Patents by Inventor Mark Alan Irving

Mark Alan Irving 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: 10605691
    Abstract: A testing system for testing high pressure fluid control products includes a testing chamber having a testing configuration in which an access door is in a closed position and contents of the testing chamber are contained for testing. The testing chamber includes a designated fitting testing area and a designated pipe testing area in fluid communication via an access window. The testing system also includes a set of interchangeable quick connect fixtures having similarly sized base ends and differently sized attachment ends. The designated fitting testing area includes a fitting test bench supporting at least one quick connect fixture for testing high pressure fittings, and the designated pipe testing area includes a pipe test bench supporting at least one quick connect fixture for testing high pressure pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Irving, Jimmy Carl Robertson
  • Patent number: 10585014
    Abstract: A testing system for testing high pressure fluid control products includes a testing chamber having a testing configuration in which an access door of the testing chamber is in a closed position and contents of the testing chamber are contained for testing. The testing chamber includes a designated fitting testing area and a designated pipe testing area in fluid communication via an access window. The designated fitting testing area includes one or more test fixtures for testing high pressure fittings, and the designated pipe testing area includes one or more test fixtures for testing high pressure pipes. The testing system also includes one or more conveyors positioned within the designated pipe testing area and supporting the one or more test fixtures for testing high pressure pipes, each of the one or more conveyors being axially moveable within the designated pipe testing area between a load/unload position and a test position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Irving, Jimmy Carl Robertson
  • Publication number: 20190078961
    Abstract: A testing system for testing high pressure fluid control products includes a testing chamber having a testing configuration in which an access door of the testing chamber is in a closed position and contents of the testing chamber are contained for testing. The testing chamber includes a designated fitting testing area and a designated pipe testing area in fluid communication via an access window. The designated fitting testing area includes one or more test fixtures for testing high pressure fittings, and the designated pipe testing area includes one or more test fixtures for testing high pressure pipes. The testing system also includes one or more conveyors positioned within the designated pipe testing area and supporting the one or more test fixtures for testing high pressure pipes, each of the one or more conveyors being axially moveable within the designated pipe testing area between a load/unload position and a test position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Alan Irving, Jimmy Carl Robertson
  • Publication number: 20190078962
    Abstract: A testing system for testing high pressure fluid control products includes a testing chamber having a testing configuration in which an access door is in a closed position and contents of the testing chamber are contained for testing. The testing chamber includes a designated fitting testing area and a designated pipe testing area in fluid communication via an access window. The testing system also includes a set of interchangeable quick connect fixtures having similarly sized base ends and differently sized attachment ends. The designated fitting testing area includes a fitting test bench supporting at least one quick connect fixture for testing high pressure fittings, and the designated pipe testing area includes a pipe test bench supporting at least one quick connect fixture for testing high pressure pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Alan Irving, Jimmy Carl Robertson