Patents by Inventor Brent Pilon

Brent Pilon 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).

  • Sediment and detention basin drainage system and method
    Patent number: 8545696
    Abstract: A fluid drainage system configured for draining a basin impounding fluid and sediment, solids or the like of varying density and turbidity. The system includes a first conduit and a second conduit within or adjacent to the first conduit to form a fluid receiving chamber between the first and second conduits, each conduit having apertures therethrough, with the apertures of the first and second conduits being sized and arranged relative to one another and so configured as to preferentially discharge fluid from the top of a basin, thus providing flow conditions which inhibit the entry of sediment into the system so as to maximize the retention of sediment within the basin and reduce turbidity and Total Suspended Sediment in the discharged fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: John Tyner, Daniel C. Yoder, Brent Pilon
  • SEDIMENT AND DETENTION BASIN DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20110278212
    Abstract: A fluid drainage system configured for draining a basin impounding fluid and sediment, solids or the like of varying density and turbidity. The system includes a first conduit and a second conduit within or adjacent to the first conduit to form a fluid receiving chamber between the first and second conduits, each conduit having apertures therethrough, with the apertures of the first and second conduits being sized and arranged relative to one another and so configured as to preferentially discharge fluid from the top of a basin, thus providing flow conditions which inhibit the entry of sediment into the system so as to maximize the retention of sediment within the basin and reduce turbidity and Total Suspended Sediment in the discharged fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: JOHN TYNER, Daniel C. Yoder, Brent Pilon