Patents by Inventor Mark Dubbledam

Mark Dubbledam 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).

  • Method and apparatus for conveying an ultrasonic sensor about an outer peripheral surface of a tube
    Patent number: 8146430
    Abstract: A method & apparatus for conveying an ultrasonic sensor about an outer peripheral surface of a tube to perform a non-destructive evaluation thereof is disclosed. The ultrasonic sensor is mounted on a flexible tension link and the method involves extending the flexible tension link while urging an extended portion of the flexible tension link towards the outer peripheral surface of the tube at a plurality of locations along it's length, thereby causing the ultrasonic sensor to move through an arc in a direction circumferentially around the tube while maintaining ultrasonic coupling between the ultrasonic sensor and the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignees: Jireh Industries Ltd., Metalogic Inspection Services Inc
    Inventors: Robert Allan Simmons, John William Whytock, Arthur Dubbledam, Jason Wiebe, Paul Torstensen, Mark Dubbledam
  • Method and Apparatus for Conveying an Ultrasonic Sensor about an Outer Peripheral Surface of a Tube
    Publication number: 20090114026
    Abstract: A method & apparatus for conveying an ultrasonic sensor about an outer peripheral surface of a tube to perform a non-destructive evaluation thereof is disclosed. The ultrasonic sensor is mounted on a flexible tension link and the method involves extending the flexible tension link while urging an extended portion of the flexible tension link towards the outer peripheral surface of the tube at a plurality of locations along it's length, thereby causing the ultrasonic sensor to move through an arc in a direction circumferentially around the tube while maintaining ultrasonic coupling between the ultrasonic sensor and the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Robert Allan Simmons, John William Whytock, Arthur Dubbledam, Jason Wiebe, Paul Torstensen, Mark Dubbledam