Patents by Inventor John Francis Larkin

John Francis Larkin 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).

  • Fuel station operations controller and method to control fuel station operation
    Patent number: 11580811
    Abstract: A fuel station controller to dispense fuel and drinks, a fuel station including the fuel station controller, and a product management subsystem including sensors communicatively coupled with the fuel station controller. The controller includes a housing comprising product modules having connectors adapted to connect conductors from an ingestible product dispenser, wherein the controller is communicatively coupled with the product modules and comprises processing instructions operable to receive a value indicative of a quantity of an ingestible product in a box to be dispensed by the ingestible product dispenser and to generate an empty box alert if the value is below an empty box setpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Franklin Fueling Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Martin L. Turnidge, Randall S. Boucher, Vitaliy Demin, Timothy Dyson, John J. Gillis, Adam Main, George A. Risch, John Francis Larkin
  • FUEL STATION OPERATIONS CONTROLLER AND METHOD TO CONTROL FUEL STATION OPERATION
    Publication number: 20210327202
    Abstract: A fuel station controller to dispense fuel and drinks, a fuel station including the fuel station controller, and a product management subsystem including sensors communicatively coupled with the fuel station controller. The controller includes a housing comprising product modules having connectors adapted to connect conductors from an ingestible product dispenser, wherein the controller is communicatively coupled with the product modules and comprises processing instructions operable to receive a value indicative of a quantity of an ingestible product in a box to be dispensed by the ingestible product dispenser and to generate an empty box alert if the value is below an empty box setpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Martin L. Turnidge, Randall S. Boucher, Vitaliy Demin, Timothy Dyson, III, John J. Gillis, Adam Main, George A. Risch, John Francis Larkin, III