Patents by Inventor Jeff PICKLES

Jeff PICKLES 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: 20210261010
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of supplying vehicles with energy, and discloses a supply station and a method capable of charging electricity and filling with hydrogen gas simultaneously or separately, the supply station comprising: a power supply unit, a storage battery system, a device capable of converting electric power into hydrogen gas, a hydrogen gas storage system, a device capable of converting hydrogen gas into electric power, a charger and a hydrogen dispenser; the power supply unit is connected with the storage battery system to deliver power; the storage battery system is connected with the device capable of converting electric power into hydrogen gas so as to convert the electric power provided by the storage battery system into hydrogen gas; the device capable of converting electric power into hydrogen gas is connected with the hydrogen gas storage system to store hydrogen gas in the hydrogen gas storage system; the hydrogen gas storage system is connected with the device
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Jeff PICKLES, Anthony KU, Xianming Jimmy LI, Surinder SINGH, Jeff ALLEN
  • Patent number: 11009185
    Abstract: A method for dispensing liquefied fuel, the method including: providing a non-petroleum fuel as a liquefied fuel to a storage tank; increasing pressure of the liquefied fuel to a target pressure using a pump disposed within the storage tank, where a first portion of the liquefied fuel is bypassed around or at least partially around a heat exchanger, and a second portion of the liquefied fuel is discharged to the heat exchanger, where the heat exchanger is configured to warm the second portion of the liquefied fuel. A dispenser is provided that incorporates a control system that allows coordinated fueling of one or more vehicles simultaneously, where the heat exchanger uses only the fuel itself without external refrigeration to manage final dispensing temperature and the fueling station does not include a storage subsystem disposed between the pump and the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Xianming Jimmy Li, Jeff Pickles, Edward Youn, Jeff Allen, Anthony Ku, Cullen Hall
  • Patent number: 10961109
    Abstract: A fluid bypass method for controlling the temperature of a non-petroleum fuel, the fluid bypass method includes: providing a fuel at a pressure sufficient to effect a desired flow rate to a vehicle, the fuel being at a liquid or substantially supercritical thermodynamic state requiring further heat addition in a vaporizer; and diverting a bypass stream with partial or no vaporization to a heat exchanger as a cold fluid on a cold side of the heat exchanger. The method further includes providing a remainder stream of the fuel to the vaporizer; mixing the remainder stream outflowed from the vaporizer with the cold fluid outflowed from the cold side of the heat exchanger to form a combined fuel stream; and providing the combined fuel stream to the heat exchanger as a warm fluid on a warm side of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Xianming Jimmy Li, Edward Youn, Jeff Pickles, Surinder Singh
  • Publication number: 20200156923
    Abstract: A fluid bypass method for controlling the temperature of a non-petroleum fuel, the fluid bypass method includes: providing a fuel at a pressure sufficient to effect a desired flow rate to a vehicle, the fuel being at a liquid or substantially supercritical thermodynamic state requiring further heat addition in a vaporizer; and diverting a bypass stream with partial or no vaporization to a heat exchanger as a cold fluid on a cold side of the heat exchanger. The method further includes providing a remainder stream of the fuel to the vaporizer; mixing the remainder stream outflowed from the vaporizer with the cold fluid outflowed from the cold side of the heat exchanger to form a combined fuel stream; and providing the combined fuel stream to the heat exchanger as a warm fluid on a warm side of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicants: CHINA ENERGY INVESTMENT CORPORATION LIMITED, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CLEAN-AND-LOW-CARBON ENERGY
    Inventors: Xianming Jimmy LI, Edward YOUN, Jeff PICKLES, Surinder SINGH
  • Publication number: 20200158288
    Abstract: A method for dispensing liquefied fuel, the method including: providing a non-petroleum fuel as a liquefied fuel to a storage tank; increasing pressure of the liquefied fuel to a target pressure using a pump disposed within the storage tank, where a first portion of the liquefied fuel is bypassed around or at least partially around a heat exchanger, and a second portion of the liquefied fuel is discharged to the heat exchanger, where the heat exchanger is configured to warm the second portion of the liquefied fuel. A dispenser is provided that incorporates a control system that allows coordinated fueling of one or more vehicles simultaneously, where the heat exchanger uses only the fuel itself without external refrigeration to manage final dispensing temperature and the fueling station does not include a storage subsystem disposed between the pump and the dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CLEAN-AND-LOW-CARBON ENERGY
    Inventors: Xianming Jimmy LI, Jeff PICKLES, Edward YOUN, Jeff ALLEN, Anthony KU, Cullen HALL