Patents by Inventor Ruben Valdez

Ruben Valdez 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: 9517439
    Abstract: Systems to store and agitate fuel can include a fuel storage tank and a fuel agitation system coupled to the fuel storage tank and operable to agitate a fuel that is stored in the fuel storage tank. The fuel agitation system can include an elongate fuel agitation member with a lumen, an air passageway in pneumatic communication with the elongate fuel agitation member, and a circular disk connected to the elongate fuel agitation member and having a plurality of valves. The air passageway can be coupled to the elongate fuel agitation member by a rotational coupling located in the fuel tank and pneumatically actuated by air flow from the air passageway to cause the elongate fuel agitation member to rotate. Each of the plurality of valves can be in pneumatic communication with the elongate fuel agitation member to release air into the fuel in the fuel storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
    Inventors: Ruben Valdez, Cindi K. Scheele
  • Patent number: 8366312
    Abstract: Systems to store and agitate fuel can include a fuel storage tank including an air valve, and a fuel agitation system coupled to the fuel storage tank that can include an elongate fuel agitation member, a lumen, a plurality of valves extending from the elongate fuel agitation member, and an air passageway in fluid communication with the elongate fuel agitation member, where the air passageway is coupled to the first end of the elongate fuel agitation member by a rotational coupling located in the fuel storage tank that can be pneumatically actuated by air flow to rotate the elongate fuel agitation member as the air flow is introduced via the plurality of valves into the fuel storage tank, where the introduced air flow exits the fuel storage chamber out of the air valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Ruben Valdez, Cindi Kathleen Scheele
  • Patent number: 7654231
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for powering a vehicle. The systems and methods provide techniques for agitating fuel stored in a fuel storage tank and then combusting that fuel to power a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Ruben Valdez, Cindi Kathleen Scheele
  • Patent number: 7527046
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for generating power. The systems and methods provide techniques for agitating fuel stored in a fuel storage tank and then combusting that fuel to generate power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Ruben Valdez, Cindi Kathleen Scheele