Patents by Inventor Michael Benjamin Brooks

Michael Benjamin Brooks 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: 11713569
    Abstract: A stormwater treatment device includes a tank defining an internal volume and having an inlet and an outlet, a rotatable screen unit mounted within the tank, the rotatable screen unit being barrel-shaped to define a through path with an inlet end and an outlet end. The rotatable screen unit includes a screen structure with a plurality of screening openings for allowing passage of at least some water from the through path outwardly through the screen structure while inhibiting passage of trash items through the screen structure such that trash items move along the through path from the inlet end to the outlet end. The rotatable screen unit includes a plurality of external drive paddles that rotate with the screen structure and that interact with water that has been screened by passing outwardly through the screen structure interacts with the external drive paddles to cause rotation of the rotatable screen unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: CONTECH ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jordan Douglas Scott, Mathew Edward Bauer, Michael Benjamin Brooks
  • Publication number: 20230219021
    Abstract: A stormwater treatment device includes a tank defining an internal volume and having an inlet and an outlet, a rotatable screen unit mounted within the tank, the rotatable screen unit defining a through path with an inlet end and an outlet end. The rotatable screen unit includes a screen structure with a plurality of screening openings for allowing passage of at least some stormwater from the through path outwardly through the screen structure while inhibiting passage of at least some trash items through the screen structure such that the trash items move along the through path from the inlet end to the outlet end. The stormwater treatment device may include both a normal treatment flow path and one or more bypass treatment flow paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Jordan Douglas Scott, Mathew Edward Bauer, Michael Benjamin Brooks, Lindsey Blaire
  • Publication number: 20220049486
    Abstract: A stormwater treatment device includes a tank defining an internal volume and having an inlet and an outlet, a rotatable screen unit mounted within the tank, the rotatable screen unit being barrel-shaped to define a through path with an inlet end and an outlet end. The rotatable screen unit includes a screen structure with a plurality of screening openings for allowing passage of at least some water from the through path outwardly through the screen structure while inhibiting passage of trash items through the screen structure such that trash items move along the through path from the inlet end to the outlet end. The rotatable screen unit includes a plurality of external drive paddles that rotate with the screen structure and that interact with water that has been screened by passing outwardly through the screen structure interacts with the external drive paddles to cause rotation of the rotatable screen unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jordan Douglas Scott, Mathew Edward Bauer, Michael Benjamin Brooks