Patents by Inventor Thomas Morton
Thomas Morton 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).
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Publication number: 20240131286Abstract: A cuffed tracheal tube has a shaft (10) with an inner component (30) having an inflation lumen (23) extending along a rib (33) along the outside of the component. The rib (33) terminates a short distance rearwardly of the patient end (14) of the inner component. The inflation lumen (23) is closed by an outer layer (51) applied over the inner component (30) and covering the patient end of the rib. Two closely spaced openings (54) through the rib (33) are spaced in the inflatable region of a silicone sealing cuff (13) secured around the patient end of the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: SMITHS MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Laura Beth Morton, Ayesha Bint-E-Siddiq, Neil Steven Veasey, Christopher John Woosnam, Andrew Thomas Jeffrey
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Publication number: 20230053353Abstract: The disclosure provides for a targeting transfer RNA (ttRNA) that that suppresses nonsense mutations in messenger RNA, that comprises an anticodon sequence that binds to a stop codon and a variable loop sequence that comprises an RNA aptamer that has strong binding affinity to an RNA binding protein; and methods of use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Prashant Mali, Dhruva Katrekar, Thomas Morton
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Patent number: 11578645Abstract: A valve system comprising a valve chamber at a junction of an inlet port, an outlet port and a bypass port, the inlet port configured for fluid communication with exhaust gas, the outlet port configured for fluid communication with an inlet of a turbine, and the bypass port configured for fluid communication with an exhaust aftertreatment device; a rotary valve comprising a valve rotor which rotates about a valve axis within the valve chamber between a first position to permit gas flow through the bypass port and a second position to block gas flow. At least one of the valve rotor and the valve chamber comprises a protrusion and the other comprises a recess, wherein, in the first position, the protrusion and recess are spaced from one another, and, in the second position the recess receives the protrusion such that gas flow between the protrusion and recess is substantially prevented.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: CUMMINS LTD.Inventors: Robin Daniels, Thomas Morton, Thomas Roberts, Christopher Parry, Richard Goodyear, Mark R. Holden, Donald E. Willey
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Patent number: 11536192Abstract: A rotary turbine bypass valve comprises a valve chamber positioned at a junction of an inlet port, an outlet port and a bypass port, the inlet port configured for fluid communication with a flow of exhaust gas from an engine, the outlet port configured for fluid communication with an inlet of a turbine, and the bypass port configured for fluid communication with an exhaust aftertreatment device; and a valve rotor supported for rotation, about a valve axis, within the valve chamber. The valve rotor is rotatable about the valve axis between a first position in which the valve rotor permits gas flow through the bypass port and a second position in which the valve rotor blocks gas flow through the bypass port.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: CUMMINS LTD.Inventors: Robin Daniels, Gareth Williamson, Ross Deacon, Laith Al-Kazaz, Thomas Morton, Christopher Parry, Richard Goodyear, Mark R. Holden, Jon-Luke Keating, Waqas Ali, John Bywater, Thomas Roberts
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Publication number: 20220186661Abstract: A valve system comprising a valve chamber at a junction of an inlet port, an outlet port and a bypass port, the inlet port configured for fluid communication with exhaust gas, the outlet port configured for fluid communication with an inlet of a turbine, and the bypass port configured for fluid communication with an exhaust aftertreatment device; a rotary valve comprising a valve rotor which rotates about a valve axis within the valve chamber between a first position to permit gas flow through the bypass port and a second position to block gas flow. At least one of the valve rotor and the valve chamber comprises a protrusion and the other comprises a recess, wherein, in the first position, the protrusion and recess are spaced from one another, and, in the second position the recess receives the protrusion such that gas flow between the protrusion and recess is substantially prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2022Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Robin Daniels, Thomas Morton, Thomas Roberts, Christopher Parry, Richard Goodyear, Mark R. Holden, Donald E. Willey
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Patent number: 11022031Abstract: The turbine arrangement includes a turbine including a turbine housing which defines a turbine cavity within which a turbine wheel is supported, an inlet upstream of the wheel and an outlet downstream. The arrangement also includes a flow passage configured to permit gas flow without interacting with the wheel, and a valve member moveable between an open configuration wherein gas may flow through the flow passage, and a closed configuration wherein gas is substantially prevented from flowing, a first actuator portion for moving the valve member between the configurations, and a second actuator portion in gas flow communication with a portion of the arrangement upstream of the wheel via an actuator gas passage. The arrangement is configured such that gas may flow through the actuator gas passage to the second actuator portion, where it acts on the second actuator portion to urge the valve member towards the closed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Cummins Ltd.Inventors: James Alexander Mcewen, Thomas Morton
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Publication number: 20200362752Abstract: A rotary turbine bypass valve comprises a valve chamber positioned at a junction of an inlet port, an outlet port and a bypass port, the inlet port configured for fluid communication with a flow of exhaust gas from an engine, the outlet port configured for fluid communication with an inlet of a turbine, and the bypass port configured for fluid communication with an exhaust aftertreatment device; and a valve rotor supported for rotation, about a valve axis, within the valve chamber. The valve rotor is rotatable about the valve axis between a first position in which the valve rotor permits gas flow through the bypass port and a second position in which the valve rotor blocks gas flow through the bypass port.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Robin Daniels, Gareth Williamson, Ross Deacon, Laith Al-Kazaz, Thomas Morton, Christopher Parry, Richard Goodyear, Mark R. Holden, Jon-Luke Keating, Waqas Ali, John Bywater, Thomas Roberts
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Publication number: 20200340393Abstract: The turbine arrangement includes a turbine including a turbine housing which defines a turbine cavity within which a turbine wheel is supported, an inlet upstream of the wheel and an outlet downstream. The arrangement also includes a flow passage configured to permit gas flow without interacting with the wheel, and a valve member moveable between an open configuration wherein gas may flow through the flow passage, and a closed configuration wherein gas is substantially prevented from flowing, a first actuator portion for moving the valve member between the configurations, and a second actuator portion in gas flow communication with a portion of the arrangement upstream of the wheel via an actuator gas passage. The arrangement is configured such that gas may flow through the actuator gas passage to the second actuator portion, where it acts on the second actuator portion to urge the valve member towards the closed configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2017Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: CUMMINS LTDInventors: James Alexander Mcewen, Thomas Morton
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Publication number: 20200173347Abstract: A valve system comprising a valve chamber at a junction of an inlet port, an outlet port and a bypass port, the inlet port configured for fluid communication with exhaust gas, the outlet port configured for fluid communication with an inlet of a turbine, and the bypass port configured for fluid communication with an exhaust aftertreatment device; a rotary valve comprising a valve rotor which rotates about a valve axis within the valve chamber between a first position to permit gas flow through the bypass port and a second position to block gas flow. At least one of the valve rotor and the valve chamber comprises a protrusion and the other comprises a recess, wherein, in the first position, the protrusion and recess are spaced from one another, and, in the second position the recess receives the protrusion such that gas flow between the protrusion and recess is substantially prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Robin Daniels, Thomas Morton, Thomas Roberts, Christopher Parry, Richard Goodyear, Mark R. Holden, Donald E. Willey
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Patent number: D625491Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2009Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Generation Footwear Inc.Inventor: Brian Thomas Morton
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Patent number: D855841Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Log-O-Lantern, LLCInventors: Thomas Morton, Joshua Morton