Patents by Inventor Lee Gibson

Lee 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).

  • Hydrant nozzle cap adapter
    Patent number: 11542690
    Abstract: Example aspects of a nozzle cap adapter, a nozzle cap assembly, and a method for method for mounting a nozzle cap to a fire hydrant nozzle are disclosed. The nozzle cap adapter can comprise an adapter ring defining a first adapter ring end, a second adapter ring end opposite the first adapter ring end, and an interior void extending from the first adapter ring end to the second adapter ring end; a nozzle connector extending from the second end of the adapter ring, the nozzle connector configured to rotatably engage a fire hydrant nozzle; and a latch coupled to the adapter ring and configured to removably lock the nozzle cap adapter onto the fire hydrant nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Daryl Lee Gibson, Timofey Sitnikov, Paul S. Gifford
  • OVER-PRESSURE PROTECTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220373002
    Abstract: An over-pressure protection system includes a main body housing defining a main body chamber configured to receive a fluid therein, wherein the main body housing comprises a spring, the main body housing configurable in a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration; and a pressure sensor configured to measure a fluid pressure of the fluid, the pressure sensor configurable in an activated mode and a deactivated mode; wherein, in the collapsed configuration, the spring biases main body housing inward at an intermediate point of the main body housing such that the main body housing defines a substantially hourglass shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Daryl Lee Gibson, Timofey Sitnikov, Bruce Robertson
  • Hydrant nozzle cap
    Patent number: 11473993
    Abstract: Example aspects of a nozzle cap for a fire hydrant and a method for manufacturing a nozzle cap to detect leaks in a fluid system are disclosed. The nozzle cap for a fire hydrant can comprise a cap body, the cap body comprising an inner housing and an outer housing, the outer housing defining a cavity; a vibration sensor received within the cavity and configured to detect leaks in a fluid system connected to the fire hydrant; and a metal insert contacting the vibration sensor and the inner housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Daryl Lee Gibson, William Mark O'Brien, Sebastien Perrier, Paul S. Gifford
  • NOZZLE CAP ENCAPSULATED ANTENNA SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220320721
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a nozzle cap, the method including attaching an antenna printed circuit board (“PCB”) strip to an inner cover surface of an antenna cover; and inserting the antenna cover into a scallop defined by a circumferential wall of a cap body to position the antenna PCB strip between the antenna cover and the circumferential wall, the circumferential wall defining an outer wall surface, the antenna cover covering the scallop, the scallop extending radially inward into the circumferential wall relative to a first portion and a second portion of the outer wall surface, the scallop circumferentially positioned between the first portion and the second portion of the outer wall surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Daryl Lee Gibson, William Mark O'Brien, Andrew Wallace, David James Carlos Dunn, Spencer L. Webb, Lian Jie Zhao, Igor Gorban, Mohammad Hassan Sobhani
  • HYDRANT MONITORING COMMUNICATIONS HUB
    Publication number: 20220305311
    Abstract: A communications hub for a hydrant can include a plug comprising a non-metallic material and configured to be sealably received within a plug bore defined in a flange of a bonnet of the hydrant, the flange separating an interior cavity of the hydrant from a bonnet cavity of the hydrant; a PCB; at least one battery in electrical communication with the PCB; and an antenna configured for wireless communication with a sensing device located within the interior cavity of the hydrant and in electrical communition with the PCB, the antenna able to receive a wireless signal from the sensing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Timofey Sitnikov, Paul S. Gifford, Carlos Stephen Moreno, Daryl Lee Gibson
  • HYDRANT CAP LEAK DETECTOR WITH ORIENTED SENSOR
    Publication number: 20220291073
    Abstract: A nozzle cap includes a cap body defining a cap axis, the cap body defining a circumferential wall extending circumferentially around the cap axis; and a vibration sensor including a shaft, the shaft defining a first end and a second end, the first end attached to the circumferential wall, the cap axis positioned closer to the second end than to the first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Daryl Lee Gibson, William Mark O'Brien, Bruce Robertson, Valentin Mirea Burtea, Kevin Adam Laven, Sebastien Perrier
  • Over-pressure protection system
    Patent number: 11441584
