Patents by Inventor Brian Edwards Sonnichsen
Brian Edwards Sonnichsen 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).
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Patent number: 10106394Abstract: A beverage dispenser with a variable pressure regulator cap assembly that includes a high pressure cavity defined by a cap body. The high pressure cavity receives pressurized gas from a compressed gas reservoir. A low pressure cavity is connected to the high pressure cavity via a high pressure gas passageway. The low pressure cavity defines a low pressure gas passageway that penetrates the cap body. A piston seat is positioned on a high pressure cavity side of the high pressure gas passageway. A piston regulates introduction of the pressurized gas into the high pressure gas passageway. A diaphragm is positioned between an ambient pressure cavity and the low pressure cavity and translates the piston relative to the piston seat. A main spring is positioned between a diaphragm and a spring hat. Rotation of the drive screw translates the spring hat to affect compression of the main spring against the diaphragm.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: GrowlerWerks, Inc.Inventors: Evan Christopher Rege, Donald Christian Maier, Shawn Leland Huff, Brian Edwards Sonnichsen
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Publication number: 20170066637Abstract: A beverage dispenser includes a vessel, a dispensing tap, a dispenser assembly, and a dispensing tube. The vessel defines an internal volume, a lower opening, and an upper opening. The dispensing tube couples the dispensing tap to the dispenser assembly. The dispenser assembly includes a liquid level gauge structure (gauge structure), a riser tube, a lower housing, and an upper housing. The riser tube is positioned within a gauge structure and defines a riser volume. A gauge volume is defined between the gauge structure and the riser tube. The lower housing is configured such that the riser volume and the gauge volume are in fluid communication with the internal volume. The upper housing is configured such that the internal volume is in fluid communication with only the gauge volume and the riser tube is in fluid communication with a volume defined by the dispensing tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Brian Edward Sonnichsen, Evan Christopher Rege, Shawn Leland Huff
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Publication number: 20170001852Abstract: A portable beverage dispenser with a variable pressure regulator cap assembly that includes a high pressure cavity defined by a cap body. The high pressure cavity receives pressurized gas from a compressed gas reservoir. A low pressure cavity is connected to the high pressure cavity via a high pressure gas passageway. The low pressure cavity defines a low pressure gas passageway that penetrates the cap body. A gauge, such as a pressure and/or temperature gauge provides feedback about characteristics of the beverage contained within the dispenser.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Evan Christopher Rege, Shawn Leland Huff, Brian Edward Sonnichsen
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Patent number: 9533865Abstract: A beverage dispenser includes a vessel, a dispensing tap, a dispenser assembly, and a dispensing tube. The vessel defines an internal volume, a lower opening, and an upper opening. The dispensing tube couples the dispensing tap to the dispenser assembly. The dispenser assembly includes a liquid level gauge structure (gauge structure), a riser tube, a lower housing, and an upper housing. The riser tube is positioned within a gauge structure and defines a riser volume. A gauge volume is defined between the gauge structure and the riser tube. The lower housing is configured such that the riser volume and the gauge volume are in fluid communication with the internal volume. The upper housing is configured such that the internal volume is in fluid communication with only the gauge volume and the riser tube is in fluid communication with a volume defined by the dispensing tube.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: GROWLERWERKS, INC.Inventors: Brian Edward Sonnichsen, Evan Christopher Rege, Shawn Leland Huff
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Publication number: 20160251212Abstract: A beverage dispenser with a variable pressure regulator cap assembly that includes a high pressure cavity defined by a cap body. The high pressure cavity receives pressurized gas from a compressed gas reservoir. A low pressure cavity is connected to the high pressure cavity via a high pressure gas passageway. The low pressure cavity defines a low pressure gas passageway that penetrates the cap body. A piston seat is positioned on a high pressure cavity side of the high pressure gas passageway. A piston regulates introduction of the pressurized gas into the high pressure gas passageway. A diaphragm is positioned between an ambient pressure cavity and the low pressure cavity and translates the piston relative to the piston seat. A main spring is positioned between a diaphragm and a spring hat. Rotation of the drive screw translates the spring hat to affect compression of the main spring against the diaphragm.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: Evan Christopher Rege, Donald Christian Maier, Shawn Leland Huff, Brian Edwards Sonnichsen
