Timothy C Burns

US Patent:

6802444, Oct 12, 2004

Filed:

Mar 17, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/390678

Inventors:

George E. Petter - Houston TX
John D. Figert - Friendswood TX
Daniel J. Rybicki - Houston TX
Timothy H. Burns - Sugar Land TX

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Washington DC

International Classification:

B23K 2012

US Classification:

2281121, 228 21, 228200, 148516, 148690

Abstract:

A method for treating alloy before and after friction stir welding, the method comprising the following steps. First solution heat treating a multiplicity of aluminum-zinc alloy engineered components for a first time period at a first temperature. First air cooling the components in ambient air at room temperature until the components are cooled to room temperature. Friction stir welding the components to form an assembly. Second solution heat treating the assembly for a second time period at a second temperature. Additional steps and embodiments are considered.

US Patent:

8047554, Nov 1, 2011

Filed:

Oct 3, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/538379

Inventors:

Timothy Allan Burns - Racine WI, US

International Classification:

B62B 1/04

US Classification:

280 4718, 224401, 24265 CD, 414448

Abstract:

A strap system for securing an object to a dolly. The strap system includes a first strap section having first and second ends and releasably attached to the dolly at the first end and a second strap section having first and second ends and releasably attached to the dolly at the first end. The second end of the first strap section and the second end of the second strap section are releasably attached to each other.

US Patent:

20130212820, Aug 22, 2013

Filed:

Oct 28, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/881668

Inventors:

Timothy Hamilton Burns - Richmond TX, US
Charles Edward Higham Tyrrell - Houston TX, US
John Michael Ward - Katy TX, US

International Classification:

F16L 55/46

US Classification:

15104062

Abstract:

A pig launching system comprising a first pipe portion connected to a second pipe portion at a pipe intersection; a pig carrier located at the pie intersection; and the pig carrier comprising a plurality of pigs in a cylinder, an opening in the carrier aligned with the first pipe portion, and an indexing system adapted to move one of the pigs to the opening.

US Patent:

20160002995, Jan 7, 2016

Filed:

Jul 2, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/790752

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Brett Thomas Sheely - Sugar Land TX, US
Timothy Vincent Burns - Shavertown PA, US

International Classification:

E21B 33/035

Abstract:

A diverter flowline seal assembly for use in subsea drilling. The seal assembly includes a seal body having an inner diameter end and an outer diameter end formed of an inflatable elastomeric material having a first modulus. The inner diameter end of the seal body includes two diametrically opposed axially inward lip portions and two diametrically opposed axially outward base portions. Integrated with the inflatable elastomeric material at the base portions of the inner diameter end of the seal body is a material having a modulus that is higher than the modulus of the inflatable elastomeric material so as to prevent the radial expansion of the lip portions and the base portions of the inner diameter end of the seal body.