Patents by Inventor Peter Oyster

Peter Oyster 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).

  • Orbital weld head
    Patent number: 7414220
    Abstract: An orbital weld head includes a metal insert and rotor. The covers are made from mica laminate. A metal spring/brush that is preferably one piece side loads the rotor against the insert. The rotor and insert have interengaging portions, preferably trapezoidal, that cause the rotor to move axially when it expands from heat, thus minimizing binding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Swagelok Company
    Inventors: Peter Oyster, Nathan Ames, Craig Mizer, Tom Horvath
  • Devices and methods for controlling fluid flow through conduits
    Publication number: 20070199593
    Abstract: A device for assembly to an end of a conduit is provided such that an internal surface of the conduit is not contacted by the device, through, for example, engagement of the device with an external surface of the conduit. Also, an assembly of one or more conduits and one or more devices is provided in which a test pressure may be measured near the conduit or conduits, which may allow for adjustment of fluid flow through the conduit or conduits to adjust the pressure in the conduit or conduits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Frank Mends, Ronald Dick, Stephen Moore, Peter Oyster, Kevin Mracek, Douglas Winner
  • Cantilevered welding collet
    Publication number: 20060071055
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for securing one or more workpieces before welding in a weld head unit. The apparatus includes a welding collet which incorporates a cantilevered, flexible spring “finger” or beam to support the workpiece. The finger is adapted to more uniformly distribute bending stresses along the clamping portions of the collet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: George Carlson, Peter Oyster
  • High production welding fixture
    Publication number: 20060016857
    Abstract: A welding fixture for supporting first and second workpieces in a coaxial relationship along a workpiece axis relative to each other includes a base, a left clamp on the base for holding a first workpiece, and a right clamp on the base for holding a second workpiece on an opposite side of a welding plane in a coaxial relationship with the first workpiece. The fixture also includes a left handle on the base for operating the right clamp, and a right handle on the base for operating the left clamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Headings, Charles Hayes, Jeffrey Kalman, Craig Mizer, Marc Vitantonio, Peter Oyster
  • Orbital weld head
    Publication number: 20050045596
    Abstract: An orbital weld head includes a metal insert and rotor. The covers are made from mica laminate. A metal spring/brush that is preferably one piece side loads the rotor against the insert. The rotor and insert have interengaging portions, preferably trapezoidal, that cause the rotor to move axially when it expands from heat, thus minimizing binding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Peter Oyster, Nathan Ames, Craig Mizer, Tom Horvath