Patents by Inventor Charles Wayne Zimmerman

Charles Wayne Zimmerman 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).

  • Patent number: 10100802
    Abstract: A centrifugal turbine having a single impeller having two separate halves which face away from each other, at least one impeller half having an outlet tube which rotates with the impeller, the impeller halves held together by pins with blades floating on the pins, the blades not being connected to the impeller halves; a housing having three components, one housing component containing the two impeller halves comprising an inlet, and two outer housing components having an outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: Charles Wayne Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 9920765
    Abstract: A system and method for sensing level of a fluid associated with a submersible pump having an impeller driven by an associated motor include a fluid level sensor having a probe with a plurality of discrete resistive elements each having an associated contact pair substantially evenly spaced along a length of the probe and an associated switch powered by an induced voltage or current generated by power provided to the submersible pump motor and activated by the fluid conducting across the contact pair to shunt the associated discrete resistive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Inventor: Charles Wayne Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20170314565
    Abstract: A centrifugal turbine having a single impeller having two separate halves which face away from each other, at least one impeller half having an outlet tube which rotates with the impeller, the impeller halves held together by pins with blades floating on the pins, the blades not being connected to the impeller halves; a housing having three components, one housing component containing the two impeller halves comprising an inlet, and two outer housing components having an outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventor: CHARLES WAYNE ZIMMERMAN
  • Patent number: 9739284
    Abstract: A two piece impeller centrifugal pump comprising two halves of an impeller facing each other within a volute, a housing having two sides, one side adjacent each impeller half and having an inlet and an outlet, a motor mounted on the housing, the motor driving both impeller halves, for pumping fluid or material from the inlet to the outlet, the housing and the impeller halves having a sealing surface where they contact each other, the centrifugal force of the impeller forcing the fluid or material outward, pushing the two impeller halves outward against the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Charles Wayne Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20150139828
    Abstract: A two piece impeller centrifugal pump comprising two halves of an impeller facing each other within a volute, a housing having two sides, one side adjacent each impeller half and having an inlet and an outlet, a motor mounted on the housing, the motor driving both impeller halves, for pumping fluid or material from the inlet to the outlet, the housing and the impeller halves having a sealing surface where they contact each other, the centrifugal force of the impeller forcing the fluid or material outward, pushing the two impeller halves outward against the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Charles Wayne Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20140212264
    Abstract: A system and method for sensing level of a fluid associated with a submersible pump having an impeller driven by an associated motor include a fluid level sensor having a probe with a plurality of discrete resistive elements each having an associated contact pair substantially evenly spaced along a length of the probe and an associated switch powered by an induced voltage or current generated by power provided to the submersible pump motor and activated by the fluid conducting across the contact pair to shunt the associated discrete resistive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventor: Charles Wayne Zimmerman