Patents by Inventor Matthew Simon Coleman

Matthew Simon Coleman 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).

  • Publication number: 20160290974
    Abstract: Examples of calculating a minimum pipe wall to determine a pipe wall failure probability are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a first acoustical sensor is connected to a pipe a distance from a second acoustical sensor connected to the pipe. A computing system is communicatively coupleable to the first and second acoustical sensors. The computing system calculates an average maximum pit depth value of a plurality of pits in an outer surface of a pipe wall of the pipe from a known initial pipe wall thickness value and an average present pipe wall thickness value. The computing system also calculates a minimum present pipe wall thickness by applying a statistical technique to the calculated average maximum pit depth value. The computing system determines a pipe wall failure probability based at least in part on the minimum present pipe wall thickness value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew Simon Coleman, Bryan C. Thompson