Patents by Inventor Erik Paul Bjornebo

Erik Paul Bjornebo 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).

  • Optical fluid sensors for cross contamination control systems
    Patent number: 10882733
    Abstract: An optical fluid sensor (OFS) is disclosed that includes a body defining a chamber and having one or more apertures to allow a fluid to enter the chamber, a light source optically coupled to the chamber and configured to emit light into the chamber, and a detector optically coupled to the chamber and configured to receive light from the chamber. The light source may emit IR, visible, and UV light into the chamber, and the detector may measure an intensity of one or more wavelengths of IR or visible light received by the detector. When fluid is disposed within the chamber, the light emitted by the light source may pass into and through the fluid disposed in the chamber before being received by the detector. A crossover protection system is also disclosed that includes an OFS for determining a transported liquid type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Knappco, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Paul Bjornebo, Jeffrey Joseph Blair, Mark William Dudley, Richard Lee Henderson
  • OPTICAL FLUID SENSORS FOR CROSS CONTAMINATION CONTROL SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20190352172
    Abstract: An optical fluid sensor (OFS) is disclosed that includes a body defining a chamber and having one or more apertures to allow a fluid to enter the chamber, a light source optically coupled to the chamber and configured to emit light into the chamber, and a detector optically coupled to the chamber and configured to receive light from the chamber. The light source may emit IR, visible, and UV light into the chamber, and the detector may measure an intensity of one or more wavelengths of IR or visible light received by the detector. When fluid is disposed within the chamber, the light emitted by the light source may pass into and through the fluid disposed in the chamber before being received by the detector. A crossover protection system is also disclosed that includes an OFS for determining a transported liquid type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Knappco, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Paul Bjornebo, Jeffrey Joseph Blair, Mark William Dudley, Richard Lee Henderson
  • Optical fluid sensors for cross contamination control systems
    Patent number: 10407296
    Abstract: An optical fluid sensor (OFS) is disclosed that includes a body defining a chamber and having one or more apertures to allow a fluid to enter the chamber, a light source optically coupled to the chamber and configured to emit light into the chamber, and a detector optically coupled to the chamber and configured to receive light from the chamber. The light source may emit IR, visible, and UV light into the chamber, and the detector may measure an intensity of one or more wavelengths of IR or visible light received by the detector. When fluid is disposed within the chamber, the light emitted by the light source may pass into and through the fluid disposed in the chamber before being received by the detector. A crossover protection system is also disclosed that includes an OFS for determining a transported liquid type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: KNAPPCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik Paul Bjornebo, Jeffrey Joseph Blair, Mark William Dudley, Richard Lee Henderson
  • OPTICAL FLUID SENSORS FOR CROSS CONTAMINATION CONTROL SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20180099860
    Abstract: An optical fluid sensor (OFS) is disclosed that includes a body defining a chamber and having one or more apertures to allow a fluid to enter the chamber, a light source optically coupled to the chamber and configured to emit light into the chamber, and a detector optically coupled to the chamber and configured to receive light from the chamber. The light source may emit IR, visible, and UV light into the chamber, and the detector may measure an intensity of one or more wavelengths of IR or visible light received by the detector. When fluid is disposed within the chamber, the light emitted by the light source may pass into and through the fluid disposed in the chamber before being received by the detector. A crossover protection system is also disclosed that includes an OFS for determining a transported liquid type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: Knappco Corporation
    Inventors: Erik Paul Bjornebo, Jeffrey Joseph Blair, Mark William Dudley, Richard Lee Henderson