Patents by Inventor Liam Sean Feeney

Liam Sean Feeney 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).

  • Patent number: 11305099
    Abstract: A bi-stable popper valve and a device for detecting blockage in a flow of a fluid are provided. The valve includes a membrane supporting two conformations: in a first conformation the membrane is convex in relation the upstream fluid, and in a second conformation the membrane can be concave in relation to the upstream fluid, such that in the first conformation the flow of the fluid through the membrane is prevented and in the second conformation the flow of the fluid through the membrane is permitted through a pore defined by the membrane in only the second conformation. The membrane changes from the first conformation to the second responsive to a pressure of the fluid meeting or exceeding an opening pressure value of the membrane. A sensor can detect a shift from the first conformation to the second conformation, indicating a flow, or absence of flow, of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: PopFlow, LLC
    Inventors: Scott C. Mitchell, David Frederick Bauer, Alexander Joel Crain, Alexandra Payne Hamlin, Eldred Lee, Hunter Johnstone, Liam Sean Feeney