Glen A Gibbs

US Patent:

63277719, Dec 11, 2001

Filed:

Mar 21, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/821508

Inventors:

Paul E. Anglin - Troy MI
Glen Gibbs - Warren MI

Assignee:

ITT Industries, Inc. - White Plains NY

International Classification:

B21D 3900

US Classification:

29523

Abstract:

A reduced resistance bead seal is integrally formed on a mounting surface of two matingly engageable members to form a leak-free seal between the two members despite any eccentricity or angular variances between the two members. In one embodiment, the reduced resistance bead is formed on an inner conical flange of an inverted flared end of a hollow fluid conduit. The bead presents a deformable surface as a fitting urges the flared end of the conduit into engagement with a conical seat in a receiver where eccentricity or angular variances exist between the flared end of the conduit and the conical seat. A unique method and a unique forming tool are used to form the reduced resistance bead in the flared end of the conduit simultaneously with the flaring of the end of the conduit.

US Patent:

56853440, Nov 11, 1997

Filed:

Nov 2, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/556751

Inventors:

Ralph A. Iorio - Bloomfield Hills MI
Glen A. Gibbs - Warren MI

Assignee:

ITT Corporation - New York NY

International Classification:

F16L 5300

US Classification:

138140

Abstract:

A composite small-diameter tubing resistant to interaction with materials conveyed therethrough such as liquids containing alcohols or corrosive agents which includes a cylindrical outer metal conduit having a hollow central shaft extending longitudinally therethrough defined by an interior wall; and a continuous non-reactive interior tube surrounded by and positioned within the cylindrical metal conduit. The tubing can be manufactured by a process which includes the steps of a) positioning a length of non-reactive tubing having a predetermined outer diameter within an inner diameter of metal tubing of essentially corresponding length, the metal tube having an unsealed side seam, wherein the inner diameter is greater than the outer diameter of the non-reactive tubing; and b) sealing and reducing the metal tubing to an outer diameter essentially equal to the predetermined outer diameter of the interior tubing. The non-reactive interior tube may be made of a suitable polymeric material.

US Patent:

60792930, Jun 27, 2000

Filed:

Apr 29, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/302194

Inventors:

Glen A. Gibbs - Warren MI

Assignee:

ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

F01L 114

US Classification:

74579R

Abstract:

A push rod ball has an exteriorly oriented wear surface surrounding an interior core. The interior core is composed of a steel or steel alloy containing between about 0. 1% and about 0. 2% by weight carbon. A hardened case layer is of an essentially uniform depth is located between the exterior surface and the inner core. The push rod ball has a cylindrical throughbore transiting its diameter. A central through bore diametrically bisects the spherical metal body forming the push rod ball. The bore is bounded by a cylindrical inner wall composed of metal of the central core and the hardened case regions of the metal body. The push rod ball can be positioned on a suitable push rod shaft to provide a push rod assembly in which the weld region connecting shaft to ball extends through the hardened case region into the central core of the push rod ball.

US Patent:

53398670, Aug 23, 1994

Filed:

Dec 12, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/806173

Inventors:

Ralph A. Iorio - Bloomfield Hills MI
Glen A. Gibbs - Warren MI

Assignee:

ITT Corporation - New York NY

International Classification:

B23K 1100

US Classification:

138140

Abstract:

A composite small-diameter tubing resistant to interaction with materials conveyed therethrough such as liquids containing alcohols or corrosive agents which includes a cylindrical outer metal conduit having a hollow central shaft extending longitudinally therethrough defined by an interior wall; and a continuous non-reactive interior tube surrounded by and positioned within the cylindrical metal conduit. The tubing can be manufactured by a process which includes the steps of a) positioning a length of non-reactive tubing having a predetermined outer diameter within an inner diameter of metal tubing of essentially corresponding length, the metal tube having an unsealed side seam, wherein the inner diameter is greater than the outer diameter of the non-reactive tubing; and b) sealing and reducing the metal tubing to an outer diameter essentially equal to the predetermined outer diameter of the interior tubing. The non-reactive interior tube may be made of a suitable polymeric material.

