Patents by Inventor Arthur C. Evans

Arthur C. Evans 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: 4991426
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for testing leak integrity of a workpiece such as a wheel rim in which the rim is positioned within an air-tight housing with the axial rim edges is sealing engagement with opposed wall portions of the housing so as to form first and second chambers within the housing internally and externally of the rim. One of such chambers is supplied with air under pressure. Microphones are positioned in the other chamber for detecting leakage of air through the rim as a function of intensity of ultrasonic radiation emitted thereby. The test apparatus is calibrated to detect air leakage that exceeds a pre-specified maximum allowable air flow rate by removably mounting a calibration orifice on a test workpiece, with the orifice being sized to provide the pre-specified maximum allowable leakage flow rate for a satisfactory workpiece at the operating pressure of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: Oakland Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Arthur C. Evans
  • Patent number: D298921
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Inventors: Gerald L. Berry, Sr., Arthur C. Evans, Wendell L. Berry