Patents by Inventor Phillip Bondurant

Phillip Bondurant 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: 20060050092
    Abstract: A method for rendering reformer tube inspection data of a reformer tube furnace stack in a colorized 2&3-D graphical format, the method includes analyzing at least a portion of the inspection data, and generating one of a colorized 2D or 3D graphical display depicting inner circumferential diameter of said reformer tube based on the analyzed data, wherein the 2D or 3D graphical display is depicted in spatial orientation to a plurality of reformer tubes comprising the reformer tube furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Phillip Bondurant, Robin De Lorenzo, Richard Roberts, Tom Cowling
  • Publication number: 20050267703
    Abstract: A system and method for displaying inspection data collected from a furnace is disclosed. The system comprises a storage device for storing the inspection data. The system also comprises a computer programmed to partition the inspection data at a plurality of data markers so as to correlate the inspection data to the physical geometry of the furnace. Each of the data markers identifies the location of a physical feature of the furnace (such as a bend, an external raised surface, cross-over piping, a thermal well, a weld, a flange, a schedule change and/or a diameter change). Preferably, the computer is also programmed to generate a display of the partitioned inspection data, wherein the display is a two-dimensional or three-dimensional representation of the tube segments of the furnace. This display may then be used to visually detect problem areas within the furnace. Various exemplary embodiments of the system and associated method are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Phillip Bondurant, Robert De Lorenzo, Richard Roberts
  • Publication number: 20050237519
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for accurately determining the interior profile of cylindrical objects such as reformer catalyst tubes is described. The radius of the tube is measured from the axis of the tube for each point of the interior surface by calculating the angle of a reflected light beam and the deviation thereof. A first embodiment reflects an light beam off of the interior surface of the cylinder and measures the angle of the light reflected from the interior of the cylinder. A second embodiment removes rotating parts by using a cone mirror to reflect a ring of light onto the interior of the cylinder. Signal processing means are provided to reduce surplus signals allowing transmission of only useful information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: Quest TruTec, LP
    Inventors: Phillip Bondurant, Ronald Lilley, Richard Roberts, Thomas Cowling
  • Publication number: 20050207468
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for non-destructive testing of a structure including the deposition of energy volumetrically into an object and detecting transient temperatures at a surface of the object caused by diffusion of the deposited energy. The energy is typically induced within the object by an induction coil and viewed by an IR camera as the transient energy exits the surface of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Robert McCullough, Phillip Bondurant