Patents by Inventor Kimball Ralph Barron

Kimball Ralph Barron 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 trim apparatus for use with control valves
    Patent number: 11339897
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for valve trim apparatus for use with control valves are disclosed. An example valve trim apparatus for use with a fluid valve includes a cage positioned in a fluid flow passageway of a valve body, the cage including a primary valve seat and a secondary valve seat. The valve trim apparatus includes a valve plug slidably positioned within the cage, the valve plug including a primary sealing surface to sealingly engage the primary valve seat and a secondary sealing surface to sealingly engage the secondary valve seat, the primary sealing surface adjacent to a first end of the valve plug and the secondary sealing surface spaced away from the primary sealing surface along a longitudinal axis of the valve plug toward a second end of the valve plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Nelson Gabriel, Jason Gene Olberding, Daniel James Eilers, Kimball Ralph Barron, Raymond W. Micheel
  • VALVE TRIM APPARATUS FOR USE WITH CONTROL VALVES
    Publication number: 20200072383
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for valve trim apparatus for use with control valves are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Nelson Gabriel, Jason Gene Olberding, Daniel James Eilers, Kimball Ralph Barron, Raymond W. Micheel
  • Valve trim retention apparatus
    Patent number: 8186646
    Abstract: Valve trim retention apparatus for use with valves are described. An example valve trim retention apparatus includes a liner to retain a valve seat within a valve body. The liner includes an outer surface having first external threads to engage a first threaded opening of the valve body. A ring retainer engages the liner and has second external threads to engage a second threaded opening of the valve body. The first and second threaded openings cause the liner and the ring retainer to move in opposite directions when the liner and the ring retainer are rotated in same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Fisher Controls International, LLC
    Inventors: Theodore Paul Geelhart, Kimball Ralph Barron
  • VALVE TRIM RETENTION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20090302247
    Abstract: Valve trim retention apparatus for use with valves are described. An example valve trim retention apparatus includes a liner to retain a valve seat within a valve body. The liner includes an outer surface having first external threads to engage a first threaded opening of the valve body. A ring retainer engages the liner and has second external threads to engage a second threaded opening of the valve body. The first and second threaded openings cause the liner and the ring retainer to move in opposite directions when the liner and the ring retainer are rotated in same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Theodore Paul Geelhart, Kimball Ralph Barron