Patents by Inventor Jim Trippett

Jim Trippett 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).

  • Apparatus and method for remote monitoring
    Patent number: 8858075
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for remote monitoring that includes immersing a first temperature sensor at least partially into a heat transfer material situated in a thermo-well of a mobile container housing a material for transport, wherein the first temperature sensor includes a conductor routed through a first passage of a fitting, while providing access to the thermo-well for the insertion of a second temperature sensor through a second passage of the fitting, and receiving a signal from the first temperature sensor at a remote communication unit secured at least indirectly to the mobile container, wherein the signal is representative of the temperature of the material being transported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Indorama Ventures (Oxide & Glycois) LLC
    Inventors: Dave Douglas, Jim Trippett
  • Apparatus and Method for Remote Monitoring
    Publication number: 20120089361
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for remote monitoring that includes immersing a first temperature sensor at least partially into a heat transfer material situated in a thermo-well of a mobile container housing a material for transport, wherein the first temperature sensor includes a conductor routed through a first passage of a fitting, while providing access to the thermo-well for the insertion of a second temperature sensor through a second passage of the fitting, and receiving a signal from the first temperature sensor at a remote communication unit secured at least indirectly to the mobile container, wherein the signal is representative of the temperature of the material being transported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Dave Douglas, Jim Trippett