Patents by Inventor Andrew R. SNODGRASS

Andrew R. SNODGRASS 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).

  • Integrated Fuel Dispensing and Accounting System
    Publication number: 20200258342
    Abstract: An interface system extends a prior-art multi-pump fuel delivery station so that authorization to activate the fuel delivery pump can be obtained from a remote authorization service over a long-range wireless communication link such as a cellular telephone connection or a satellite connection; and delivered to the interface system over a different, short-range wireless communication link such as a Bluetooth® connection or a WiFi connection. After receiving the authorization, a signal to activate a fuel delivery pump is transmitted to a physically separate pump control module over an electrical power line by being coupled onto the power line by a first power line interface, and coupled back off of the power line by a second power line interface. The signal causes the physically separate pump to start or stop operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Fuel Cloud IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Andrew R. SNODGRASS, Kevin A. Bretthauer
  • Integrated fuel dispensing and accounting system
    Patent number: 10565817
    Abstract: An interface system extends a prior-art multi-pump fuel delivery station so that authorization to activate the fuel delivery pump can be obtained from a remote authorization service over a long-range wireless communication link such as a cellular telephone connection or a satellite connection; and delivered to the interface system over a different, short-range wireless communication link such as a Bluetooth® connection or a WiFi connection. After receiving the authorization, a signal to activate a fuel delivery pump is transmitted to a physically separate pump control module over an electrical power line by being coupled onto the power line by a first power line interface, and coupled back off of the power line by a second power line interface. The signal causes the physically separate pump to start or stop operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Fuel Cloud IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Andrew R. Snodgrass, Kevin A. Bretthauer
  • Integrated Fuel Dispensing and Accounting System
    Publication number: 20200013039
    Abstract: An interface system extends a prior-art multi-pump fuel delivery station so that authorization to activate the fuel delivery pump can be obtained from a remote authorization service over a long-range wireless communication link such as a cellular telephone connection or a satellite connection; and delivered to the interface system over a different, short-range wireless communication link such as a Bluetooth® connection or a WiFi connection. After receiving the authorization, a signal to activate a fuel delivery pump is transmitted to a physically separate pump control module over an electrical power line by being coupled onto the power line by a first power line interface, and coupled back off of the power line by a second power line interface. The signal causes the physically separate pump to start or stop operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: Fuel Cloud IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Andrew R. SNODGRASS, Kevin A. Bretthauer