Patents by Inventor Barry Hull

Barry Hull 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).

  • ULTRASONIC TESTING OF FITTING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20090314087
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for determining relative and/or absolute axial position of a conduit end within a fluid coupling includes application of input ultrasonic energy in the form of transient shear waves and analyzing the reflected energy. Application of the input energy collected at different radial positions about a first axial location is used with wavelet based correlation techniques to better analyze the reflected energy signals. Quality of the abutment between the conduit end and a surface associated with the coupling may also be determined as a separate or combined feature of the axial position determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: SWAGELOK COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard A. Ales, William H. Glime, John Barry Hull, Jeffrey M. Rubinski, Michael Douglas Seymour, Peter C. Williams, Wenxian Yang
  • Ultrasonic testing of fitting assembly
    Patent number: 7591181
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for determining relative and/or absolute axial position of a conduit end within a fluid coupling includes application of input ultrasonic energy in the form of transient shear waves and analyzing the reflected energy. Application of the input energy collected at different radial positions about a first axial location is used with wavelet based correlation techniques to better analyze the reflected energy signals. Quality of the abutment between the conduit end and a surface associated with the coupling may also be determined as a separate or combined feature of the axial position determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Swagelok Company
    Inventors: Richard A. Ales, William H. Glime, John Barry Hull, Jeffrey M. Rubinski, Michael Douglas Seymour, Peter C. Williams, Wenxian Yang
  • Method for ultrasonic testing of fitting assembly
    Patent number: 7581445
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for determining relative and/or absolute axial position of a conduit end within a fluid coupling includes application of input ultrasonic energy in the form of transient shear waves and analyzing the reflected energy. Application of the input energy collected at different radial positions about a first axial location is used with wavelet based correlation techniques to better analyze the reflected energy signals. Quality of the abutment between the conduit end and a surface associated with the coupling may also be determined as a separate or combined feature of the axial position determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Swagelok Company
    Inventors: Richard A. Ales, William H. Glime, John Barry Hull, Jeffrey M. Rubinski, Michael Douglas Seymour, Peter C. Williams, Wenxian Yang
  • Ultrasonic testing of fitting assembly for fluid conduits with a hand-held apparatus
    Patent number: 7284433
    Abstract: Hand-held apparatus and method for determining relative and/or absolute axial position of a conduit end within a fluid coupling includes application of input ultrasonic energy in the form of transient shear waves and analyzing the reflected energy. Application of the input energy collected at different radial positions about a first axial location is used with wavelet based correlation techniques to better analyze the reflected energy signals. Quality of the abutment between the conduit end and a surface associated with the coupling may also be determined as a separate or combined feature of the axial position determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Swagelok Company
    Inventors: Richard A. Ales, William H. Glime, John Barry Hull, Jeffrey M. Rubinski, Michael Douglas Seymour, Peter C. Williams, Wenxian Yang
  • Nanocomposites
    Patent number: 6835766
    Abstract: Polymer-clay nanocomposites are formed by compression of an intimate mixture of the polymer and the clay. The compression is carried out below the glass transition temperature for amorphous polymers or between glass transition temperature and melting point for crystalline polymers, and preferably at ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: The Nottingham Trent University
    Inventors: Fengge Gao, Barry Hull