Patents by Inventor Stuart Robert FOX

Stuart Robert FOX 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).

  • Aircraft fuel tank vent protector
    Patent number: 9285045
    Abstract: An aircraft fuel tank vent (100, 200, 300) having a first interface (102, 202, 302) for fluid communication with an aircraft fuel tank interior, and a second interface (104, 204, 304) for fluid communication with an aircraft fuel tank exterior, the vent comprising: a first flow path (118, 218, 326) between the first interface and the second interface, the fuel tank vent having a baffle (126, 226, 317) positioned in the first flow path, and, a second flow path (124, 224, 326) between the first interface and the second interface, the fuel tank vent having a overpressure device (120, 220, 322) positioned in the second flow path, wherein the first and second flow paths are common along at least a part of their length such that they are coincident at the second interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignees: Airbus Operations Limited, Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Job Telford Kingdom Hutchings, Benjamin Richardson, Ted Dinh, Michael Kevin Nolte, Stuart Robert Fox
  • AIRCRAFT FUEL TANK VENT PROTECTOR
    Publication number: 20130263934
    Abstract: An aircraft fuel tank vent (100, 200, 300) having a first interface (102, 202, 302) for fluid communication with an aircraft fuel tank interior, and a second interface (104, 204, 304) for fluid communication with an aircraft fuel tank exterior, the vent comprising: a first flow path (118, 218, 326) between the first interface and the second interface, the fuel tank vent having a baffle (126, 226, 317) positioned in the first flow path, and, a second flow path (124, 224, 326) between the first interface and the second interface, the fuel tank vent having a overpressure device (120, 220, 322) positioned in the second flow path, wherein the first and second flow paths are common along at least a part of their length such that they are coincident at the second interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Job Telford Kingdom HUTCHINGS, Benjamin RICHARDSON, Ted DINH, Michael Kevin NOLTE, Stuart Robert FOX