Patents by Inventor Kevin Ostergren

Kevin Ostergren 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).

  • Methods, systems, and fixtures for inspection of gasket welds
    Patent number: 9678043
    Abstract: A method may involve positioning a fixture over a portion of a tube portion of a gasket, where the gasket includes a first lip portion joined to a second lip portion by a weld of the gasket and the first lip portion joined to the second lip portion defines the tube portion, where the fixture comprises a housing and an injection port; positioning an ultrasonic probe in the housing; filling, by the injection port, coupling fluid between the ultrasonic probe and the tube portion of the gasket; and scanning at least a portion of the weld with the ultrasonic probe, where scanning the at least a portion of the weld may involve transmitting, by the ultrasonic probe, a plurality of ultrasonic waves through the coupling fluid into the tube portion, and translating the fixture in a longitudinal direction along the tube portion of the gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: BP Corporation North America Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Ostergren
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND FIXTURES FOR INSPECTION OF GASKET WELDS
    Publication number: 20170138909
    Abstract: A method may involve positioning a fixture over a portion of a tube portion of a gasket, where the gasket includes a first lip portion joined to a second lip portion by a weld of the gasket and the first lip portion joined to the second lip portion defines the tube portion, where the fixture comprises a housing and an injection port; positioning an ultrasonic probe in the housing; filling, by the injection port, coupling fluid between the ultrasonic probe and the tube portion of the gasket; and scanning at least a portion of the weld with the ultrasonic probe, where scanning the at least a portion of the weld may involve transmitting, by the ultrasonic probe, a plurality of ultrasonic waves through the coupling fluid into the tube portion, and translating the fixture in a longitudinal direction along the tube portion of the gasket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: BP Corporation North America Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Ostergren