Patents by Inventor Glen Gibbs

Glen Gibbs 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: 6327771
    Abstract: A reduced resistance bead seal is integrally formed on a mounting surface of two matingly engageable members to form a leak-free seal between the two members despite any eccentricity or angular variances between the two members. In one embodiment, the reduced resistance bead is formed on an inner conical flange of an inverted flared end of a hollow fluid conduit. The bead presents a deformable surface as a fitting urges the flared end of the conduit into engagement with a conical seat in a receiver where eccentricity or angular variances exist between the flared end of the conduit and the conical seat. A unique method and a unique forming tool are used to form the reduced resistance bead in the flared end of the conduit simultaneously with the flaring of the end of the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: ITT Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Anglin, Glen Gibbs
  • Patent number: 5529349
    Abstract: A reduced resistance bead seal is integrally formed on a mounting surface of one of two matingly engageable members to form a leak-free seal between the two members despite any eccentricity or angular variances between the two members. In one embodiment, the reduced resistance bead is formed on an inner conical flange of an inverted flared end of a hollow fluid conduit. The bead may also be formed on the outer end flange of an ISO end flare. The bead presents a deformable surface as a fitting urges the flared end of the conduit into engagement with a conical seat in a receiver where eccentricity or angular variances exist between the flared end of the conduit and the conical seat. A unique method and a unique forming tool are used to form the reduced resistance bead in the flared end of the conduit simultaneously with the flaring of the end of the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: ITT Corporation
    Inventors: Glen Gibbs, Paul E. Anglin
  • Patent number: 5489127
    Abstract: A reduced resistance bead seal is integrally formed on a mounting surface of one of two matingly engageable members to form a leak-free seal between the two members despite any eccentricity or angular variances between the two members. In one embodiment, the reduced resistance bead is formed on an inner conical flange of an inverted flared end of a hollow fluid conduit. The bead presents a deformable surface as a fitting urges the flared end of the conduit into engagement with a conical seat in a receiver where eccentricity or angular variances exist between the flared end of the conduit and the conical seat. A unique method and a unique forming tool are used to form the reduced resistance bead in the flared end of the conduit simultaneously with the flaring of the end of the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignee: ITT Corporation
    Inventors: Paul E. Anglin, Glen Gibbs
  • Patent number: 5447179
    Abstract: A seamless double-walled metal tube which has an outer wall composed of steel having a face-centered cubic grain structure, an inner wall concentrically disposed within the outer wall, the inner wall composed of a steel having a face-centered cubic grain structure, the inner wall having an outerwardly oriented surface directed toward an inwardly oriented surface of the outer wall. The seamless double-wall metal tube also has an intermediate bonding metal region interposed between and metallurgically bonded to the inner wall and the outer wall. The intermediate bonding region is composed of a metal capable of metallurgically bonding with the inner wall and the outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: ITT Corporation
    Inventors: Glen Gibbs, Arnold T. Johnson