Patents Examined by Paul J Gray
  • Patent number: 10865098
    Abstract: A fuel storage and supply arrangement serving as a source of fuel to be dispensed via at least one fuel dispenser in a fuel dispensing environment. The arrangement comprises a storage tank for containing a quantity of the fuel and a pump assembly for drawing the fuel from the storage tank providing the fuel under pressure. A fuel supply line is configured to convey the fuel under pressure from the pump assembly to the at least one fuel dispenser in a dispenser flow path. A fuel conditioning and filtration assembly comprise a housing having a housing inlet receiving the fuel under pressure created by the pump and a housing outlet whereby the fuel entering the housing inlet exits the housing through the housing outlet. A filter element is within the housing and interposed in the flow path between the housing inlet and the housing outlet. A return tube receiving fuel from the outlet of the housing is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Veeder-Root Company
    Inventors: Kyle Stephen Gibson, James T. Bevins, Thomas Scott Menke, Diane Marie Sinosky, Kent Deloy Reid
  • Patent number: 10865848
    Abstract: A method for servicing a dual-stage, separated gas/fluid shock strut may comprise measuring a servicing temperature, charging a secondary gas chamber with compressed gas, wherein a secondary chamber pressure corresponds to the servicing temperature, pumping oil into the shock strut, and charging a primary gas chamber with compressed gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Amir Fazeli, Adnan Cepic, Susanne M. Reber
  • Patent number: 10865123
    Abstract: A control valve (10) includes a valve body with a plurality of ports (A, B, C, D, E, F) and a plurality of annular flow passages (53, 55, 57). A piston (34) which includes a plurality of annular flow passages and a longitudinal flow passage is selectively movable within a bore (32) within the valve body through operation of a valve controller (70). The valve controller is selectively operative to control the position of the piston so as to enable liquid flow through a plurality of flow paths. The valve controller further includes a installable and removable valve controller housing (74) which is releasibly engageable with a valve base (72). The valve may include a changeable piston and changeable injector and plug components to adapt the valve to different flow and fluid mixing requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Chandler Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Chandler, Jr., Aaron R. Wolfe, Cody A. Harbaugh
  • Patent number: 10865124
    Abstract: A control valve (10) includes a valve body with a plurality of ports (A, B, C, D, E, F) and a plurality of annular flow passages (53, 55,57). A piston (34) which includes a plurality of annular flow passages and a longitudinal flow passage is selectively movable within a bore (32) within the valve body through operation of a valve controller (70). The valve controller is selectively operative to control the position of the piston so as to enable liquid flow through a plurality of flow paths. The valve controller further includes a installable and removable valve controller housing (74) which is releasably engageable with a valve base (72). The valve may include a changeable piston and changeable injector and plug components to adapt the valve to different flow and fluid mixing requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: CHANDLER SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: William D. Chandler, Jr., Aaron R. Wolfe, Cody A. Harbaugh, Patrick Frazer
  • Patent number: 10865551
    Abstract: A retractable home shower system enables a retractable shower assembly in which the shower head may be selectively extended from a shower wall by a user for use during bathing, and may be selectively retracted back into the shower wall upon completion of use by the user. Retractable home shower system may be generally comprised of a routing pipe, an escutcheon plate shower arm, a shower head, a flexible shower hose, and a counter weight. Routing pipe, flexible shower hose and counter weight may be concealed in the interior space behind a shower wall in a shower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventor: Charles Richard Harvin, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10865943
    Abstract: A multi-vessel fluid storage and delivery system is disclosed which is particularly useful in systems having internal combustion engines which use gaseous fuels. The system can deliver gaseous fluids at higher flow rates than that which can be reliably achieved by vapor pressure building circuits alone, and that keeps pressure inside the storage vessel lower so that it reduces fueling time and allows for quick starts thereafter. The system is designed to store gaseous fluid in liquefied form in a plurality of storage vessels including a primary storage vessel fluidly connected to a pump apparatus and one or more server vessels which together with a control system efficiently stores a liquefied gaseous fluid and quickly delivers the fluid as a gas to an end user even when high flow rates are required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: WESTPORT POWER INC.
