Patents by Inventor Larry Ace Gibson

Larry Ace Gibson 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).

  • Retain overfill monitor with integrated over-vacuum and over-pressure detection
    Patent number: 7012536
    Abstract: A system for monitoring the conditions within the fuel storage compartments of a transport tank comprises an overfill pressure vacuum probe installed in each fuel storage compartment and which has a first sensor for detecting the presence of fuel at a predetermined level in the compartment, and a second sensor for detecting the pressure of a gaseous head above the fuel. A signal generator responsive to said first and second sensors produces a first signal representing a normal condition when the first sensor is not detecting fuel in the compartment at the predetermined level, a second signal when the second sensor detects a predetermined predetermined high pressure of the gaseous head, and a third signal when the second sensor detects a predetermined low pressure of the gaseous head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee A. McConnel, deceased, Colleen L. McConnel, legal representative, Jeffrey K. Hunter, Larry Ace Gibson
  • Retain overfill monitor with integrated over-vacuum and over-pressure detection
    Publication number: 20040085200
    Abstract: A system for monitoring the conditions within the fuel storage compartments of a transport tank comprises an overfill pressure vacuum probe installed in each fuel storage compartment and which has a first sensor for detecting the presence of fuel at a predetermined level in the compartment, and a second sensor for detecting the pressure of a gaseous head above the fuel. A signal generator responsive to said first and second sensors produces a first signal representing a normal condition when the first sensor is not detecting fuel in the compartment at the predetermined level, a second signal when the second sensor detects a predetermined predetermined high pressure of the gaseous head, and a third signal when the second sensor detects a predetermined low pressure of the gaseous head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Lee A. McConnel, Jeffrey K. Hunter, Larry Ace Gibson, Colleen L. McConnel