Patents Examined by Stephanie A Shrieves
  • Patent number: 11549647
    Abstract: A flow control panel is configured to control a flow of fuel from a storage bank to a dispenser. The flow control panel includes input and output flow controllers, and input and output ports, each output port coupled to a respective dispenser port. Each output flow controller is coupled to a respective input port and a respective output port, and is configured to enable the flow of fuel from the input port and the output port. A processor is configured to control the input flow controllers and the output flow controllers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: FirstElement Fuel, Inc.
    Inventors: Ghassan Sleiman, Andrew Youlio, Max Eman
  • Patent number: 11547197
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cosmetic container. According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a cosmetic container, including: a storing unit providing a first storing space which can store fluid; a discharging unit which discharges the fluid stored in the storing unit to the outside; and a fluid supporting unit which can support from a lower direction fluid which has been discharged to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hae Won Jeong, Seo Hui Jeong, Kyungho Choi
  • Patent number: 11543076
    Abstract: A pressure vessel with a flushing lance, a transport container with pressure vessels and methods of filling and producing this pressure vessel are disclosed which comprises an inner vessel, an outer layer applied on the inner vessel, a valve connection piece arranged on one of the terminal caps of the inner vessel and a hollow flushing lance that is open to the outside and is guided through the valve connection piece and held therein in a sealing manner, wherein the flushing lance protrudes into the storage volume and is provided with a perforation along its entire length up to a first end of the flushing lance facing the terminal cap that lies opposite the valve connection piece in the storage volume for a gas exchange with the storage volume, wherein the flushing lance extends to the terminal cap which lies opposite the valve connection piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: NPROXX B.V.
    Inventors: Stephan Kronholz, Thomas Kluge, Elmar Ritzerfeld, Erich Josef Titz
  • Patent number: 11518543
    Abstract: There are described methods and systems for supplying water to an aircraft. A water supply assembly is fluidly coupled to a water storage tank via a supply line. An overflow line is fluidly coupled to the water supply assembly. One or more sensors are configured to determine an amount of water in the water storage tank. One or more processors are communicative with the one or more sensors and configured to: determine a desired amount of water to be contained in the water storage tank; determine from the one or more sensors that an amount of water in the water storage tank corresponds to the desired amount of water; and, in response to determining that the amount of water in the water storage tank corresponds to the desired amount of water, transmit an instruction for causing water being supplied from the water supply assembly to the water storage tank to be diverted to the overflow line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventors: Steven Leonard Bis, Krishnan Ramachandran
  • Patent number: 11519554
    Abstract: Method for filling a storage vessel with liquefied gas by means of a tank of liquefied gas, the method comprising a step of transferring liquefied gas from the tank into the storage vessel by means of a pressure differential, wherein the storage vessel prior to the transfer step has an internal pressure higher than the internal pressure of the tank, the method comprising, prior to the transfer step, a step of placing the tank and the storage vessel in fluidic communication in order to ensure a drop in the pressure in the storage vessel to the benefit of the tank and a step of increasing the pressure in the tank using a pressurizing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Laurent Allidieres, Anh Thao Thieu, Thomas Fayer
  • Patent number: 11519558
    Abstract: Device for supplying pressurized fluid, including a first valve accommodating an internal fluid circuit, the device having a second valve having an internal circuit, the second valve forming a separate physical entity from the first valve, the first valve and the second valve having respective coupling members that form a male/female quick-connection system for removably connecting the second valve to the first valve, the internal circuits including a set of control valves for allowing or preventing the flow of the fluid towards an outlet of the device when the second valve is coupled to the first valve via the quick-connection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Renaud Ligonesche, Antoine Frenal, Benjamin Fischer
  • Patent number: 11499676
    Abstract: Method for filling a liquefied gas tank with pressurized liquefied gas from a source of liquefied gas using a filling apparatus comprising a transfer circuit that is provided with first and second pipes, each connecting between the source via respective first ends and the tank via respective second ends, third and fourth pipes each connecting between the first and second pipes, and a set of valves controlling flows of fluid in the pipes. The tank is depressurized and at least part of the circuit is cooled by transferring pressurized vaporization gas from the tank to the first end of the second pipes via the second end of the second pipe, the third pipe, the first pipe, and the fourth pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Stephane Crevatin, Jean-Marc Peyron
  • Patent number: 11480302
    Abstract: An assembly for storing and transporting compressed fluid, such as compressed natural gas (CNG) that includes; a plurality of hexagonally stacked pipe stored in a cargo hold in or on a vessel, such as a ship or barge, that includes a lower support, side supports and a forcing mechanism that presses so strongly down on the pipes that they cannot move relative to themselves or relative to the vessel on which they are placed in any service situation. The friction between each of the pipes causes the plurality of pipes to act as part of the vessel in terms of its structure. Each of the pipes in the plurality of pipes is connected to a manifold system to allow or the loading and unloading of the compressed fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: GEV TECHNOLOGIES PTY. LTD.
