Patents by Inventor Michael Meredith

Michael Meredith 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: 11124407
    Abstract: A distribution station includes a mobile trailer, a pump on the mobile trailer, at least one manifold on the mobile trailer and fluidly connected with the pump, a plurality of reels on the mobile trailer, and at least one fluid storage tank extending under the reels. A plurality of hoses are connected with a different one of the reels. A plurality of valves on the mobile trailer are situated between the at least one manifold and a respective different one of the reels. A plurality of fluid level sensors are associated with a different one of the hoses, and a controller is configured to individually open and close the valves responsive to the fluid level sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: FUEL AUTOMATION STATION, LLC.
    Inventors: Michael Meredith, Garrett Walther
  • Publication number: 20200062577
    Abstract: A distribution station includes a mobile trailer, a pump on the mobile trailer, at least one manifold on the mobile trailer and fluidly connected with the pump, a plurality of reels on the mobile trailer, and at least one fluid storage tank extending under the reels. A plurality of hoses are connected with a different one of the reels. A plurality of valves on the mobile trailer are situated between the at least one manifold and a respective different one of the reels. A plurality of fluid level sensors are associated with a different one of the hoses, and a controller is configured to individually open and close the valves responsive to the fluid level sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Meredith, Garrett Walther
  • Patent number: 8468840
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems are disclosed for supplying gas from a multi-container Bulk Specialty Gases Supply System wherein at least one process parameter is automatically monitored to prevent over-filling of at least a first and second container without operator intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Praxair Technology
    Inventors: Kenneth Leroy Burgers, Stephen Chesters, Justin Cole Germond, Edward Pryor, Jack W. Erb, Keith Randall Pace, Brian Michael Meredith
  • Patent number: 7708028
    Abstract: A high pressure storage and delivery system having a fail-safe vacuum actuated valve is provided. In particular, through the innovative design of the vacuum actuated check valve, the system can accommodate up to three times the volume of product in similar size cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Lloyd Anthony Brown, Scott Lawrence Cooper, Douglas Charles Heiderman, Brian Michael Meredith
  • Publication number: 20100018249
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems are disclosed for supplying gas from a multi-container BSGS system wherein at least one process parameter is automatically monitored to prevent over-filling of at least a first and second container without operator intervention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Kenneth Leroy Burgers, Stephen Chesters, Justin Cole Germond, Edward Pryor, Jack W. Erb, Keith Randall Pace, Brian Michael Meredith
  • Patent number: 7423010
    Abstract: This invention provides novel methods and reagents for specifically delivering biologically active compounds to phagocytic mammalian cells. The invention also relates to specific uptake of such biologically active compounds by phagocytic cells and delivery of such compounds to specific sites intracellularly. The invention specifically relates to methods of facilitating the entry of antiviral and antimicrobial drugs and other agents into phagocytic cells and for targeting such compounds to specific organelles within the cell. The invention specifically provides compositions of matter and pharmaceutical embodiments of such compositions comprising conjugates of such antimicrobial drugs and agents covalently linked to particulate carriers generally termed microparticles. In particular embodiments, the antimicrobial drug is covalently linked to a microparticle via a cleavable linker moiety that is non-specifically cleaved in a phagocytic cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Oregon Health & Science University
    Inventors: Milton Yatvin, Michael Stowell, Vincent Gallicchio, Michael Meredith
  • Publication number: 20080135104
    Abstract: A high pressure storage and delivery system having a fail-safe vacuum actuated valve is provided. In particular, through the innovative design of the vacuum actuated check valve, the system can accommodate up to three times the volume of product in similar size cylinders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Scott Lawrence Cooper, Lloyd Anthony Brown, Douglas Charles Heiderman, Brian Michael Meredith
  • Publication number: 20060008461
    Abstract: This invention provides novel methods and reagents for specifically delivering biologically active compounds to phagocytic mammalian cells. The invention also relates to specific uptake of such biologically active compounds by phagocytic cells and delivery of such compounds to specific sites intracellularly. The invention specifically relates to methods of facilitating the entry of antiviral and antimicrobial drugs and other agents into phagocytic cells and for targeting such compounds to specific organelles within the cell. The invention specifically provides compositions of matter and pharmaceutical embodiments of such compositions comprising conjugates of such antimicrobial drugs and agents covalently linked to particulate carriers generally termed microparticles. In particular embodiments, the antimicrobial drug is covalently linked to a microparticle via a cleavable linker moiety that is non-specifically cleaved in a phagocytic cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Milton Yatvin, Michael Stowell, Vincent Gallicchio, Michael Meredith
  • Patent number: 6668581
    Abstract: A system for providing industrial gas to a use point in relatively small quantities that would otherwise require the use of high pressure gas cylinders, wherein industrial gas is generated from a feed, liquefied using refrigeration generated by a refrigeration system, and stored in a storage vessel prior to provision to the use point. The preferred refrigeration system is a pulse tube system powered by gas associated with the industrial gas generation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Arun Acharya, John Henri Royal, Raymond Paul Roberge, Bayram Arman, Brian Michael Meredith
  • Patent number: 5989312
    Abstract: A membrane system controller and control method for maximizing retentate product output and incorporating compressor load detection apparatus and process parameter instrumentation for feeding essential monitoring information to a control unit. Product output maximization is accomplished by increasing the membrane operating temperature during periods when compressor capacity is underutilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Charles Barnhard, Brian Michael Meredith, Edward Holmes Zander
  • Patent number: 5924077
    Abstract: An electronic storage and computing system wherein raw point of sale data is transformed into a predefined standardized configuration from which object values representing select business activities are derived and compared to predefined reference values for the selected activities. The system includes an electronic storage device for storing raw point of sale data, a data interpreter for transforming the raw data into a predefined standardized configuration, and a processor for deriving object values from the transformed data according to a set of mathematical/relational functions, the object values being representative of selected business activities, and comparing the object values to predefined reference values for the selected business activities. The data interpreter operates according to a set of control programs to selectively transfer point of sale data from a set of raw databases into a set of standard databases having a predefined standardized configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Sapient Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: David Beach, Donald Braden, Paul L. George, Michael Meredith