    Inventors: Gage D. Garner, Melih Ogmen
  • Patent number: 10865096
    Abstract: In a method and system for delivering fluid to a fluid consuming asset having a fluid tank, an inlet of a manifold is fluidically coupled to a tank and an outlet of the manifold is coupled to a spigot. A pressure relief valve is disposed between the tank and the manifold to facilitate fluid flow back to the tank through a recirculation inlet when the back-pressure in the system reaches a threshold value. A first distal end of a fluid transporting mechanism is coupled to the spigot and a second distal end thereof is coupled to a hydraulic connector of a fill cap having a connection plate coupled to the fluid tank of the fluid consuming asset. The fill cap further comprises a probe and fluid flows from the first tank to the second tank, through the manifold and the hydraulic connector, through the probe and into the fluid tank of the fluid consuming asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Texas Fueling Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mason Duncan, Hanan Tuchshnieder
  • Patent number: 10864140
    Abstract: Provided is a medicine feeding apparatus including: a medicine feeder body configured to feed medicine; and a medicine passage configured to guide the medicine fed by the medicine feeder body to a packaging material configured to package the medicine. The medicine passage includes: an inlet that is configured to allow the medicine to enter from above therethrough; an outlet that is configured to allow the medicine to exit downward therethrough; and a communication part that is configured to communicate the inlet and the outlet with each other. The inlet and the outlet are provided as separate bodies from each other. The communication part is provided as a separate body from the inlet and the outlet and is connected to the inlet and the outlet so as to be positionally adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Takazono Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kikuchi, Teruaki Satoh, Takanori Yamabayashi
  • Patent number: 10865087
    Abstract: A filler spout including a tubular body having mounted therein a valve member extending facing a valve seat and a secondary shutter arranged in a distribution chamber downstream from the valve member and rigidly connected thereto with a small amount of axial clearance between the valve member and the secondary shutter, and a movable portion of an actuator being coupled to the valve member in order to move it between an extreme closure position and an extreme opening position. The valve member possesses an intermediate closure position and includes a portion that is received in a bore opening out into the distribution chamber in order to form a suction system when the valve member is moved from the extreme closure position to the intermediate closure position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Serac Group
    Inventor: André Jean-Jacques Graffin
  • Patent number: 10865122
    Abstract: A control valve (10) includes a valve body with a plurality of ports (A, B, C, D, E, F) and a plurality of annular flow passages (53, 55,57). A piston (34) which includes a plurality of annular flow passages and a longitudinal flow passage is selectively movable within a bore (32) within the valve body through operation of a valve controller (70). The valve controller is selectively operative to control the position of the piston so as to enable liquid flow through a plurality of flow paths. The valve controller further includes a installable and removable valve controller housing (74) which is releasably engageable with a valve base (72). The valve may include a changeable piston and changeable injector and plug components to adapt the valve to different flow and fluid mixing requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: CHANDLER SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: William D. Chandler, Jr., Aaron R. Wolfe, Cody A. Harbaugh, Patrick Frazer
  • Patent number: 10868315
    Abstract: A system for measuring pressure of an in-tank regulator includes a direct-pipe flow path which directly communicates with an inside of a high-pressure container, a high-pressure sensor, of which a portion is movable into the direct-pipe flow path, fastened to and separated from the direct-pipe flow path, and a shut-off valve disposed on the direct-pipe flow path between the high-pressure container and the high-pressure sensor, wherein when the high-pressure sensor is separated from the direct-pipe flow path, the direct-pie flow path is sealed by the shut-off valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Chang Ho Kim, Jang Ho Choi, Hyung Ki Kim, Ji Hyun Shim
  • Patent number: 10865712
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine valve assembly having an oil shut-off valve and a compensating valve fluidly connected thereto. The compensating valve, in a first position, restricts access to a pressure-reducing oil flow path leading to an oil reservoir, and in a second position, provides access to the pressure-reducing oil flow path. The pressure-reducing oil flow path is defined by fluid flow between housing apertures, a laminar hole and an orifice. The valve assembly is operable between a first configuration, wherein the oil shut-off valve is in a fluid transfer position and a piston of the compensating valve is in a closed position to direct oil toward the engine component, and a second configuration, wherein the oil shut-off valve is in the shut-off position and the piston is in a open position to direct oil toward the oil reservoir via the pressure-reducing oil flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Charles Faubert, Johnny Vinski, Valeri Soukhostavets
  • Patent number: 10865094
    Abstract: A dropper machine for pouring a measured amount of a substance in a plurality of receptacles, including: a reservoir containing the substance to be dropped, cylinder and piston metering devices, a drive unit arranged to simultaneously drive the piston of the metering devices wherein each of the metering devices is associated with a respective actuating device cooperating with the piston of the metering device, the actuator device being operable individually to inhibit the delivery of the substance to be dropped through the nozzle when the drive unit is actuated to cause displacement of the pistons of the metering devices associated therewith between the start position and the end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SOREMARTEC S.A.
