Patents by Inventor Paul Vanecek

Paul Vanecek 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 measuring coating quality
    Publication number: 20010001441
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring the quality, e.g., thickness, porosity, or corrosion rate, of a coating inside a hollow body having an opening. The method comprises attaching a probe from a coating measuring device to one end of an extender arm having a flexible portion therein, placing the probe inside the hollow body through the opening, and making the desired measurements of the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Publication date: May 24, 2001
    Inventors: Alan D. Zdunek, Paul Vanecek, Eugene A. Kernerman
  • Apparatus for measuring coating quality
    Patent number: 6207030
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring the quality, e.g., thickness, porosity, or corrosion rate, of a coating inside a hollow body having an opening. The method comprises attaching a probe from a coating measuring device to one end of an extender arm having a flexible portion therein, placing the probe inside the hollow body through the opening, and making the desired measurements of the coating. The apparatus includes a flexible extender arm for use with a coating measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: American Air Liquide Inc.
    Inventors: Alan D. Zdunek, Paul Vanecek, Eugene A. Kernerman
  • Method for measuring coating quality
    Patent number: 6106693
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring the quality, e.g., thickness, porosity, or corrosion rate, of a coating inside a hollow body having an opening. The method comprises attaching a probe from a coating measuring device to one end of an extender arm having a flexible portion therein, placing the probe inside the hollow body through the opening, and making the desired measurements of the coating.The apparatus includes a flexible extender arm for use with a coating measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: American Air Liquide Inc.
    Inventors: Alan D. Zdunek, Paul Vanecek, Eugene A. Kernerman
  • Method for measuring coating quality
    Patent number: 5954940
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring the quality, e.g., thickness, porosity, or corrosion rate, of a coating inside a hollow body having an opening. The method comprises attaching a probe from a coating measuring device to one end of an extender arm having a flexible portion therein, placing the probe inside the hollow body through the opening, and making the desired measurements of the coating.The apparatus includes a flexible extender arm for use with a coating measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: American Air Liquide Inc.
    Inventors: Alan D. Zdunek, Paul Vanecek, Eugene A. Kernerman