    Inventor: Patrick John Fitzpatrick
  • Patent number: 11480300
    Abstract: A refueling adapter for an alternative fuel vehicle includes a first filling port that is fluidly coupled to an inlet nozzle of a fuel tank of the alternative fuel vehicle. The first filling port is configured to fit an inlet nozzle of a first dispensing type. A second filling port fluidly coupled to a dispenser nozzle of an alternative fuel dispenser. The second filling port is configured to fit a dispenser nozzle of a second dispensing type, the second dispensing type being different from the first dispensing type. An adapter controller is configured to communicate with a vehicle fueling system of the alternative fuel vehicle and a valve providing a fluid connection between the first filling port and the second filling port and is operated by the adapter controller to selectively open and close the fluid connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Patzer
  • Patent number: 11460065
    Abstract: Described herein is a method for filling seal caps and a corresponding automated device for filling seal caps. The method for filling seal caps includes carrying out the filling of the seal caps using an automated process, wherein positioning a filling unit and/or positioning the seal caps by means of movement in an XYZ coordinate system as well as filling the seal caps is automated, and wherein the seal caps are positioned on a support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: CHEMETALL GMBH
    Inventor: Heinz Burock
  • Patent number: 11440789
    Abstract: A fuel tank fill assembly includes a fuel fill tube adapted to be coupled to a fuel tank and configured to receive fuel discharged by a pump nozzle. The assembly includes a tube mounting bracket for mounting the fuel fill tube in a stationary position in a vehicle to conduct fuel to the fuel tank. A process for coating the tube mounting bracket is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Stant USA Corp.
    Inventors: Paul C. Wetzel, Kevin M. Sin, Rick A. Willis
  • Patent number: 11408562
    Abstract: Leak testing is performed after filling a first tank with pressurized gas and before filling a second tank with the same via a filling circuit including first and second isolation valves. After the first tank is filled, the pressure of gas trapped between the two closed isolation valves is measured. If the pressure is below a predetermined threshold, the first isolation valve is opened until the pressure reaches or exceeds the predetermined threshold, at which time the first isolation valve is closed and the second isolation valve is opened so that the leak test may be performed. If the pressure is otherwise at or above the threshold, the leak test is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventor: Thibaut Francois
  • Patent number: 11406785
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a gas product including: a gas container; and a gas composition filled in the gas container, in which the gas composition includes nitrogen monoxide, hydrogen, and an inert gas, and a concentration of the nitrogen monoxide is 20% by volume or less based on a volume of the gas composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD., THE KITASATO INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamada, Ichiro Misawa, Hirosuke Kobayashi, Kenichi Kokubo
  • Patent number: 11383922
    Abstract: A chemical dispensing system can include a docking stating that receives a reservoir containing chemical to be dispensed. The reservoir may have a slidable closure covering an opening through which the chemical can be dispensed from the reservoir. The reservoir may be engaged with the docking station so that the slidable closure on the reservoir is operably coupled to a movable element on the docking station. A user can engage the movable element on the docking station to cause a slidable closure on the reservoir to open. As a result, chemical in the reservoir can discharge through the opening uncovered by moving the slidable closure. In this way, the contents of the reservoir may be dispensed without the user coming into physical content with the chemical in the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Amy Louise Lee, Kenneth Thomas Dobizl, Brian Philip Carlson
  • Patent number: 11370565
