Patents by Inventor Glenn Firmin

Glenn Firmin 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).

  • Valve seat gauging system
    Patent number: 7104121
    Abstract: A gauging system for checking a valve seat and a valve guide of an engine part, the system comprising: a gauge support mountable to a stable platform; a gauge which, in use, depends from the gauge support and has a gauge head for seating on the valve seat and insertion into the valve guide; a balancing mechanism to seat the gauge on the valve seat with a predetermined load, the valve seat providing the datum for the gauge; a motor to rotate the gauge head with respect to the valve seat and valve guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Fenn Engineering Limited
    Inventors: Glenn Firmin, Paul Garland, Mark Sutton, Erdogan Zor
  • Valve seat gauging system
    Publication number: 20050279159
    Abstract: A gauging system for checking a valve seat and a valve guide of an engine part, the system comprising: a gauge support mountable to a stable platform; a gauge which, in use, depends from the gauge support and has a gauge head for seating on the valve seat and insertion into the valve guide; a balancing mechanism to seat the gauge on the valve seat with a predetermined load, the valve seat providing the datum for the gauge; a motor to rotate the gauge head with respect to the valve seat and valve guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Glenn Firmin, Paul Garland, Mark Sutton, Erdogan Zor