Patents by Inventor Colin Spencer Quelch

Colin Spencer Quelch 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).

  • Flow testing methods and systems
    Patent number: 11692552
    Abstract: Systems and methods of flow testing different workpieces in an automated testing station are described. Each workpiece comprises a flow path from an inlet to an outlet and the automated testing station comprises first and second sealing heads for injecting gas into the inlets of workpieces and collecting gas from the outlets of workpieces. The method includes performing a flow test by moving the flow test heads toward the workpieces while at the same time priming a flow of gas from the first sealing heads to the second sealing heads, prior to engaging the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventors: Kenneth Wayne Nicholson, Philip David Munroe, Mathieu Jocelyn Giles Pascal Gaudreault, Martin George Smith, David Andrew Tait, Robert David Almas, Colin Spencer Quelch
  • FLOW TESTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20220316482
    Abstract: Systems and methods of flow testing different workpieces in an automated testing station are described. Each workpiece comprises a flow path from an inlet to an outlet and the automated testing station comprises first and second sealing heads for injecting gas into the inlets of workpieces and collecting gas from the outlets of workpieces. The method includes performing a flow test by moving the flow test heads toward the workpieces while at the same time priming a flow of gas from the first sealing heads to the second sealing heads, prior to engaging the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Kenneth Wayne Nicholson, Philip David Munroe, Mathieu Jocelyn Giles Pascal Gaudreault, Martin George Smith, David Andrew Tait, Robert David Almas, Colin Spencer Quelch