Patents by Inventor Steven P. Hill

Steven P. Hill 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).

  • Automated tube straightening apparatus
    Patent number: 9138792
    Abstract: A shaft straightening or tube straightening apparatus performs accurate measurements of the linear profile of a metal tube, and then corrects small and large deviations of the tube profile from the ideal centerline along the length of the tube. The tube straightening apparatus is operable to accurately measure a linear profile of the tube positioned in the apparatus. The tube is rotated in the apparatus to locate a pair of low points in the tube profile and a high point of the tube between the two low points. The tube is supported in the apparatus at the pair of low points and the high point of the tube is then deflected beyond the yield point of the metal of the tube to permanently distort the tube and correct the tube's profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Steven P. Hill, Ronald Robert Lermo, Albert L. Hametner
  • AUTOMATED TUBE STRAIGHTENING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150068008
    Abstract: A shaft straightening or tube straightening apparatus performs accurate measurements of the linear profile of a metal tube, and then corrects small and large deviations of the tube profile from the ideal centerline along the length of the tube. The tube straightening apparatus is operable to accurately measure a linear profile of the tube positioned in the apparatus. The tube is rotated in the apparatus to locate a pair of low points in the tube profile and a high point of the tube between the two low points. The tube is supported in the apparatus at the pair of low points and the high point of the tube is then deflected beyond the yield point of the metal of the tube to permanently distort the tube and correct the tube's profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Steven P. Hill, Ronald Robert Lermo, Albert L. Hametner