Patents by Inventor Don Maness

Don Maness 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).

  • Publication number: 20260071726
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides backup systems for air compressors. The systems can detect an air compressor failure and/or low instrument air pressure and activate a backup inert gas power source to maintain functionality of compressed air-powered pneumatic devices at a wellsite. The backup systems can provide a working fluid in the form of an inert gas to the compressed air-powered pneumatic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicant: Vanzandt Controls, LLC
    Inventors: Don Maness, Brad Tipps
  • Patent number: 12480620
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides backup systems for air compressors. The systems can detect an air compressor failure and/or low instrument air pressure and activate a backup inert gas power source to maintain functionality of compressed air-powered pneumatic devices at a wellsite. The backup systems can provide a working fluid in the form of an inert gas to the compressed air-powered pneumatic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: Vanzandt Controls, LLC
    Inventors: Don Maness, Brad Tipps
  • Publication number: 20250277562
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides backup systems for air compressors. The systems can detect an air compressor failure and/or low instrument air pressure and activate a backup inert gas power source to maintain functionality of compressed air-powered pneumatic devices at a wellsite. The backup systems can provide a working fluid in the form of an inert gas to the compressed air-powered pneumatic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 4, 2025
    Applicant: Vanzandt Controls, LLC
    Inventors: Don Maness, Brad Tipps
  • Publication number: 20250085155
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for determining, in real-time, emissions savings. The systems and methods are configured to determine emissions savings achieved by converting natural gas-powered pneumatic control systems to compressed instrument air systems. An amount of methane and/or carbon emissions savings is determined by calculating, in real-time, the amount of compressed air used by a pneumatic system and converting the amount of compressed air into an equivalent amount of methane and/or carbon emissions that would have been emitted into the atmosphere had the pneumatic system been operated by natural gas and/or electric power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: Vanzandt Controls, LLC
    Inventors: Don Maness, Brad Tipps