Patents Assigned to GP Strategies Corporation
  • Patent number: 10371319
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure may include a dispenser for dispensing a liquid. The dispenser may include a measurement chamber configured to receive the liquid, a temperature probe positioned within the measurement chamber, and a capacitance probe positioned within the measurement chamber. The capacitance probe may house the temperature probe. The dispenser may also include a first conduit fluidly coupled to the measurement chamber and configured to deliver the liquid out of the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael Mackey
  • Patent number: 10065850
    Abstract: A multiple pump system is disclosed. The multiple pump system may include a fluid tank and a multiple pump vessel connected to the fluid tank. The multiple pump vessel may include at least one first pump and at least one second pump located therein. In addition, the at least one first pump may be configured to dispense a fluid from the fluid tank at a first pressure, and the at least one second pump may be configured to dispense the fluid from the fluid tank at a second pressure. The first pressure may be different from the second pressure, such that the at least one first pump may be configured to dispense liquefied natural gas, and the at least one second pump may be configured to dispense compressed natural gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael Mackey
  • Patent number: 9695983
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a partition for a fuel tank. The partition may include a sheet of material extending laterally within an interior mid-region of the fuel tank. The sheet may have a length and a width that are at least substantially equal to a length and a width of the mid-region of the fuel tank, and the sheet may be shaped to conform to an interior perimeter of the mid-region of the fuel tank. The partition may also be configured to substantially divide the fuel tank into an upper interior region located above the partition and a lower interior region located below the partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Mackey, Douglas Sharp
  • Patent number: 9663345
    Abstract: A multiple pump system is disclosed. The multiple pump system may include a fluid tank and a multiple pump vessel connected to the fluid tank. The multiple pump vessel may include at least one first pump and at least one second pump located therein. In addition, the at least one first pump may be configured to dispense a fluid from the fluid tank at a first pressure, and the at least one second pump may be configured to dispense the fluid from the fluid tank at a second pressure. The first pressure may be different from the second pressure, such that the at least one first pump may be configured to dispense liquefied natural gas, and the at least one second pump may be configured to dispense compressed natural gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael Mackey
  • Patent number: 9316215
    Abstract: A multiple pump system is disclosed. The multiple pump system may include a fluid tank and a multiple pump vessel connected to the fluid tank. The multiple pump vessel may include at least one first pump and at least one second pump located therein. In addition, the at least one first pump may be configured to dispense a fluid from the fluid tank at a first pressure, and the at least one second pump may be configured to dispense the fluid from the fluid tank at a second pressure. The first pressure may be different from the second pressure, such that the at least one first pump may be configured to dispense liquefied natural gas, and the at least one second pump may be configured to dispense compressed natural gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael Mackey
  • Patent number: 9267645
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing system may include a first tank configured to contain a first fluid and a second tank configured to contain a second fluid. The system may also include a conditioning system fluidly connected to the second tank. The conditioning system may include at least one conduit fluidly coupled to a lower region of the second tank. The conditioning system may also include a heat exchanger. In addition, the conditioning system may include at least one conduit fluidly coupled to an upper region of the second tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael Mackey
  • Patent number: 9163785
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure may include a fluid dispensing system. The system may include a first tank configured to contain a first fluid and a second tank configured to contain a second fluid. The system may also include a plurality of conduits fluidly connecting the first and second tanks, wherein the first fluid in the first tank is configured to be gravity-fed or pressure-fed to the second tank. The system may also include a conditioning system fluidly connected to the second tank. The conditioning system may include at least one conduit fluidly coupled to a lower region of the second tank. The conditioning system may also include a heat exchanger. In addition, the conditioning system may include at least one conduit fluidly coupled to an upper region of the second tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael Mackey
  • Patent number: 9052065
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure may include a dispenser for dispensing a liquid. The dispenser may include a measurement chamber configured to receive the liquid, a temperature probe positioned within the measurement chamber, and a capacitance probe positioned within the measurement chamber. The capacitance probe may house the temperature probe. The dispenser may also include a first conduit fluidly coupled to the measurement chamber and configured to deliver the liquid out of the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael Mackey
  • Publication number: 20140217116
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure may include a dispensing system for dispensing a cryogenic fluid. The dispensing system may include a cryogenic fluid dispenser, a pump, and a conduit connecting the pump to the dispenser. The system may also include a processor and a vehicle detection subsystem configured to detect a vehicle. When the vehicle detection subsystem provides to the processor a signal reflecting detection of a vehicle, the processor may initiate a pre-chill operation that prepares at least one of the pump or the dispenser to dispense the cryogenic fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: GP Strategies Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Mackey
  • Publication number: 20140007943
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a partition for a fuel tank. The partition may include a sheet of material extending laterally within an interior mid-region of the fuel tank. The sheet may have a length and a width that are at least substantially equal to a length and a width of the mid-region of the fuel tank, and the sheet may be shaped to conform to an interior perimeter of the mid-region of the fuel tank. The partition may also be configured to substantially divide the fuel tank into an upper interior region located above the partition and a lower interior region located below the partition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: GP Strategies Corporation
    Inventors: Michael MACKEY, Douglas Sharp
  • Publication number: 20130263609
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure may include a fluid dispensing system. The system may include a first tank configured to contain a first fluid and a second tank configured to contain a second fluid. The system may also include a plurality of conduits fluidly connecting the first and second tanks, wherein the first fluid in the first tank is configured to be gravity-fed or pressure-fed to the second tank. The system may also include a conditioning system fluidly connected to the second tank. The conditioning system may include at least one conduit fluidly coupled to a lower region of the second tank. The conditioning system may also include a heat exchanger. In addition, the conditioning system may include at least one conduit fluidly coupled to an upper region of the second tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: GP Strategies Corporation
    Inventor: Michael MACKEY