US Patent:

58458379, Dec 8, 1998

Filed:

Dec 28, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/579819

Inventors:

Glen A. Gibbs - Warren MI
Tao Nie - Macomb Township MI
Robert M. Davie - Lapeer MI

Assignee:

ITT Automotive, Inc. - Auburn Hills MI

International Classification:

B21C 3706

US Classification:

228143

Abstract:

A polymeric-based material for use in brazing operations to prevent agglomeration and run-off of brazing material on exterior exposed surfaces of the workpiece containing an extrudable melt-processible thermoplastic material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene vinyl alcohol, nylon, and mixtures thereof; and up to about 20% by weight, based on the thermoplastic material, of an inert inorganic particulate material such as carbon or carbon black capable of at deposition on and adherence to an underlying metallic surface. In the process of the present invention, the polymeric-based material is imparted by any suitable means to the exterior or exposed surface of the workpiece to be brazed prior to exposure of the workpiece to a suitable fluxing atmosphere and temperature. In tube forming processes, the polymeric-based material is applied to the outer circumferential area of the formed unsealed tubing.

US Patent:

54905427, Feb 13, 1996

Filed:

Jun 16, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/260523

Inventors:

Ralph A. Iorio - Bloomfield Hills MI
Glen A. Gibbs - Warren MI

Assignee:

ITT Corporation - New York NY

International Classification:

B23K 1100

US Classification:

138140

Abstract:

A composite small-diameter tubing resistant to interaction with materials conveyed therethrough such as liquids containing alcohols or corrosive agents which includes a cylindrical outer metal conduit having a hollow central shaft extending longitudinally therethrough defined by an interior wall; and a continuous non-reactive interior tube surrounded by and positioned within the cylindrical metal conduit. The tubing can be manufactured by a process which includes the steps of a) positioning a length of non-reactive tubing having a predetermined outer diameter within an inner diameter of metal tubing of essentially corresponding length, the metal tube having an unsealed side seam, wherein the inner diameter is greater than the outer diameter of the non-reactive tubing; and b) sealing and reducing the metal tubing to an outer diameter essentially equal to the predetermined outer diameter of the interior tubing. The non-reactive interior tube may be made of a suitable polymeric material.

US Patent:

50693816, Dec 3, 1991

Filed:

May 18, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/525787

Inventors:

Glen A. Gibbs - Warren MI
Arnold T. Johnson - Davisburg MI

Assignee:

ITT Corporation - New York NY

International Classification:

B23K 3100
B23K10106

US Classification:

228132

Abstract:

A process for brazing non-ferritic steel surfaces such as nickel chromium or stainless steel to which a suitable brazing alloy such as copper has been mechanically attached which includes the steps of instantaneously elevating the surface of the stainless steel to a brazing temperature while maintaining the material in a humidified gaseous atmosphere consisting essentially of a non-reactive carrier gas and a reactive gas present in sufficient concentrations to achieve fluxing; maintaining the surface temperature of the steel for an interval sufficient to permit fusion between the selected metal and the non-ferritic steel surface; after metal fusion has been achieved, allowing the resulting fused metal material to cool to a first lowered temperature in a controlled non-oxidative atmosphere at a rate which retards the formation of fine-grained steel crystals in the metal; and after reaching a metallurgical transformation point, rapidly cooling the fused metal in a controlled atmosphere to a temperature below which the brazing metal is not reactive with oxygen. This process can be employed successfully in manufacturing unique, seamless double-walled tubing which is relatively flexible and highly corrosion resistant.

US Patent:

54891272, Feb 6, 1996

Filed:

Aug 25, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/111980

Inventors:

Paul E. Anglin - Troy MI
Glen Gibbs - Warren MI

Assignee:

ITT Corporation - New York NY

International Classification:

F16L 2500

US Classification:

285328

Abstract:

A reduced resistance bead seal is integrally formed on a mounting surface of one of two matingly engageable members to form a leak-free seal between the two members despite any eccentricity or angular variances between the two members. In one embodiment, the reduced resistance bead is formed on an inner conical flange of an inverted flared end of a hollow fluid conduit. The bead presents a deformable surface as a fitting urges the flared end of the conduit into engagement with a conical seat in a receiver where eccentricity or angular variances exist between the flared end of the conduit and the conical seat. A unique method and a unique forming tool are used to form the reduced resistance bead in the flared end of the conduit simultaneously with the flaring of the end of the conduit.