Patents by Inventor Steve Matthews

Steve Matthews 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: 11959405
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to a valve seat (20) for a poppet valve of an internal combustion engine, wherein the poppet valve comprises a head and a stem behind the head, the valve seat comprising: an aperture (21) configured to form a seal with the head of the poppet valve when the poppet valve is in a closed position; and a peripheral body (22) defining, at least in part, one or more ports (23) shaped like e.g. grooves and sized to enable injection of liquid or gas from a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine into a gas stream behind the head of the poppet valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
    Inventors: Steve Jones, Tom Matthews, Matthew McAllister, Juan Antonio San Primitivo Rodriguez, Christopher Clarke, Simon Elliott, Steven Pierson
  • Publication number: 20160155275
    Abstract: A ticket dispenser for dispensing a ticket from a pack of tickets having first and last tickets at opposite ends of the pack and each ticket having opposed first and second edges, the ticket dispenser comprising: a ticket rack assembly having a rack with a support platform for receiving the pack of tickets with first edges against the support platform, and a ticket pack biasing mechanism configured to bias against a face of the last ticket of the C pack and to urge the last ticket towards the first ticket; a ticket housing for preventing unauthorised external access to the pack of tickets, the ticket housing comprising a ticket dispensing slot; and a ticket dispensing mechanism configured to dispense the first ticket from the pack of tickets, the ticket dispensing mechanism comprising a dispensing control member connected to a ticket ejector, the ticket ejector having a ticket edge engagement feature configured to engage with a first edge of the first ticket, the ticket ejector being operable by movement of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: John Barrett, Steve Matthews, Paul Shardlow
  • Publication number: 20130112356
    Abstract: A temporary partitioning system is provided, the system comprising a plurality of partition components, each component being an elongate member having outer walls enclosing a substantially hollow interior and having a longitudinal axis, each component being releasably connectable to an adjacent member by a connection means, the connection means comprising a first connection member provided on a first component and a second connection member provided on a second component, in use the first and second connecting members connecting such that lateral movement between the first and second components is prevented, while allowing the first component to move along its longitudinal axis relative to the second component. A temporary partition formed from the components of the system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: PLASLOC LIMITED
    Inventor: Steve Matthews
  • Patent number: D1018509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Jase Ruggles, John Born, Weiqiang Kang, Steve Marek, John Matthew Miller