Patents by Inventor Steve Crow

Steve Crow 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: 12097808
    Abstract: A mascot retraction mechanism has a mascot base 10 with a non-circular outline shape which extends over and conceals a contact area with a substantially circular edge. A support 6 comprising a support surface 22 is biased into contact with the contact area of the mascot base permitting the mascot base to pivot relative to the support about the substantially circular edge. Such pivoting may operate a release mechanism causing retraction of a mascot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: BENTLEY MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: David Molyneux, Steve Crowe, Paul Wentworth
  • Patent number: 11932175
    Abstract: A mascot retraction mechanism has a support (6) movably mounted to a track (5) for movement between a mascot deployed position and a mascot stowed position. A drive mechanism (7, 34, 35) may be arranged to drive the support along the track via a releasable latch (30). The releasable latch may be released by tilting of a mascot able to enable the support to move along the track free of the drive mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BENTLEY MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: David Molyneux, Steve Crowe, Paul Wentworth
  • Patent number: 11433828
    Abstract: A hinge cover member (20) for use with a swan neck type hinge (12) has an elongate channel shaped portion (24) for receiving the hinge arm (14) and a housing portion (13) for location about a mounting structure (18) which attaches the hinge arm to the closure. The housing portion defines at least one formation (70) for attaching an edge (72) of a trim panel (56) mounted to the closure to the housing portion. The formation (70) may be a clip which clamps the edge (72) of the trim panel. The trim panel (56 may have a live hinge (74) adjacent the edge about which the panel can flex. During adjustment of the closure (13) relative to the hinge, the edge region (72) of the trim panel is constrained to move with the hinge cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Bentley Motors Limited
    Inventors: David Molyneux, Steve Crowe, Paul Wentworth
  • Patent number: 11293207
    Abstract: A hinge cover assembly (10) for a hinge having an elongate hinge arm has first and second cover members (20, 22) mountable about the hinge arm so as to completely encircle the hinge arm over at least part of its length. The first cover member (20) has a channel portion (24) which surrounds the arm on three sides and the second cover member (22) is mountable to the first enclose the arm on the other side. The first cover member (20) has locking projections (46) on the inner surface of a side wall that engage in apertures in the hinge arm. The cover assembly (10) is particularly suited for use with a swan neck hinged used to mount a boot lid to a vehicle body. A housing portion (32) of the first cover member encapsulates a mounting structure of the hinge and may have a clip formation for clamping an edge region of a trim panel mounted to the boot lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: BENTLEY MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: David Molyneux, Steve Crowe, Paul Wentworth
  • Patent number: 10883294
    Abstract: An adjustable hinge assembly (10) for securing a boot lid to the body of a vehicle has a mounting member (22) for attachment to the body. An adjustment member (24) is connected to the mounting member for pivotal movement about a first axis X and a hinge arm (18) on which the boot lid is mounted is connected to the adjustment member for pivotal movement about a second axis Y parallel to but spaced from the first axis. An adjusting mechanism (26) is operative to selectively adjust the pivotal position of the adjustment member (24) relative to the mounting member (22) in order to adjust the position of the boot lid relative to a body in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Bentley Motors Limited
    Inventors: David Molyneux, Steve Crowe, Gary David Green, Matthew Robinson, Paul Wentworth, Thirupathi Adla
  • Patent number: 10759398
    Abstract: An integrated system for engaging electric brakes of a towed vehicle when the towed vehicle separates from a towing vehicle, comprising a power source, a first junction pole configured to be connected with an electric ground, a second junction pole configured to be connected with the electric brakes of the towed vehicle, an electrical connector connecting the first junction pole with the power source, a breakaway switch, and a housing containing the power source, first and second junction poles, and the electrical connector. The electrical connector includes a first end fixedly connected with the first junction pole and the breakaway switch includes an electrical connector fixedly connected to the second junction pole. Another integrated system further housing the breakaway switch and comprising fixed connections between the first junction pole and the power source, the second junction pole and the breakaway switch, and the breakaway switch and the power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL BATTERY COMPANY
    Inventor: Steve Crow
  • Patent number: 10428571
    Abstract: An automobile comprises an automatically opening and closing boot lid having a drive mechanism located on the dry side of the drain channel and a rotatable shaft extending into the wet side of the drain channel, in order to provide drive to an arm which opens and closes the boot lid. The drive mechanism may be a linear actuator, such as a spindle drive, but drive is transmitted through the drain channel as torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Bentley Motors Limited
    Inventors: Gary David Green, Steve Crowe, Andreas Lange, David Molyneux, Paul Wentworth
