Patents by Inventor Simon MACLENNAN

Simon MACLENNAN 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).

  • Patent number: 10962029
    Abstract: A reservoir for a hydraulic system has a housing with an interior space and a fluid outlet, a hydraulic driving device coupled to a shaft extending in the housing to introduce a torque, and a separating device in the housing, for dividing the interior space into two separate sections. The fluid outlet is fluidically connected to a first section. The separating device extends along the shaft in the housing and sets the size ratio of the two separate sections by pivoting at least one first surface, coupled to the shaft, of the separating device about an axis defined by the shaft. The separating device is coupled to the hydraulic driving device such that the at least one first surface exerts a pressure on a fluid in the first section which is dependent on a surface area of the first surface and the torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Simon MacLennan, Robert Behr
  • Publication number: 20190360504
    Abstract: A reservoir for a hydraulic system has a housing with an interior space and a fluid outlet, a hydraulic driving device coupled to a shaft extending in the housing to introduce a torque, and a separating device in the housing, for dividing the interior space into two separate sections. The fluid outlet is fluidically connected to a first section. The separating device extends along the shaft in the housing and sets the size ratio of the two separate sections by pivoting at least one first surface, coupled to the shaft, of the separating device about an axis defined by the shaft. The separating device is coupled to the hydraulic driving device such that the at least one first surface exerts a pressure on a fluid in the first section which is dependent on a surface area of the first surface and the torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Simon MacLennan, Robert BEHR
  • Patent number: 10465832
    Abstract: A damping device, in particular for damping or preventing pressure impacts, like pulsations, in hydraulic supply circuits has a damping housing (1) surrounding a damping chamber with a fluid inlet (13) and a fluid outlet (15). A damping tube (21; 51) is located in the flow path between the damping inlet and outlet and has a branch opening (29; 73, 75, 77, 79, 81) passing through the tube wall and leading to a Helmholtz volume (27; 53, 55, 57, 59, 61) inside of the damping housing (1) forming a Helmholtz resonator in a region positioned inside of the length of the damping tube. A fluid filter (35) is arranged inside of the damping housing (1) in the flow path between the fluid inlet (13) and fluid outlet (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: HYDAC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Herbert Baltes, Peter Kloft, Alexander Wohlers, Robert Marinus Behr, Simon MacLennan
  • Publication number: 20170356585
    Abstract: A damping device, in particular for damping or preventing pressure impacts, like pulsations, in hydraulic supply circuits, comprising a damping housing (1) which surrounds a damping chamber and has at least one fluid inlet (13) and a fluid outlet (15) and a damping tube (21; 51) located in the flow path between the damping inlet and outlet, said damping tube having at least one branch opening (29; 73, 75, 77, 79, 81) passing through the tube wall and leading to a Helmholtz volume (27; 53, 55, 57, 59, 61) inside of the damping housing (1) for forming a Helmholtz resonator in a region positioned inside of the length of the damping tube, characterized in that a fluid filter (35) is arranged inside of the damping housing (1) in the flow path running between the fluid inlet (13) and fluid outlet (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Herbert BALTES, Peter KLOFT, Alexander WOHLERS, Robert Marinus BEHR, Simon MACLENNAN