    Abstract: The present invention involves a rotary peristaltic pump and associated method employing the relaxation of pressure on flexible tubing between the rotor and stator of the pump to restore the rotor to a start angle while a valve on the output of the pump is closed to avoid progress of fluid through the system. Three different implementations of the pump and method are presented including reciprocating the stator, reciprocating the rotor, and retracting the idler rollers of the rotor into the rotor to relieve the pressure on the flexible tubing. A controller ensures the appropriate switching and timing of the valve and rotor of the pump. The pump and associated method are directed to the precision dispensing of pharmaceutical fluids into containers, including containers held in container nests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: VANRX PHARMASYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Marcin Czeslaw Cichy, Carlos Alberto Diaz Guerrero
  • Patent number: 11370651
    Abstract: To provide a hydrogen filling system and a hydrogen filling method capable of preventing hydrogen from being filled at high filling rate in the same manner as the communication filling despite a condition that pressure, temperature and so on in the in-vehicle tank are not precisely grasped. The hydrogen filling system (100) of the present invention includes a control unit (CU1, CU2, CU3) for controlling hydrogen filling, wherein the control unit has a function of judging whether or not there is an abnormality in pressure or temperature data in an in-vehicle tank (IT) at communication filling and a function of stopping the communication filling and converting to non-communication filling when there is an abnormality in the pressure or the temperature data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: TATSUNO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoaki Natori, Yuichi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11358849
    Abstract: A device for distributing fluid media for a rotary machine, in particular a filling machine, including: a rotary distributor having a non-rotatably designed first assembly and a second assembly designed to be rotatable about a machine's axis of rotation, wherein the first assembly comprises one or several supply points for at least one fluid medium, and one or several supply lines for the at least one fluid medium connected with the supply point or supply points, wherein at least one supply line includes two or more lying swivel joints whose axes of rotation are arranged essentially in parallel to the machine's axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Georg Würzbauer, Christopher Wittmann
  • Patent number: 11359767
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a high-pressure tank, a controller, a valve, controlled by the controller, and a compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventors: Kenneth Lynn Baker, Paul Sydney Richards
  • Patent number: 11358850
    Abstract: An actuator for controlling a fluid path includes an actuator having a seat part, either a fluid-valve membrane or a movable part, and a magnetorheological elastomer that changes form when a magnetic field changes. This causes the path to open or close.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Ohrem, Jonathan Lorenz, Bernd Bruch, Ludwig Clüsserath
  • Patent number: 11346502
    Abstract: A mobile liquid and gaseous hydrogen refueling apparatus including: a main storage module for receiving liquid hydrogen to produce first gaseous hydrogen; a liquid pumping and transporting module for receiving the liquid hydrogen, pumping the liquid hydrogen, and producing second gaseous hydrogen; a gas compressing and storing module for receiving at least one of the first gaseous hydrogen and the second gaseous hydrogen and compressing and storing the at least one gaseous hydrogen; and a gas converting and transporting module for receiving the pumped liquid hydrogen and the compressed gaseous hydrogen, performing heat exchange between the pumped liquid hydrogen and the compressed gaseous hydrogen, producing gaseous hydrogen for refueling, and transporting the gaseous hydrogen for refueling to a gaseous hydrogen fuel consumption structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Hylium Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Seo Young Kim, Hong Yeol Yun, Jung Ki Min