Patents by Inventor Earl Orel Sanders

Earl Orel Sanders 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).

  • Fluid flow measurement and control
    Patent number: 10845074
    Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, a fluid flow control apparatus may comprise a fluid network including a plurality of parallel branches, each parallel branch of the plurality of parallel branches being fluidly coupled between an inlet and an outlet of the fluid network. Each parallel branch of the plurality of parallel branches may comprise a pressure-independent flow control device configured to limit fluid flow through the respective parallel branch to a reference flow amount irrespective of a pressure at the inlet of the fluid network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: David Pierce Witten Solberg, Earl Orel Sanders
  • FLUID FLOW MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL
    Publication number: 20180335226
    Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, a fluid flow control apparatus may comprise a fluid network including a plurality of parallel branches, each parallel branch of the plurality of parallel branches being fluidly coupled between an inlet and an outlet of the fluid network. Each parallel branch of the plurality of parallel branches may comprise a pressure-independent flow control device configured to limit fluid flow through the respective parallel branch to a reference flow amount irrespective of a pressure at the inlet of the fluid network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: David Pierce Witten Solberg, Earl Orel Sanders
  • Fluid flow measurement and control
    Patent number: 10036568
    Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, a fluid flow control apparatus may comprise a fluid network including a plurality of parallel branches, each parallel branch of the plurality of parallel branches being fluidly coupled between an inlet and an outlet of the fluid network. Each parallel branch of the plurality of parallel branches may comprise a pressure-independent flow control device configured to limit fluid flow through the respective parallel branch to a reference flow amount irrespective of a pressure at the inlet of the fluid network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: David Pierce Whitten Solberg, Earl Orel Sanders
  • Fluid Flow Measurement and Control
    Publication number: 20140262159
    Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, a fluid flow control apparatus may comprise a fluid network including a plurality of parallel branches, each parallel branch of the plurality of parallel branches being fluidly coupled between an inlet and an outlet of the fluid network. Each parallel branch of the plurality of parallel branches may comprise a pressure-independent flow control device configured to limit fluid flow through the respective parallel branch to a reference flow amount irrespective of a pressure at the inlet of the fluid network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: David Pierce Whitten Solberg, Earl Orel Sanders