Patents by Inventor Heath Ostebee

Heath Ostebee 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).

  • Replacement oil cartridge tip and method
    Patent number: 9657899
    Abstract: Various embodiments include apparatuses adapted to be used as a replacement oil cartridge tip. In some embodiments apparatuses include a replacement swirler ring for an oil cartridge tip, the replacement swirler ring having an annular main body including an inner diameter surface sized to be joined to an outer diameter surface of the oil cartridge tip by a metal joining process including one of brazing, welding temperature or mechanical interference and an outer diameter surface including channels evenly spaced about a primary axis of the annular main body, wherein the annular ring includes a material that is at least as wear-resistant as a material of the oil cartridge tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Carmine Bellino, Bill Damon Johnston, Jr., Heath Ostebee, Brian Lee Tollison
  • REPLACEMENT OIL CARTRIDGE TIP AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150053793
    Abstract: Various embodiments include apparatuses adapted to be used as a replacement oil cartridge tip. In some embodiments apparatuses include a replacement swirler ring for an oil cartridge tip, the replacement swirler ring having an annular main body including an inner diameter surface sized to be joined to an outer diameter surface of the oil cartridge tip by a metal joining process including one of brazing, welding temperature or mechanical interference and an outer diameter surface including channels evenly spaced about a primary axis of the annular main body, wherein the annular ring includes a material that is at least as wear-resistant as a material of the oil cartridge tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Carmine Bellino, Bill Damon Johnston, JR., Heath Ostebee, Brian Lee Tollison