Patents by Inventor Donald Halla

Donald Halla 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: 20060090547
    Abstract: A submersible turbine pump includes a power head enclosed in a casing. A vacuum source associated with the submersible turbine pump draws a vacuum in the interior space of the casing. A pressure sensor may be used to monitor the vacuum in the interior space to detect a leak in the power head or the casing. If a leak is detected, an alarm may be generated and the submersible turbine pump may be deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: GILBARCO INC.
    Inventors: Ray Hutchinson, Donald Halla, Richard Dolson, Robert Hart, Richard Lucas, Kent Reid
  • Publication number: 20050247111
    Abstract: A pump housing that contains a pump that draws fuel from an underground storage tank containing fuel to deliver to fuel dispensers in a service station environment. The pump is coupled to a double-walled fuel pipe that carries the fuel from the pump to the fuel dispensers. The double-walled fuel piping contains an inner annular space that carries the fuel and an outer annular space that captures any leaked fuel from the inner annular space. The outer annular space is maintained through the fuel piping from the pump to the fuel dispensers so that the outer annular space can be pressurized by a pump to determine if a leak exists in the outer annular space or so that fuel leaked from the inner annular space can be captured by a leak containment chamber in the pump housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Applicant: GILBARCO INC.
    Inventors: Ray Hutchinson, Donald Halla, Robert Hart, Richard Dolson, Richard Lucas, Kent Reid
  • Publication number: 20050247112
    Abstract: A submersible turbine pump includes a power head enclosed in a casing. A vacuum source associated with the submersible turbine pump draws a vacuum in the interior space of the casing. A pressure sensor may be used to monitor the vacuum in the interior space to detect a leak in the power head or the casing. If a leak is detected, an alarm may be generated and the submersible turbine pump may be deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Applicant: GILBARCO INC.
    Inventors: Ray Hutchinson, Donald Halla, Richard Dolson, Robert Hart, Richard Lucas, Kent Reid
  • Publication number: 20050145016
    Abstract: A pump housing that contains a pump that draws fuel from an underground storage tank containing fuel to deliver to fuel dispensers in a service station environment. The pump is coupled to a double-walled fuel pipe that carries the fuel from the pump to the fuel dispensers. The double-walled fuel piping contains an inner annular space that carries the fuel and an outer annular space that captures any leaked fuel from the inner annular space. The outer annular space is maintained through the fuel piping from the pump to the fuel dispensers so that the outer annular space can be pressurized by a pump to determine if a leak exists in the outer annular space or so that fuel leaked from the inner annular space can be captured by a leak containment chamber in the pump housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: GILBARCO INC.
    Inventors: Ray Hutchinson, Donald Halla, Robert Hart, Richard Dolson, Richard Lucas, Kent Reid
  • Publication number: 20050145015
    Abstract: A pump housing that contains a pump that draws fuel from an underground storage tank containing fuel to deliver to fuel dispensers in a service station environment. The pump is coupled to a double-walled fuel pipe that carries the fuel from the pump to the fuel dispensers. The double-walled fuel piping contains an inner annular space that carries the fuel and an outer annular space that captures any leaked fuel from the inner annular space. The outer annular space is maintained through the fuel piping from the pump to the fuel dispensers so that the outer annular space can be pressurized by a pump to determine if a leak exists in the outer annular space or so that fuel leaked from the inner annular space can be captured by a leak containment chamber in the pump housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: GILBARCO INC.
    Inventors: Ray Hutchinson, Donald Halla, Robert Hart, Richard Dolson, Richard Lucas, Kent Reid
  • Publication number: 20050039518
    Abstract: A pump housing that contains a pump that draws fuel from an underground storage tank containing fuel to deliver to fuel dispensers in a service station environment. The pump is coupled to a double-walled fuel pipe that carries the fuel from the pump to the fuel dispensers. The double-walled fuel piping contains an inner annular space that carries the fuel and an outer annular space that captures any leaked fuel from the inner annular space. The outer annular space is maintained through the fuel piping from the pump to the fuel dispensers so that the outer annular space can be pressurized by a pump to determine if a leak exists in the outer annular space or so that fuel leaked from the inner annular space can be captured by a leak containment chamber in the pump housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Ray Hutchinson, Donald Halla, Robert Hart, Richard Dolson, Richard Lucas, Kent Reid