    Inventor: Massimiliano Marcarino
  • Patent number: 10857291
    Abstract: A medical pump, in particular an infusion pump for conveying a medium, includes a seating for a hose clamp which is separate from the pump and arranged on the hose. Two clamping portions of the hose clamp which can be moved relative to each other can be transferred into a closed relative position in which they pinch off the hose arranged therebetween in such a manner that it is not possible for any medium to flow through the interior of the hose. Moreover, the clamping portions can be moved with respect to each other into an opened relative position in which the hose arranged between the clamping portions is not pinched off, so that the medium is able to flow through the interior of the hose. The pump is distinguished in that a sensor is provided thereon, in particular in the seating for the hose clamp, which sensor detects at least when the hose clamp is received in the seating—whether their clamping portions are in the closed or opened relative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: B. BRAUN MELSUNGEN AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Steger, Rolf Heitmeier, Andreas Katerkamp, Christoph Erlen, Matthias Kramer
  • Patent number: 10850969
    Abstract: In a method and system for delivering fluid to a fluid consuming asset having a fluid tank, a first tank and a second tank are fluidically coupled and the second tank is pressurized. An inlet of a manifold is fluidically coupled to the second tank and an outlet of the manifold is coupled to a spigot. A first distal end of a fluid transporting mechanism is coupled to the spigot and a second distal end thereof is coupled to a hydraulic connector of a fill cap having a connection plate coupled to the fluid tank of the fluid consuming asset. The fill cap further comprises a probe and fluid flows from the first tank to the second tank, through the manifold and the hydraulic connector, through the probe and into the fluid tank of the fluid consuming asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Texas Fueling Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mason Duncan, Hanan Tuchsnieder
  • Patent number: 10829388
    Abstract: A control valve (10) includes a valve body with a plurality of ports (A, B, C, D, E, F) and a plurality of annular flow passages (53, 55,57). A piston (34) which includes a plurality of annular flow passages and a longitudinal flow passage is selectively movable within a bore (32) within the valve body through operation of a valve controller (70). The valve controller is selectively operative to control the position of the piston so as to enable liquid flow through a plurality of flow paths. The valve controller further includes an installable and removable valve controller housing (74) which is releasibly engageable with a valve base (72). The valve may include a changeable piston and changeable injector and plug components to adapt the valve to different flow and fluid mixing requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Chandler Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William D Chandler, Jr., Aaron R Wolfe, Cody A Harbaugh, Patrick Frazer
  • Patent number: 10822250
    Abstract: A control valve (10) includes a valve body with a plurality of ports (A, B, C, D, E, F) and a plurality of annular flow passages (53, 55, 57). A piston (34) which includes a plurality of annular flow passages and a longitudinal flow passage is selectively movable within a bore (32) within the valve body through operation of a valve controller (70). The valve controller is selectively operative to control the position of the piston so as to enable liquid flow through a plurality of flow paths. The valve controller further includes a installable and removable valve controller housing (74) which is releasibly engageable with a valve base (72). The valve may include a changeable piston and changeable injector and plug components to adapt the valve to different flow and fluid mixing requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CHANDLER SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: William D. Chandler, Jr., Aaron R. Wolfe, Cody A. Harbaugh
  • Patent number: 10822251
    Abstract: A control valve (10) includes a valve body with a plurality of ports (A, B, C, D, E, F) and a plurality of annular flow passages (53, 55,57). A piston (34) which includes a plurality of annular flow passages and a longitudinal flow passage is selectively movable within a bore (32) within the valve body through operation of a valve controller (70). The valve controller is selectively operative to control the position of the piston so as to enable liquid flow through a plurality of flow paths. The valve controller further includes an installable and removable valve controller housing (74) which is releasably engageable with a valve base (72). The valve may include a changeable piston and changeable injector and plug components to adapt the valve to different flow and fluid mixing requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Chandler Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William D Chandler, Jr., Aaron R Wolfe, Cody A Harbaugh, Patrick Frazer
  • Patent number: 10822252
    Abstract: A control valve (10) includes a valve body with a plurality of ports (A, B, C, D, E, F) and a plurality of annular flow passages (53, 55, 57). A piston (34) which includes a plurality of annular flow passages and a longitudinal flow passage is selectively movable within a bore (32) within the valve body through operation of a valve controller (70). The valve controller is selectively operative to control the position of the piston so as to enable liquid flow through a plurality of flow paths. The valve controller further includes a installable and removable valve controller housing (74) which is releasibly engageable with a valve base (72). The valve may include a changeable piston and changeable injector and plug components to adapt the valve to different flow and fluid mixing requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CHANDLER SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: William D. Chandler, Jr., Aaron R. Wolfe, Cody A. Harbaugh
  • Patent number: 10807019
    Abstract: A valve assembly to extract gas, and thereby recover the gas, to be used or remediated at the well, and as a corrective action for wells slowing flow due to ongoing gas pressure accumulating in the flow lines. The valve assembly includes a container and a valve member disposed in the container. The valve member having an upper portion that includes a stop. The assembly is in a closed state when the stop is in sealing communication with an upper vent opening in the container, and in an open state, allowing for the capture of released gas, when the stop is spaced from the upper vent opening. The stop is guided along a vertical travel of the valve stem which is controlled by the rise and fall of fluid within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventors: William H Marver, Matthew S Stone