Patents by Inventor Gary Herrmann

Gary Herrmann 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).

  • Retrofit for floating roof tanks
    Patent number: 8640907
    Abstract: Floating roof tanks typically have a leg-actuated pressure-vacuum vent to provide relief upon emptying or filling the space below the roof. This vent leg must hit prior to other legs requiring additional working capital inventory (heel). This retrofit non-leg actuated pressure vacuum (P-V) vent reduces inventory. This P-V vent retrofit provides necessary pressure or vacuum management and at less required tank bottom inventory. The retrofit vent also eliminates the leg-actuated P-V vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Marathon Petroleum Company LP
    Inventor: Gary Herrmann