Patents by Inventor Steve Westmoreland

Steve Westmoreland 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).

  • Method and apparatus for compressing gases with a liquid system
    Patent number: 5387089
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for compressing gas. Two accumulators are alternately filled with gas from a gas-supplying conduit, and the gas is forced out of one end of the accumulators into a gas-receiving conduit by liquid forced into the other end of the accumulators. A reversible pump moves liquid from one accumulator to the other accumulator. The reversible pump is connected so that pump cavitation is prevented. The invention includes a switching system to switch liquid flow from one accumulator to the other accumulator. Liquid that leaks from the system may be resupplied using a liquid supply system that comprises a pressure container with a compressible element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Assignee: Tren Fuels, Inc.
    Inventors: John Stogner, Steve Westmoreland, Dan Kicker
  • Method and apparatus for compressing gases with a liquid system
    Patent number: 5169295
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for compressing gas. Two accumulators are alternately filled with gas from a gas-supplying conduit, and the gas is forced out of one end of the accumulators into a gas-receiving conduit by liquid forced into the other end of the accumulators. A reversible pump moves liquid from one accumulator to the other accumulator. The reversible pump is connected so that pump cavitation is prevented. The invention includes a switching system to switch liquid flow from one accumulator to the other accumulator. Liquid that leaks from the system may be resupplied using a liquid supply system that comprises a pressure container with a compressible element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Assignee: Tren.Fuels, Inc.
    Inventors: John Stogner, Steve Westmoreland, Dan J. Kicker