Patents by Inventor David Michael Parrish

David Michael Parrish 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: 8209792
    Abstract: A shut-off valve for connecting between a water supply valve and a tank inlet port of a toilet tank includes a housing having an inlet port, an outlet port, a valve mechanism, a trip mechanism, and a trip circuit electrically connected with the trip mechanism. The valve mechanism includes a valve housing rotationally confining a first ceramic disk and a ceramic second disk, each disk having at least one aperture therethrough that, when mutually aligned, allow for fluid communication between the inlet and outlet ports. The trip mechanism includes a rotational spring that urges rotation of an axial shaft fixed coaxially with the second disk. A trip latch is adapted to prevent rotation of the axial shaft and second disk except when withdrawn from the axial shaft by a solenoid electrically connected to the trip circuit that is electrically connected with a toilet tank overflow sensor, a toilet bowl overflow sensor, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Inventors: Richard Quintana, Kermit L. Achterman, David Millar, David Michael Parrish
  • Publication number: 20080184781
    Abstract: A method for testing a fluid supply system includes periodically preventing a fluid flow through the fluid supply system, and measuring a system pressure of the fluid flow subsequent to the step of preventing the fluid flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Timothy David Mulligan, David Millar, Aaron Ross London, David Michael Parrish, Lindon Alford Baker, Richard Alan Gros
  • Publication number: 20080185049
    Abstract: A fluid supply monitoring system includes a housing, a shutoff valve and a flow sensor positioned downstream from the shutoff valve within the housing. The shutoff valve selectively blocks a fluid flow. The flow sensor is operable to monitor the fluid flow to calculate at least a length of time the fluid flow has flown without interruption, a total volume of the fluid flow that has flown, and a flow rate of the fluid flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Timothy David Mulligan, David Michael Parrish, Richard Quintana, Aaron Ross London, Lindon Alford Baker, Richard Alan Gros