    Abstract: Example aspects of an over-pressure protection system and a method for operating an over-pressure protection system are disclosed. The over-pressure protection system can comprise a main body housing defining a main body chamber; a fluid received in the main body chamber, the fluid defining a fluid pressure; a pressure sensor configured to measure the fluid pressure of the fluid, the pressure sensor configurable in an activated mode and a deactivated mode; and a control system configured to place the pressure sensor in the deactivated mode when the fluid pressure is equal to or above a pre-determined threshold pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Daryl Lee Gibson, Timofey Sitnikov, Bruce Robertson
  • Hydrant cap leak detector with oriented sensor
    Patent number: 11422054
    Abstract: A hydrant assembly includes a fire hydrant including a barrel, the barrel defining a barrel axis extending from a top barrel end of the barrel to a bottom barrel end of the barrel; and a vibration sensor enclosed within the fire hydrant, the vibration sensor defining a sensor axis extending from a first sensor end of the vibration sensor to a second sensor end of the vibration sensor, the sensor axis defining an angle relative to the barrel axis, the angle less than ninety degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Daryl Lee Gibson, William Mark O'Brien, Bruce Robertson, Valentin Mircea Burtea, Kevin Adam Laven, Sebastien Perrier
  • SELF-CONTAINED HYDRANT MONITORING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220259840
    Abstract: A sensing device for a hydrant, the sensing device including a housing defining a portion of an operating stem of the hydrant; a sensor located entirely within the interior cavity of the hydrant body and configured to measure a property of a fluid of the fluid distribution system; and an antenna in communication with the sensor and positioned within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Timofey Sitnikov, Paul S. Gifford, Carlos Stephen Moreno, Diego Aguilera, Daryl Lee Gibson
  • Hydrant monitoring communications hub
    Patent number: 11400328
    Abstract: A method of processing measurements of a fluid inside a fluid distribution system includes receiving data wirelessly into a communications hub from a sensing device of a hydrant, the communications hub positioned inside a bonnet cavity of the hydrant, the communications hub including: a PCB; at least one battery in electrical communication with the PCB; and a first antenna in electrical communication with the PCB; a second antenna in electrical communication with the PCB; and transmitting the data to the second antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Timofey Sitnikov, Paul S. Gifford, Carlos Stephen Moreno, Daryl Lee Gibson
  • Hydrant nozzle cap
    Patent number: 11378481
    Abstract: Example aspects of a nozzle cap for a fire hydrant and a method for manufacturing a nozzle cap to detect leaks in a fluid system are disclosed. The nozzle cap for a fire hydrant can comprise a cap body, the cap body comprising an inner housing and an outer housing, the outer housing defining a cavity; a vibration sensor received within the cavity and configured to detect leaks in a fluid system connected to the fire hydrant; and a metal insert contacting the vibration sensor and the inner housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Daryl Lee Gibson, William Mark O'Brien, Sebastien Perrier, Paul S. Gifford
  • Hydrant cap leak detector with oriented sensor
    Patent number: 11378482
    Abstract: A hydrant assembly includes a fire hydrant including a barrel, the barrel defining a barrel axis extending from a top barrel end of the barrel to a bottom barrel end of the barrel; and a vibration sensor enclosed within the fire hydrant, the vibration sensor defining a sensor axis extending from a first sensor end of the vibration sensor to a second sensor end of the vibration sensor, the sensor axis defining an angle relative to the barrel axis, the angle less than ninety degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Daryl Lee Gibson, William Mark O'Brien, Bruce Robertson, Valentin Mircea Burtea, Kevin Adam Laven, Sebastien Perrier
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D961208
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Lee Gibson
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D964723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Lee Gibson
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D977795
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Lee Gibson
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D977801
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Dylan Petrenka, Joël Ryp Greenspan, Lee Gibson
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D977809
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Lee Gibson
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D977812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Lee Gibson
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D977814
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Lee Gibson
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D977815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Lee Gibson