Patents by Inventor Kip EARDLEY

Kip EARDLEY 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).

  • Systems and methods for transportation of waxy crude
    Patent number: 10822222
    Abstract: A method of transporting waxy crude hydrocarbon includes: providing a container having an internal chamber with at least one port for receiving flowable waxy crude, wherein the container is provided at a refinery location; filling the internal chamber of the container with a filling system for loading the waxy crude hydrocarbon into the container; allowing the waxy crude hydrocarbon to cool and solidify into a non-flowable state; transporting the container having the non-flowable waxy crude hydrocarbon with at least one transport vehicle, wherein the transporting is performed without actively heating the waxy crude hydrocarbon with an active heating system, wherein the transporting is along a transportation route having a beginning at the refinery location and an ending; heating the waxy crude hydrocarbon at the ending of the transportation route until flowable; and removing the flowable waxy crude hydrocarbon from the container with an emptying system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: TYR ENERGY UTAH LOGISTICS, LLC, A TEXAS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
    Inventors: Kip Eardley, Michael Walter
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF WAXY CRUDE
    Publication number: 20200002157
    Abstract: A method of transporting waxy crude hydrocarbon includes: providing a container having an internal chamber with at least one port for receiving flowable waxy crude, wherein the container is provided at a refinery location; filling the internal chamber of the container with a filling system for loading the waxy crude hydrocarbon into the container; allowing the waxy crude hydrocarbon to cool and solidify into a non-flowable state; transporting the container having the non-flowable waxy crude hydrocarbon with at least one transport vehicle, wherein the transporting is performed without actively heating the waxy crude hydrocarbon with an active heating system, wherein the transporting is along a transportation route having a beginning at the refinery location and an ending; heating the waxy crude hydrocarbon at the ending of the transportation route until flowable; and removing the flowable waxy crude hydrocarbon from the container with an emptying system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: TYR Energy Utah Logistics, LLC a Texas limited liability company
    Inventors: Kip EARDLEY, Michael Walter