Patents by Inventor Thomas Tuan Nguyen

Thomas Tuan Nguyen 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).

  • HOT-DIP GALVANIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20110183072
    Abstract: A method for hot-dip galvanizing metal tubes, may include placing a rack of metal tubes in an acid bath; removing the rack of metal tubes from the acid bath; placing the rack of metal tubes in a molten bath; removing the rack of metal tubes from the molten bath; and quenching the rack of metal tubes in a shower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Kevin Carroll, Sam Sagae, Thomas Tuan Nguyen, Sherman Dean Anderson
  • Apparatus and method for automatic swaging of tubes
    Patent number: 7441435
    Abstract: An automatic swaging machine including a conveyor system for moving tubes into position for swaging a clamping apparatus to secure the tubes adjacent a swaging station to receive a swaging tool releasing a clamping apparatus during the swaging operation, reclamping the tools after swaging to remove the swaging tool from the ends of the tubes and moving the tubes with the conveyor system into a receiving receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Western Tube & Conduit Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Tuan Nguyen
  • Apparatus and method for automatic swaging of tubes
    Publication number: 20080127708
    Abstract: An automatic swaging machine including a conveyor system for moving tubes into position for swaging a clamping apparatus to secure the tubes adjacent a swaging station to receive a swaging tool releasing a clamping apparatus during the swaging operation, reclamping the tools after swaging to remove the swaging tool from the ends of the tubes and moving the tubes with the conveyor system into a receiving receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventor: Thomas Tuan Nguyen