Patents by Inventor Brandon Storm

Brandon Storm 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEWATERING SLURRIES
    Publication number: 20210269331
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dewatering slurries having relatively high solids content such as earthen slurries are disclosed. In some embodiments, one or more transducer devices configured for acoustic spectroscopy and/or electroacoustic spectroscopy are used to determine a parameter related to the particle size distribution (e.g., specific surfaced area) and/or zeta potential of the slurry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Greogry Anderson, Brandon Storm, Andrew Strobel, Corey Lanoue, Tayte Askelsen, Samuel Edmund Whittome, Ross Peter Jones
  • Systems and methods for processing earthen slurries
    Patent number: 10683178
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing earthen slurries such as slurries of earth cuttings and, in particular, systems and methods that involve two separation units for dewatering the slurry or that involve additive mixing units are disclosed. The systems and methods may include a conveyor such as a drag-slat conveyor that removes slurry from a holding tank at which the material is dumped and toward the separation units to allow the material to be continuously processed and dumped into the holding tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Corey Lanoue, Brian Burge, Brandon Storm, Nathan Meyer, Gregory Anderson, Markus Terry, Joshua Seibert
  • Transfer systems for receiving and conveying material
    Patent number: 10486920
    Abstract: Transfer systems for receiving and conveying material such as earthen slurries discharged from vacuum excavators are disclosed. The transfer system may include a holding tank and a conveyor such as a drag-slat conveyor that extends into the tank to remove and convey material from the tank. The transfer system includes a hatch. The hatch is moveable from a closed position in which vehicles travel over the hatch to an open position in which the holding tank is open to receive material from the vacuum excavator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Brandon Storm, Nathan Meyer, Gregory Anderson, Markus Terry, Joshua Seibert
  • TRANSFER SYSTEMS FOR RECEIVING AND CONVEYING MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20180072516
    Abstract: Transfer systems for receiving and conveying material such as earthen slurries discharged from vacuum excavators are disclosed. The transfer system may include a holding tank and a conveyor such as a drag-slat conveyor that extends into the tank to remove and convey material from the tank. The transfer system includes a hatch. The hatch is moveable from a closed position in which vehicles travel over the hatch to an open position in which the holding tank is open to receive material from the vacuum excavator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Brandon Storm, Nathan Meyer, Gregory Anderson, Markus Terry, Joshua Seibert
  • FLAT-WIRE BELT CONVEYORS
    Publication number: 20180072601
    Abstract: Separation units for dewatering slurries such as flat-wire belt conveyors are disclosed. In some embodiments, the separation unit includes a tension pulley for maintaining tension in the flat-wire conveyor belt. The flat-wire conveyor belt is looped around the head pulley, tail pulley and tension pulley. In some embodiments, the head pulley and/or tail pulley include teeth for removing material from the mesh openings of the flat-wire belt conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Brandon Storm, Nathan Meyer, Markus Terry, Gregory Anderson
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING EARTHEN SLURRIES
    Publication number: 20180071662
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing earthen slurries such as slurries of earth cuttings and, in particular, systems and methods that involve two separation units for dewatering the slurry or that involve additive mixing units are disclosed. The systems and methods may include a conveyor such as a drag-slat conveyor that removes slurry from a holding tank at which the material is dumped and toward the separation units to allow the material to be continuously processed and dumped into the holding tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Corey Lanoue, Brian Burge, Brandon Storm, Nathan Meyer, Gregory Anderson, Markus Terry, Joshua Seibert