Patents by Inventor David H. Bothell
David H. Bothell 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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Patent number: 10036629Abstract: An apparatus configured to measure at least one physical characteristic of a threaded surface (e.g., an internally threaded surface) of an object is provided. The apparatus uses optical triangulation to perform non-contact characterization of the threaded surface. The apparatus can be used to characterize various aspects of the threaded surface, including generating the measurements required to produce a longitudinal cross-sectional profile of the threaded surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2017Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Quest Metrology, LLCInventors: Phillip Dewayne Bondurant, David William Rook, David H. Bothell, Christian Robert Lentz, David Jack Savage
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Publication number: 20170191824Abstract: An apparatus configured to measure at least one physical characteristic of a threaded surface (e.g., an internally threaded surface) of an object is provided. The apparatus uses optical triangulation to perform non-contact characterization of the threaded surface. The apparatus can be used to characterize various aspects of the threaded surface, including generating the measurements required to produce a longitudinal cross-sectional profile of the threaded surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: Quest Metrology, LLCInventors: Phillip Dewayne Bondurant, David William Rook, David H. Bothell, Christian Robert Lentz, David Jack Savage
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Patent number: 9638517Abstract: An apparatus configured to measure at least one physical characteristic of a threaded surface (e.g., an internally threaded surface) of an object is provided. The apparatus uses optical triangulation to perform non-contact characterization of the threaded surface. The apparatus can be used to characterize various aspects of the threaded surface, including generating the measurements required to produce a longitudinal cross-sectional profile of the threaded surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Quest Metrology, LLCInventors: Phillip Dewayne Bondurant, David William Rook, David H. Bothell, Christian Robert Lentz, David Jack Savage
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Publication number: 20160091303Abstract: An apparatus configured to measure at least one physical characteristic of a threaded surface (e.g., an internally threaded surface) of an object is provided. The apparatus uses optical triangulation to perform non-contact characterization of the threaded surface. The apparatus can be used to characterize various aspects of the threaded surface, including generating the measurements required to produce a longitudinal cross-sectional profile of the threaded surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Phillip Dewayne Bondurant, David William Rook, David H. Bothell, Christian Robert Lentz, David Jack Savage
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Patent number: 9234748Abstract: An apparatus configured to measure at least one physical characteristic of an threaded surface (e.g., an internally threaded surface) of an object is provided. The apparatus uses optical triangulation to perform non-contact characterization of the threaded surface. The apparatus can be used to characterize various aspects of the threaded surface, including generating the measurements required to produce a longitudinal cross-sectional profile of the threaded surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Quest Metrology, LLCInventors: Phillip Dewayne Bondurant, David William Rook, David H. Bothell, Christian Robert Lentz, David Jack Savage
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Publication number: 20140368834Abstract: An apparatus configured to measure at least one physical characteristic of an threaded surface (e.g., an internally threaded surface) of an object is provided. The apparatus uses optical triangulation to perform non-contact characterization of the threaded surface. The apparatus can be used to characterize various aspects of the threaded surface, including generating the measurements required to produce a longitudinal cross-sectional profile of the threaded surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Phillip Dewayne Bondurant, David William Rook, David H. Bothell, Christian Robert Lentz, David Jack Savage
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Patent number: 8860952Abstract: An apparatus configured to measure at least one physical characteristic of a threaded surface (e.g., an internally threaded surface) of an object is provided. The apparatus uses optical triangulation to perform non-contact characterization of the threaded surface. The apparatus can be used to characterize various aspects of the threaded surface, including generating the measurements required to produce a longitudinal cross-sectional profile of the threaded surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Quest Metrology, LLCInventors: Phillip Dewayne Bondurant, David William Rook, David H. Bothell, Christian Robert Lentz, David Jack Savage
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Publication number: 20120314223Abstract: An apparatus configured to measure at least one physical characteristic of an threaded surface (e.g., an internally threaded surface) of an object is provided. The apparatus uses optical triangulation to perform non-contact characterization of the threaded surface. The apparatus can be used to characterize various aspects of the threaded surface, including generating the measurements required to produce a longitudinal cross-sectional profile of the threaded surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: Quest Metrology, LLCInventors: Phillip Dewayne Bondurant, David William Rook, David H. Bothell, Christian Robert Lentz, David Jack Savage
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Patent number: 6318194Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting an conduit such as a furnace tube comprising at least first and second module shells, each shell having an axially contoured exterior, and a flexible, non-jointed intermodule connector joining the first and second shells. Preferably, each module has a length that is 1.0 to 2.4 times its outer diameter and the connector has a length that is 0.5 to 2.0 times the outer module diameter.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1998Date of Patent: November 20, 2001Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.Inventors: Mark H. Marvin, David H. Bothell, Steven Robert Lalumandier, John William Hoose, Thomas J. Cowling
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Patent number: 5704824Abstract: The invention describes a method and apparatus for milling objects by means of high velocity abrasive waterjet. The apparatus includes means for holding and producing relative motion in three dimensions of both the workpiece and the jet. Control means are provided to allow uniform and variable depth milling of complex shapes and automatic variations in relative speed, standoff distance, angle and pressure. The method includes the use of a resistant mask for facilitating milling and production of masks by the same tool used for milling.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 1996Date of Patent: January 6, 1998Inventors: Mohamad Hashish, David O. Monserud, Steven J. Craigen, Mark H. Marvin, Paul H. Tacheron, David H. Bothell, Ronald C. Lilley, Peter J. Miles
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Patent number: 5418824Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning inlet mixers while they remain in their operating position within a nuclear reactor. A cleaning tool is inserted by remote control into the inlet mixer via a secondary inlet opening. Following insertion of the cleaning tool, the internal surfaces of the inlet mixer are cleaned with a waterjet created from an ultra-high-pressure source and directed by controlled positioning of a cleaning head having a nozzle which scans the cleaning waterjet across the surface to be cleaned. The cleaning system includes a nozzle cleaning tool, a throat/barrel/flare cleaning tool, pumping systems for supplying ultra-high-pressure equal to at least 20,000 psi and low-pressure water to an installed cleaning tool, a launching system located at the top of the opened reactor vessel for feeding the water conduits (power), control cables, monitoring cables (instrument) and cleaning tool into and out of the inlet mixer, and a computerized process monitoring and control system.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1993Date of Patent: May 23, 1995Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: David O. Monserud, David H. Bothell, Paul H. Tacheron, Michael C. McDonald, David E. Steele, James E. Charnley, Gunnar V. Vatvedt
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Patent number: 5361286Abstract: A method for cleaning inlet mixers while they remain in their operating position within a nuclear reactor. A water-powered cleaning tool is inserted by remote control into the inlet mixer via a secondary inlet opening. Following insertion of the cleaning tool, the internal surfaces of the inlet mixer are cleaned with a waterjet created from an ultra-high-pressure source and directed by controlled positioning of a cleaning head having an nozzle which scans the cleaning waterjet across the surface to be cleaned.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1993Date of Patent: November 1, 1994Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: David O. Monserud, David H. Bothell, Paul H. Tacheron, Michael C. McDonald, David E. Steele, James E. Charnley, Gunnar V. Vatvedt