  • Publication number: 20180222454
    Abstract: An integrated system for engaging electric brakes of a towed vehicle when the towed vehicle separates from a towing vehicle, comprising a power source, a first junction pole configured to be connected with an electric ground, a second junction pole configured to be connected with the electric brakes of the towed vehicle, an electrical connector connecting the first junction pole with the power source, a breakaway switch, and a housing containing the power source, first and second junction poles, and the electrical connector. The electrical connector includes a first end fixedly connected with the first junction pole and the breakaway switch includes an electrical connector fixedly connected to the second junction pole. Another integrated system further housing the breakaway switch and comprising fixed connections between the first junction pole and the power source, the second junction pole and the breakaway switch, and the breakaway switch and the power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Steve Crow
  • Patent number: 9114831
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and a system for moving an element, e.g. a rudder of a ship or a wheel of a vehicle. The element is moved by a hydraulic fluid. According to the invention, an operator indicates a desired movement, and in accordance with the desired movement, at fluid is provided from at least three fluid providers each providing a share of the fluid in parallel streams and only considering the desired movement not the shares provided by the other fluid providers. The invention allows continuation of a steering task even if one fluid provider is disabled, and the invention allows the continuation even without having to notice that one provider is disabled. Accordingly, the invention provides an improvement and simplification relative to the known hydraulic steering systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Danfoss Power Solutions ApS
    Inventors: Preben Albrecht, John Kristensen, Steve Crow, Kjeld Buus Jensen
  • Patent number: 8660754
    Abstract: The invention provides a steering system for a vehicle, a ship etc. The steering system has a steering handle for the operator of the vehicle, a set of signal processors, a sensor which determines a position of the steered element of the vehicle, and a controller which moves the steered element. The steered element could e.g. be the front wheels of a car. The signal processors are adapted to determine an error between the desired position of the steered element and an actual position of the steered element. In order to make the steering system more fault tolerant, the error signal is amplified based on the speed by which the steering handle is moved, and an error in the sensor therefore becomes less critical. The invention further provides a steering method, a steering control unit and a vehicle provided with a steering system of the mentioned kind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sauer-Danfoss Aps
    Inventors: John Kristensen, Preben Albrecht, Steve Crow, Kjeld Buus Jensen
  • Patent number: 7770687
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hydraulic steering with a steering motor arrangement having at least one steering motor, and with at least two steering circuits, each having a steering valve that interrupts a path from a pressure supply to the steering motor arrangement in the neutral position and releases a path from the pressure supply to the steering motor arrangement on a movement out of the neutral position. It is endeavored to simplify the embodiment of such a steering. For this purpose, the steering valve (5a, 5b) has two end positions, one on each side of the neutral position, in which positions a path from the pressure supply (15, 21) to the steering motor arrangement (2) is interrupted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Sauer-Danfoss Aps
    Inventors: Richard Thomas Entwistle, Carl Christian Dixen, Steve Crow
  • Patent number: 7584799
    Abstract: A unitary gravel pack multi-pathway tube includes a body; a gravel slurry flow passage defined within the body; and a control line protection projection extending from and supported by the body, the projection extending laterally from the body relative to an extent of the flow passage and method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Martin P. Coronado, Steve Crow, Elmer Peterson, Luis Mendez, James Zachman
  • Publication number: 20090048736
    Abstract: The invention provides a steering system for a vehicle, a ship etc. The steering system has a steering handle for the operator of the vehicle, a set of signal processors, a sensor which determines a position of the steered element of the vehicle, and a controller which moves the steered element. The steered element could e.g. be the front wheels of a car. The signal processors are adapted to determine an error between the desired position of the steered element and an actual position of the steered element. In order to make the steering system more fault tolerant, the error signal is amplified based on the speed by which the steering handle is moved, and an error in the sensor therefore becomes less critical. The invention further provides a steering method, a steering control unit and a vehicle provided with a steering system of the mentioned kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: Sauer-Danfoss Aps
    Inventors: John Kristensen, Preben Albrecht, Steve Crow, Kjeld Buus Jensen
  • Patent number: 7431085