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Patent number: 9352949Abstract: A beverage dispenser with a variable pressure regulator cap assembly that includes a high pressure cavity defined by a cap body. The high pressure cavity receives pressurized gas from a compressed gas reservoir. A low pressure cavity is connected to the high pressure cavity via a high pressure gas passageway. The low pressure cavity defines a low pressure gas passageway that penetrates the cap body. A piston seat is positioned on a high pressure cavity side of the high pressure gas passageway. A piston regulates introduction of the pressurized gas into the high pressure gas passageway. A diaphragm is positioned between an ambient pressure cavity and the low pressure cavity and translates the piston relative to the piston seat. A main spring is positioned between a diaphragm and a spring hat. Rotation of the drive screw translates the spring hat to affect compression of the main spring against the diaphragm.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2015Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: GrowlerWerks, Inc.Inventors: Evan Christopher Rege, Donald Christian Maier, Shawn Leland Huff, Brian Edward Sonnichsen
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Publication number: 20160068380Abstract: A beverage dispenser includes a vessel, a dispensing tap, a dispenser assembly, and a dispensing tube. The vessel defines an internal volume, a lower opening, and an upper opening. The dispensing tube couples the dispensing tap to the dispenser assembly. The dispenser assembly includes a liquid level gauge structure (gauge structure), a riser tube, a lower housing, and an upper housing. The riser tube is positioned within a gauge structure and defines a riser volume. A gauge volume is defined between the gauge structure and the riser tube. The lower housing is configured such that the riser volume and the gauge volume are in fluid communication with the internal volume. The upper housing is configured such that the internal volume is in fluid communication with only the gauge volume and the riser tube is in fluid communication with a volume defined by the dispensing tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Evan Christopher Rege, Shawn Leland Huff, Brian Edward Sonnichsen
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Publication number: 20150336785Abstract: A beverage dispenser with a variable pressure regulator cap assembly that includes a high pressure cavity defined by a cap body. The high pressure cavity receives pressurized gas from a compressed gas reservoir. A low pressure cavity is connected to the high pressure cavity via a high pressure gas passageway. The low pressure cavity defines a low pressure gas passageway that penetrates the cap body. A piston seat is positioned on a high pressure cavity side of the high pressure gas passageway. A piston regulates introduction of the pressurized gas into the high pressure gas passageway. A diaphragm is positioned between an ambient pressure cavity and the low pressure cavity and translates the piston relative to the piston seat. A main spring is positioned between a diaphragm and a spring hat. Rotation of the drive screw translates the spring hat to affect compression of the main spring against the diaphragm.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: Evan Christopher Rege, Donald Christian Maier, Shawn Leland Huff, Brian Edward Sonnichsen
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Patent number: D787266Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: GrowlerWerks, Inc.Inventors: Brian Edward Sonnichsen, Evan Christopher Rege, Donald Christian Maier, Shawn Leland Huff, Hrag Nassanian
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Patent number: D832052Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: GrowleyWerks, Inc.Inventors: Brian Edward Sonnichsen, Shawn Leland Huff, Evan Christopher Rege
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Patent number: D836978Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: GrowlerWerks, Inc.Inventors: Brian Edward Sonnichsen, Evan Christopher Rege, Donald Christian Maier, Shawn Leland Huff, Hrag Nassanian
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Patent number: D904100Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: GrowlerWerks, Inc.Inventors: Brian Edward Sonnichsen, Evan Christopher Rege, Shawn Leland Huff, Hrag Nassanian, Donald Christian Maier
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Patent number: D931053Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: GrowlerWerks, Inc.Inventors: Brian Edward Sonnichsen, Shawn Leland Huff, Evan Christopher Rege
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Patent number: D1018194Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Perfectwerks Solutions Inc.Inventors: Brian Edward Sonnichsen, Evan Christopher Rege, Shawn Leland Huff, Hrag Nassanian, Donald Christian Maier