Patents by Inventor Patrick N. Ostlund

Patrick N. Ostlund 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).

  • High temperature ultrasonic probe and pulse-echo probe mounting fixture for testing and blind alignment on steam pipes
    Patent number: 10605784
    Abstract: A high temperature ultrasonic probe and a mounting fixture for attaching and aligning the probe to a steam pipe using blind alignment. The high temperature ultrasonic probe includes a piezoelectric transducer having a high temperature. The probe provides both transmitting and receiving functionality. The mounting fixture allows the high temperature ultrasonic probe to be accurately aligned to the bottom external surface of the steam pipe so that the presence of liquid water in the steam pipe can be monitored. The mounting fixture with a mounted high temperature ultrasonic probe are used to conduct health monitoring of steam pipes and to track the height of condensed water through the wall in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Mircea Badescu, Shyh-Shiuh Lih, Stewart Sherrit, Nobuyuki Takano, Patrick N. Ostlund, Hyeong Jae Lee, Xiaoqi Bao
  • HIGH TEMPERATURE ULTRASONIC PROBE AND PULSE-ECHO PROBE MOUNTING FIXTURE FOR TESTING AND BLIND ALIGNMENT ON STEAM PIPES
    Publication number: 20170131241
    Abstract: A high temperature ultrasonic probe and a mounting fixture for attaching and aligning the probe to a steam pipe using blind alignment. The high temperature ultrasonic probe includes a piezoelectric transducer having a high temperature. The probe provides both transmitting and receiving functionality. The mounting fixture allows the high temperature ultrasonic probe to be accurately aligned to the bottom external surface of the steam pipe so that the presence of liquid water in the steam pipe can be monitored. The mounting fixture with a mounted high temperature ultrasonic probe are used to conduct health monitoring of steam pipes and to track the height of condensed water through the wall in real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Yoseph BAR-COHEN, Mircea BADESCU, Shyh-Shiuh LIH, Stewart SHERRIT, Nobuyuki TAKANO, Patrick N. OSTLUND, Hyeong Jae LEE, Xiaoqi BAO
  • High temperature ultrasonic probe and pulse-echo probe mounting fixture for testing and blind alignment on steam pipes
    Patent number: 9586234
    Abstract: A high temperature ultrasonic probe and a mounting fixture for attaching and aligning the probe to a steam pipe using blind alignment. The high temperature ultrasonic probe includes a piezoelectric transducer having a high temperature. The probe provides both transmitting and receiving functionality. The mounting fixture allows the high temperature ultrasonic probe to be accurately aligned to the bottom external surface of the steam pipe so that the presence of liquid water in the steam pipe can be monitored. The mounting fixture with a mounted high temperature ultrasonic probe are used to conduct health monitoring of steam pipes and to track the height of condensed water through the wall in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Mircea Badescu, Shyh-Shiuh Lih, Stewart Sherrit, Nobuyuki Takano, Patrick N. Ostlund, Hyeong Jae Lee, Xiaoqi Bao
  • HIGH TEMPERATURE ULTRASONIC PROBE AND PULSE-ECHO PROBE MOUNTING FIXTURE FOR TESTING AND BLIND ALIGNMENT ON STEAM PIPES
    Publication number: 20140312739
    Abstract: A high temperature ultrasonic probe and a mounting fixture for attaching and aligning the probe to a steam pipe using blind alignment. The high temperature ultrasonic probe includes a piezoelectric transducer having a high temperature. The probe provides both transmitting and receiving functionality. The mounting fixture allows the high temperature ultrasonic probe to be accurately aligned to the bottom external surface of the steam pipe so that the presence of liquid water in the steam pipe can be monitored. The mounting fixture with a mounted high temperature ultrasonic probe are used to conduct health monitoring of steam pipes and to track the height of condensed water through the wall in real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Mircea Badescu, Shyh-Shiuh Lih, Stewart Sherrit, Nobuyuki Takano, Patrick N. Ostlund, Hyeong Jae Lee, Xiaoqi Bao