    Abstract: A gravel pack multi-pathway tube includes a body and a flow passage at the body. Further, the tube includes a projection at the body, the projection receptive to a control line. A gravel packing device component wherein the component includes a shroud, a multi-pathway tube at the shroud, and a projection appurtenant the multi-pathway tube, the projection being receptive to a control line. A method for running and protecting a control line at a gravel pack component, which includes running a component into a wellbore wherein the component includes a shroud, a multi-pathway tube at the shroud, and a projection appurtenant the multi-pathway tube, the projection being receptive to a control line and inserting a control line at the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Martin Coronado, Steve Crow, Elmer Peterson, Luis Mendez, James Zachman
  • Publication number: 20080236932
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and a system for moving an element, e.g. a rudder of a ship or a wheel of a vehicle. The element is moved by a hydraulic fluid. According to the invention, an operator indicates a desired movement, and in accordance with the desired movement, at fluid is provided from at least three fluid providers each providing a share of the fluid in parallel streams and only considering the desired movement not the shares provided by the other fluid providers. The invention allows continuation of a steering task even if one fluid provider is disabled, and the invention allows the continuation even without having to notice that one provider is disabled. Accordingly, the invention provides an improvement and simplification relative to the known hydraulic steering systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Sauer-Danfoss ApS
    Inventors: Preben Albrecht, John Kristensen, Steve Crow, Kjeld Buus Jensen
  • Publication number: 20080190608
    Abstract: A unitary gravel pack multi-pathway tube includes a body; a gravel slurry flow passage defined within the body; and a control line protection projection extending from and supported by the body, the projection extending laterally from the body relative to an extent of the flow passage and method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: MARTIN CORONADO, STEVE CROW, ELMER PETERSON, LUIS MENDEZ, JAMES ZACHMAN
  • Patent number: 7290606
    Abstract: Devices and methods for control flow of formation fluids respect to one or more selected parameter relating to the wellbore fluid. In one embodiment, a flow control device for controlling fluid flow into the production tubular uses a flow restriction member that is actuated by a character change of the formation fluid, such as liquid to gas or oil to water. The flow restriction member can be sensitive to a change in density of the formation fluid. The flow restriction member is passive, self-regulating and does not need any power source or control signal to control fluid flow. In one embodiment, the flow control device automatically rotates into a predetermined orientation upon being positioned in the wellbore. A seal disposed on the flow control devices expands into sealing engagement with an enclosure after the flow control device assumed the desired predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Martin Coronado, Steve Crow, Knut H. Henriksen
  • Publication number: 20070251755
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hydraulic steering with a steering motor arrangement having at least one steering motor, and with at least two steering circuits, each having a steering valve that interrupts a path from a pressure supply to the steering motor arrangement in the neutral position and releases a path from the pressure supply to the steering motor arrangement on a movement out of the neutral position. It is endeavoured to simplify the embodiment of such a steering. For this purpose, the steering valve (5a, 5b) has two end positions, one on each side of the neutral position, in which positions a path from the pressure supply (15, 21) to the steering motor arrangement (2) is interrupted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Sauer-Danfoss ApS
    Inventors: Richard Thomas Entwistle, Carl Christian Dixen, Steve Crow
  • Publication number: 20060219404
    Abstract: A gravel pack multi-pathway tube includes a body and a flow passage at the body. Further, the tube includes a projection at the body, the projection receptive to a control line. A gravel packing device component wherein the component includes a shroud, a multi-pathway tube at the shroud, and a projection appurtenant the multi-pathway tube, the projection being receptive to a control line. A method for running and protecting a control line at a gravel pack component, which includes running a component into a wellbore wherein the component includes a shroud, a multi-pathway tube at the shroud, and a projection appurtenant the multi-pathway tube, the projection being receptive to a control line and inserting a control line at the projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Martin Coronado, Steve Crow, Elmer Peterson, Luis Mendez, James Zachman
  • Publication number: 20060076150
    Abstract: Devices and methods for control flow of formation fluids respect to one or more selected parameter relating to the wellbore fluid. In one embodiment, a flow control device for controlling fluid flow into the production tubular uses a flow restriction member that is actuated by a character change of the formation fluid, such as liquid to gas or oil to water. The flow restriction member can be sensitive to a change in density of the formation fluid. The flow restriction member is passive, self-regulating and does not need any power source or control signal to control fluid flow. In one embodiment, the flow control device automatically rotates into a predetermined orientation upon being positioned in the wellbore. A seal disposed on the flow control devices expands into sealing engagement with an enclosure after the flow control device assumed the desired predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Martin Coronado, Steve Crow, Knut Henriksen