Patents Assigned to ADDITECH, INC.
  • Patent number: 11407385
    Abstract: A fuel dispensing system includes that receives fuel from a fuel storage tank, and a blending system in fluid communication with the fuel dispensing unit. The blending system including a fuel conveyance device that receives the fuel from the fuel dispensing unit, and an additive conveyance device that pumps a fuel additive to be blended with the fuel based on a volumetric flow rate of the fuel, whereby the blending system provides a product mixture having a known fuel-to-fuel additive ratio. A hose and a nozzle are fluid communication with the blending system to dispense the product mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Additech Inc.
    Inventors: Sujith Velayudhan Nair, Vincent Charles Ciardo
  • Publication number: 20200353901
    Abstract: A fuel dispensing system includes that receives fuel from a fuel storage tank, and a blending system in fluid communication with the fuel dispensing unit. The blending system including a fuel conveyance device that receives the fuel from the fuel dispensing unit, and an additive conveyance device that pumps a fuel additive to be blended with the fuel based on a volumetric flow rate of the fuel, whereby the blending system provides a product mixture having a known fuel-to-fuel additive ratio. A hose and a nozzle are fluid communication with the blending system to dispense the product mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Additech Inc.
    Inventors: Sujith Velayudhan Nair, Vincent Charles Ciardo
  • Patent number: 10430843
    Abstract: The present methods and systems (including computer software, computer hardware, and an intermediary system) facilitate a transaction for non-fuel merchandise items at any fuel dispenser during a pre-pay or post-pay inside the store fuel sale. Consumers can select non-fuel merchandise items at a fuel dispenser (either via a fuel dispenser key pad or a separate computerized customer interface, attached to a fuel dispenser) at the time they are selecting their fuel at the fuel dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: ADDITECH, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Austin, Walter Woodrow
  • Publication number: 20100306069
    Abstract: The present methods and systems (including computer software, computer hardware, and an intermediary system) facilitate a transaction for non-fuel merchandise items at any fuel dispenser during a pre-pay or post-pay inside the store fuel sale. Consumers can select non-fuel merchandise items at a fuel dispenser (either via a fuel dispenser key pad or a separate computerized customer interface, attached to a fuel dispenser) at the time they are selecting their fuel at the fuel dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Additech, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Austin, Walter Woodrow
  • Publication number: 20030028285
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for fuel and fuel additive dispensing is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a programmable intermediary module is disposed in the path of communication of control and data signals between a fuel dispenser station and a point-of-sale (POS) controller subsystem. The intermediary module is programmable to intercept communications (control and data signals) transmitted between the dispenser and the POS controller, such that it can monitor, inject, intercept, filter, capture, convert, and/or modify communications between the fuel dispenser and and the POS controller. The intermediary module enables various enhanced control, monitoring, and reporting functions to be performed remotely and automatically. Further, the intermediary module enables various retail transactions to be integrated into a conventional fueling transaction without the necessity of extensive modification to an existing POS control subsystem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: ADDITECH, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher P. Zura, Robert Bennet Stout, Jonathan Robert Guthrie, Chris David Duhon