Patents by Inventor Bryan Jensen

Bryan Jensen 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).

  • Patent number: 12270690
    Abstract: A fuel gauging system for a fuel tank containing fuel and an ullage gas in an ullage of the tank. The fuel gauging system pressurizes/depressurizes the ullage gas and measures changes in conditions of the ullage gas to determine ullage gas volume and thus volume of the fuel. The system may infer one or more values in the volume calculation to reduce the number of measurements involved. The inferred values may come from known operating characteristics of an inerting system integrated with the fuel gauging system. The system may use a control valve that operates within the limits of a climb-dive valve to generate the system response. The control valve may control delivering or receiving ullage gas from another tank to preserve the ullage gas. An inerting system may be integrated into such a paired-tank fuel gauging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventor: Bryan Jensen
  • Patent number: 12006059
    Abstract: An inerting system for a fuel tank containing a liquid fuel and an ullage gas. The inerting system includes a fluid circuit connectable to the fuel tank, an evaporator connected in the circuit, and a reactor connected in the circuit downstream of the evaporator. The evaporator receives a flow of the liquid fuel from the fuel tank and volatilizes at least a portion of the liquid fuel to thereby form a volatilized fuel vapor. The evaporator also receives a flow of the ullage gas from the fuel tank, and permits the ullage gas to sweep away the volatilized fuel vapor downstream with the ullage gas to thereby form a fuel enriched gas mixture containing the ullage gas and the volatilized fuel vapor. The reactor converts at least some of the fuel enriched gas mixture into a non-flammable gas. The circuit supplies at least some of the non-flammable gas to the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Massie, Bryan Jensen, Daniel Henninger, Scott Auld-Hill
  • Publication number: 20220136876
    Abstract: A fuel gauging system for a fuel tank containing fuel and an ullage gas in an ullage of the tank. The fuel gauging system pressurizes/depressurizes the ullage gas and measures changes in conditions of the ullage gas to determine ullage gas volume and thus volume of the fuel. The system may infer one or more values in the volume calculation to reduce the number of measurements involved. The inferred values may come from known operating characteristics of an inerting system integrated with the fuel gauging system. The system may use a control valve that operates within the limits of a climb-dive valve to generate the system response. The control valve may control delivering or receiving ullage gas from another tank to preserve the ullage gas. An inerting system may be integrated into such a paired-tank fuel gauging system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventor: Bryan Jensen
  • Publication number: 20220033099
    Abstract: An inerting system for a fuel tank containing a liquid fuel and an ullage gas. The inerting system includes a fluid circuit connectable to the fuel tank, an evaporator connected in the circuit, and a reactor connected in the circuit downstream of the evaporator. The evaporator receives a flow of the liquid fuel from the fuel tank and volatilizes at least a portion of the liquid fuel to thereby form a volatilized fuel vapor. The evaporator also receives a flow of the ullage gas from the fuel tank, and permits the ullage gas to sweep away the volatilized fuel vapor downstream with the ullage gas to thereby form a fuel enriched gas mixture containing the ullage gas and the volatilized fuel vapor. The reactor converts at least some of the fuel enriched gas mixture into a non-flammable gas. The circuit supplies at least some of the non-flammable gas to the fuel tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel MASSIE, Bryan JENSEN, Daniel HENNINGER, Scott AULD-HILL
  • Publication number: 20100269737
    Abstract: Devices for holding signage on a pallet, methods of displaying signage on a pallet, pallets, and methods of utilization thereof. In one form, the device includes a mounting plate, a support plate integral with the mounting plate, and a signage support unit integral with the support plate. In one form, the method involves attaching a mounting plate to the pallet, such that a support plate is integrally formed with the mounting plate, positioning a support unit that is integrally formed with the support plate and has a channel configured to hold signage therein, and placing signage within the channel. In one form, the pallet includes a plurality of substantially horizontal members attached to a substantially rectangular frame, a mounting plate attached to at least one of the rectangular frame and the plurality of substantially horizontal members, a support plate integral with the mounting plate, and a signage support unit configured to hold signage therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventor: Bryan Jensen
  • Publication number: 20070054610
    Abstract: An air separation system and method wherein the outlet of a primary air separation module (one or more modules or bundles of fiber membranes) is split into two flow paths, a low flow path and a high flow path. The outlet of a secondary air separation module (one or more modules or bundles of fiber membranes) is split into two flow paths, a mid flow path and a high flow path, the latter being joined with the high flow of the primary air separation module. Flow along the primary low flow passes through a low-flow orifice, flow along the secondary mid-flow path passes through a mid-flow orifice, and flow along the high flow paths of both the primary and secondary air separation modules is joined together for passage through a shutoff valve and a high flow orifice. This configuration allows for three different flow modes of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventor: Bryan Jensen
  • Publication number: 20050092177
    Abstract: An inerting system and method characterized by a primary air separation module configured to communicate with an upstream source of pressurized air at elevated temperature for production of a primary downstream flow of nitrogen-enriched air to be delivered to a space to be inerted; a secondary air separation module configured to communicate with the upstream source of pressurized air at elevated temperature for production of a supplemental downstream flow of nitrogen-enriched air to be delivered to a space to be inerted when high nitrogen-enriched airflow is desired during a high flow period; and a flow controller configured to provide a warming flow through the secondary air separation module to heat the secondary air separation module to above ambient temperature during a warming period other than the high flow period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Bonchonsky, Steven Dow, Robert Golles, Bryan Jensen, Mike Bonchonsky