Patents by Inventor Douglas S. Perry

Douglas S. Perry 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).

  • Publication number: 20230138128
    Abstract: A brazing system includes a touch screen display and a controller circuit board having a processor and a memory. The controller circuit board is configured to be manually set by an operator to support a single torch configuration or a multiple torch configuration. The single torch configuration includes a first integrated software having first computer-executable instructions stored in the memory and configured to execute on the processor, and the multiple torch configuration includes a second integrated software having second computer-executable instructions stored in the memory and configured to execute on the processor. The multiple torch configuration supports the independent setting up of multiple brazing torches and the simultaneous use of the multiple brazing torches by multiple users during multiple independent brazing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Randy C. Edenfield, Douglas S. Perry, Andrew Klein, Robert Tefft, Richard K. Smith
  • Patent number: 10888942
    Abstract: A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, an enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Loren C. Smith, Douglas S. Perry, William Hopper
  • Patent number: 10744582
    Abstract: A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, an enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Loren C. Smith, Douglas S. Perry, William Hopper
  • Publication number: 20190160573
    Abstract: Embodiments of brazing systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a brazing system includes a controller circuit board (controller) having a processor and a memory. The system also includes a fuel gas input, a fuel gas output, an oxygen/air gas input, and an oxygen/air gas output. The system further includes a touch screen display and a foot pedal, each operatively connected to the controller. The controller is configured to store multiple jobs of flame presets in the memory. Any job can be called up from the controller and the flame presets can be cycled through in response to tapping the foot pedal. Each job corresponds to a sequence of joint brazings to be performed on a braze assembly and includes a plurality of selectable flame presets. Each flame preset defines a flame setting based on a flow rate of a fuel gas and a flow rate of an oxygen/air gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Randy C. Edenfield, Douglas S. Perry, Andrew Klein, Robert Tefft, Richard K. Smith
  • Patent number: 10058946
    Abstract: A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, an enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Loren C. Smith, Douglas S. Perry, William Hopper
  • Publication number: 20180161907
    Abstract: A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, an enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Loren C. Smith, Douglas S. Perry, William Hopper
  • Publication number: 20180161908
    Abstract: A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, an enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Loren C. Smith, Douglas S. Perry, William Hopper
  • Publication number: 20180161906
    Abstract: A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, an enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Loren C. Smith, Douglas S. Perry, William Hopper
  • Patent number: 9370839
    Abstract: A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, an enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Loren C. Smith, Douglas S. Perry, William Hopper
  • Patent number: 9227263
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving the flow control of a shielding gas in a welding unit is described which uses feedback from at least one of a mass flow controller, a pressure sensor and a valve position sensor to regulate shielding gas flow through a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward A. Enyedy, William Delvon Wilder, Douglas S. Perry
  • Publication number: 20150083233
    Abstract: A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, an enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Loren C. SMITH, Douglas S. Perry, William Hopper
  • Publication number: 20140091066
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving the flow control of a shielding gas in a welding unit is described which uses feedback from at least one of a mass flow controller, a pressure sensor and a valve position sensor to regulate shielding gas flow through a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Edward A. Enyedy, William Delvon Wilder, Douglas S. Perry
  • Patent number: 8444041
    Abstract: A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, a first enclosure, a second enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas S. Perry
  • Publication number: 20120255988
    Abstract: A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, a first enclosure, a second enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventor: Douglas S. Perry