Patents by Inventor Kyle KIRKER

Kyle KIRKER 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: 20190145351
    Abstract: A system for combusting volatile vapors includes a carburetor having intake valves for receiving base fuel from a fuel source, ambient combustion air, and volatile vapors from a vapor source. A plurality of sensors measure and generate sensor data based on a respective plurality of physical properties associated with the carburetor and associate combustion engine operation. One or more programmable controllers receive the sensor data and control the intake valves to regulate respective ratios of the fuel, air, volatile vapors drawn through the carburetor based on the received sensor data. To increase the burn of volatile vapors, an engine loading system automatically operated by the controller(s) applies an automatically adjustable braking load on the engine. The load level applied is based on the sensor data and commensurate with maintaining stable engine running conditions. The loading system decreases time necessary to remediate a site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: Evoqua Water Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Gerard Willem Smiddy, Frank Leslie Smiddy, Kyle Kirker
  • Patent number: 10138845
    Abstract: A system for combusting volatile vapors includes a carburetor having intake valves for receiving base fuel from a fuel source, ambient combustion air, and volatile vapors from a vapor source. A plurality of sensors measure and generate sensor data based on a respective plurality of physical properties associated with the carburetor and associate combustion engine operation. One or more programmable controllers receive the sensor data and control the intake valves to regulate respective ratios of the fuel, air, volatile vapors drawn through the carburetor based on the received sensor data. To increase the burn of volatile vapors, an engine loading system automatically operated by the controller(s) applies an automatically adjustable braking load on the engine. The load level applied is based on the sensor data and commensurate with maintaining stable engine running conditions. The loading system decreases time necessary to remediate a site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventors: Gerard Willem Smiddy, Frank Leslie Smiddy, Kyle Kirker
  • Publication number: 20180156161
    Abstract: A system for combusting volatile vapors includes a carburetor having intake valves for receiving base fuel from a fuel source, ambient combustion air, and volatile vapors from a vapor source. A plurality of sensors measure and generate sensor data based on a respective plurality of physical properties associated with the carburetor and associate combustion engine operation. One or more programmable controllers receive the sensor data and control the intake valves to regulate respective ratios of the fuel, air, volatile vapors drawn through the carburetor based on the received sensor data. To increase the burn of volatile vapors, an engine loading system automatically operated by the controller(s) applies an automatically adjustable braking load on the engine. The load level applied is based on the sensor data and commensurate with maintaining stable engine running conditions. The loading system decreases time necessary to remediate a site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Gerard Willem Smiddy, Frank Leslie Smiddy, Kyle Kirker
  • Patent number: 9885317
    Abstract: A system for combusting volatile vapors includes a carburetor having intake valves for receiving base fuel from a fuel source, ambient combustion air, and volatile vapors from a vapor source. A plurality of sensors measure and generate sensor data based on a respective plurality of physical properties associated with the carburetor and associate combustion engine operation. One or more programmable controllers receive the sensor data and control the intake valves to regulate respective ratios of the fuel, air, volatile vapors drawn through the carburetor based on the received sensor data. To increase the burn of volatile vapors, an engine loading system automatically operated by the controller(s) applies an automatically adjustable braking load on the engine. The load level applied is based on the sensor data and commensurate with maintaining stable engine running conditions. The loading system decreases time necessary to remediate a site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Inventors: Gerard Willem Smiddy, Frank Leslie Smiddy, Kyle Kirker
  • Patent number: 9777675
    Abstract: A system for combusting volatile vapors includes: a carburetor having intake valves for receiving fuel from a fuel source, air from an external air intake, and volatile vapors from a vapor source, the carburetor configured to discharge a combustion mixture into a combustion engine; a plurality of sensors configured to generate sensor data based on a respective plurality of physical properties associated with the carburetor and the combustion engine; a programmable controller configured to receive the sensor data as input from each of the plurality of sensors and to control the intake valves to regulate respective ratios of the fuel, air, and the volatile vapors drawn through the carburetor in response to the received sensor data; and a display operatively coupled to the programmable controller to display at least a real-time portion of the sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Inventors: Gerard Willem Smiddy, Frank Leslie Smiddy, Kyle Kirker
  • Publication number: 20170268462
    Abstract: A system for combusting volatile vapors includes a carburetor having intake valves for receiving base fuel from a fuel source, ambient combustion air, and volatile vapors from a vapor source. A plurality of sensors measure and generate sensor data based on a respective plurality of physical properties associated with the carburetor and associate combustion engine operation. One or more programmable controllers receive the sensor data and control the intake valves to regulate respective ratios of the fuel, air, volatile vapors drawn through the carburetor based on the received sensor data. To increase the burn of volatile vapors, an engine loading system automatically operated by the controller(s) applies an automatically adjustable braking load on the engine. The load level applied is based on the sensor data and commensurate with maintaining stable engine running conditions. The loading system decreases time necessary to remediate a site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Gerard Willem Smiddy, Frank Leslie Smiddy, Kyle Kirker
  • Publication number: 20170101964
    Abstract: A system for combusting volatile vapors includes: a carburetor having intake valves for receiving fuel from a fuel source, air from an external air intake, and volatile vapors from a vapor source, the carburetor configured to discharge a combustion mixture into a combustion engine; a plurality of sensors configured to generate sensor data based on a respective plurality of physical properties associated with the carburetor and the combustion engine; a programmable controller configured to receive the sensor data as input from each of the plurality of sensors and to control the intake valves to regulate respective ratios of the fuel, air, and the volatile vapors drawn through the carburetor in response to the received sensor data; and a display operatively coupled to the programmable controller to display at least a real-time portion of the sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Gerard Willem Smiddy, Frank Leslie Smiddy, Kyle Kirker
  • Patent number: 9523330
    Abstract: A system for combusting volatile vapors includes: a carburetor having intake valves for receiving fuel from a fuel source, an from an external an intake, and volatile vapors from a vapor source, the carburetor configured to discharge a combustion mixture into a combustion engine; a plurality of sensors configured to generate sensor data based on a respective plurality of physical properties associated with the carburetor and the combustion engine; a programmable controller configured to receive the sensor data as input from each of the plurality of sensors and to control the intake valves to regulate respective ratios of the fuel, air, and the volatile vapors drawn through the carburetor in response to the received sensor data; and a display operatively coupled to the programmable controller to display at least a real-time portion of the sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Inventors: Gerard Willem Smiddy, Frank Leslie Smiddy, Kyle Kirker
  • Publication number: 20140331977
    Abstract: A system for combusting volatile vapors includes: a carburetor having intake valves for receiving fuel from a fuel source, an from an external an intake, and volatile vapors from a vapor source, the carburetor configured to discharge a combustion mixture into a combustion engine; a plurality of sensors configured to generate sensor data based on a respective plurality of physical properties associated with the carburetor and the combustion engine; a programmable controller configured to receive the sensor data as input from each of the plurality of sensors and to control the intake valves to regulate respective ratios of the fuel, an and the volatile Vapors drawn through the carburetor in response to the received sensor data; and a display operatively coupled to the programmable controller to display at least a real-time portion of the sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: ProAct Services Corporation
    Inventors: Gerard Willem SMIDDY, Frank Leslie SMIDDY, Kyle KIRKER