Patents by Inventor Michael Charles Oldrey

Michael Charles Oldrey 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: 20200018663
    Abstract: A method for leak testing components including loading a subject component to be tested into a vacuum chamber; securing the subject component by a tooling that seals the inlets of two Circuits; selectively setting a series of valves to provide access to vacuum systems, or to a charge system that can supply tracer gas to the Circuits; pumping a main test chamber to provide a vacuum level suitable for sampling by a mass spectrometer; testing the subject component for continuity ensure there are no blockages within the subject component; charging Circuit 1 with a tracer gas to a desired test pressure; sensing via a mass spectrometer for tracer gas; selectively setting valves to seal off Circuit 2 from a vacuum test chamber; pressurizing Circuit 2 with a tracer gas to a desired test pressure; evacuating the Circuits of the tracer gas; and unloading the subject component from the vacuum chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Arthur Nelson Hoffmann, III, Michael Charles Oldrey, Glenn Fricano