Patents by Inventor Stephen R. Barrett

Stephen R. Barrett 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).

  • Portable system for bonding pipes
    Patent number: 10005233
    Abstract: A kit for fusing piping includes a plurality of couplings, each coupling having a susceptor layer concentric with a weld zone. A control unit provides a current to a wand with a handle for gripping by a user. The handle has opposing jaws mounted on the distal end, each jaw including an arcuate conductor such that the arcuate conductors form a circular inner diameter when the jaws make contact. A lever system couples to the distal end for opening and closing the jaws. The lever system includes a spring for selectively biasing the lever system in a latched position with jaws closed and an open position with the jaws open. Each coupling is sized such that the jaws will only close about the weld zone. The arcuate conductors create a fuse zone about the susceptor layer and the spring is outside the fuse zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Watts Regulator Co.
    Inventors: Stephen R. Barrett, Steven Castrigno, Jeffrey A. Scilingo
  • PORTABLE SYSTEM FOR BONDING PIPES
    Publication number: 20160167294
    Abstract: A kit for fusing piping includes a plurality of couplings, each coupling having a susceptor layer concentric with a weld zone. A control unit provides a current to a wand with a handle for gripping by a user. The handle has opposing jaws mounted on the distal end, each jaw including an arcuate conductor such that the arcuate conductors form a circular inner diameter when the jaws make contact. A lever system couples to the distal end for opening and closing the jaws. The lever system includes a spring for selectively biasing the lever system in a latched position with jaws closed and an open position with the jaws open. Each coupling is sized such that the jaws will only close about the weld zone. The arcuate conductors create a fuse zone about the susceptor layer and the spring is outside the fuse zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen R. Barrett, Steven Castrigno, Jeffrey A. Scilingo
  • Portable system for bonding pipes
    Patent number: 9296153
    Abstract: A kit for fusing piping includes a plurality of couplings, each coupling having a susceptor layer concentric with a weld zone. A control unit provides a current to a wand with a handle for gripping by a user. The handle has opposing jaws mounted on the distal end, each jaw including an arcuate conductor such that the arcuate conductors form a circular inner diameter when the jaws make contact. A lever system couples to the distal end for opening and closing the jaws. The lever system includes a spring for selectively biasing the lever system in a latched position with jaws closed and an open position with the jaws open. Each coupling is sized such that the jaws will only close about the weld zone. The arcuate conductors create a fuse zone about the susceptor layer and the spring is outside the fuse zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Watts Water Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen R. Barrett, Steven Castrigno, Jeffrey A. Scilingo
  • Control unit for pipe fusing
    Patent number: D699771
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Watts Water Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen R. Barrett, Steven Castrigno, Paul J. Lake