Patents by Inventor Arthur W. Phenicie

Arthur W. Phenicie 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for wastewater treatment
    Patent number: 8657268
    Abstract: Wastewater is treated by providing a distribution conduit and providing a diffuser assembly. An aperture is created in the distribution conduit having an initial minimum diameter. The diffuser assembly, in turn, comprises a diffuser membrane in fluidic communication with a mating tube. The mating tube has an initial outside diameter at a location along its length greater than the initial minimum inside diameter of the aperture. The mating tube is inserted into the aperture until the location on the mating tube that, before insertion, had the initial outside diameter is encircled by the aperture where the aperture, before insertion, had the initial minimum inside diameter. This forms an airtight interference fit between the distribution conduit and diffuser assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Inventors: Gregory P. Smiltneek, Martin M. Smiltneek, Robert B. Wheeler, David T. Redmon, Thomas E. Frankel, Arthur W. Phenicie, Mark T. Raether
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20110132847
    Abstract: Wastewater is treated by providing a distribution conduit and providing a diffuser assembly. An aperture is created in the distribution conduit having an initial minimum diameter. The diffuser assembly, in turn, comprises a diffuser membrane in fluidic communication with a mating tube. The mating tube has an initial outside diameter at a location along its length greater than the initial minimum inside diameter of the aperture. The mating tube is inserted into the aperture until the location on the mating tube that, before insertion, had the initial outside diameter is encircled by the aperture where the aperture, before insertion, had the initial minimum inside diameter. This forms an airtight interference fit between the distribution conduit and diffuser assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Gregory P. Smiltneek, Martin M. Smiltneek, Robert B. Wheeler, David T. Redmon, Thomas E. Frankel, Arthur W. Phenicie, Mark T. Raether