parallel to the blade direction. Each camera CCD sensor is partly scanned in mode 1. In mode 1 an axis corner of each scanned area is aligned with the camera axis, produced to the table, defining a corner of a parallel-sided protected volume including the entire exposed blade. The blade is rapidly braked when the attachment detects a glove intrusion. In the alternative fully scanned mode 2 the protected area extends outside the mode 1 area and a warning only is emitted on intrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: KANDO INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Keith Blenkinsopp, Niven Rhys Brown, Nicholas Leon Hildreth, Shaun Hurd, Donald Oxley, Winston Duang Wickham, Jonathan Tee Wrigley
  • ENHANCED SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR CUTTING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20190145577
    Abstract: The safety attachment provides preferably 4 video cameras mounted around a bandsaw blade and looking parallel to the blade direction. Each camera CCD sensor is partly scanned in mode 1. In mode 1 an axis corner of each scanned area is aligned with the camera axis, produced to the table, defining a corner of a parallel-sided protected volume including the entire exposed blade. The blade is rapidly braked when the attachment detects a glove intrusion. In the alternative fully scanned mode 2 the protected area extends outside the mode 1 area and a warning only is emitted on intrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Keith BLENKINSOPP, Niven Rhys BROWN, Nicholas Leon HILDRETH, Shaun HURD, Donald OXLEY, Winston Duang WICKHAM, Jonathan Tee WRIGLEY