Patents by Inventor JAMES TODD LOVELACE

JAMES TODD LOVELACE 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).

  • VOLTAGE DIFFERENTIAL REDUCTION METHODS USED WHILE RETRIEVING A MOBILE PLATFORM FROM A TANK CONTAINING A HAZARDOUS, NON-CONDUCTIVE SUBSTANCE
    Publication number: 20210116419
    Abstract: A mobile platform uses a charge accumulation control system to control a charge accumulation while the mobile platform is in the tank. Alternatively or additionally, the mobile platform includes a retrieval system having a buoyant body, a primary tether, and a secondary tether. Alternatively or additionally, an electrical cable is used to reduce a voltage difference between the mobile platform and the tank or other structure by electrically connecting to an electrically conductive member on the mobile platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: TANKBOTS, INC.
    Inventors: JOHN W. MEYERS, JOSEPH A. DAILY, ROBERT T. EFFINGER, IV, DONALD A. PONTRELLI, DAVID L. CHEUVRONT, JAMES TODD LOVELACE, RONALD GILLORY, DAVID JOHN CASSIMATIS
  • METHODS FOR PERFORMING TASKS IN A TANK CONTAINING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
    Publication number: 20210018396
    Abstract: A method of performing a selected task in a tank containing an energetic substance uses an inherently safe mobile platform that includes a marker detector, a control unit, a power supply, a propulsion system, and an inherently safe enclosure. The inherently safe enclosure prevents a spark occurring inside the inherently safe enclosure from passing to an exterior of the inherently safe enclosure. All spark-generating components of the mobile platform are positioned inside the inherently safe enclosure. The method includes lowering the mobile platform into the tank, at least partially submerging the mobile platform in the energetic substance, and detecting a marker using the marker detector. No active physical carrier connects the mobile platform to an object exterior of the tank while the mobile platform is in the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: TANKBOTS, INC.
    Inventors: JOHN W. MEYERS, JOSEPH DAILY, DAVID L. CHEUVRONT, JAMES TODD LOVELACE, RONALD GILLORY, DAVID JOHN CASSIMATIS
  • METHODS FOR HANDLING A MOBILE PLATFORM IN A TANK CONTAINING NON-CONDUCTIVE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
    Publication number: 20200363804
    Abstract: A mobile platform uses a charge accumulation control system to control a charge accumulation while the mobile platform is in the tank. Alternatively or additionally, the mobile platform includes a retrieval system having a buoyant body, a primary tether, and a secondary tether. Alternatively or additionally, an electrical cable is used to reduce a voltage difference between the mobile platform and the tank or other structure by electrically connecting to an electrically conductive member on the mobile platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: TANKBOTS, INC.
    Inventors: JOHN W. MEYERS, JOSEPH A. DAILY, ROBERT T. EFFINGER IV, DONALD A. PONTRELLI, DAVID L. CHEUVRONT, JAMES TODD LOVELACE, RONALD GILLORY, DAVID JOHN CASSIMATIS