Patents by Inventor Steven Ruble

Steven Ruble 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).

  • Reusable or refillable container for dispensing motor oil
    Patent number: 12269729
    Abstract: A motor oil change system includes refillable motor oil containers and one or more motor oil refill systems. Each of the one or more oil refill systems includes a user interface configured to receive data that allows for determination of a type and an amount of motor oil for a refill. The motor oil change system further includes a dispenser configured to dispense the motor oil into one of the refillable motor oil containers based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: VGP IPCO LLC
    Inventors: Karl Kocher, Thomas Golinski, Steven Ruble
  • REUSABLE OR REFILLABLE CONTAINER FOR DISPENSING MOTOR OIL
    Publication number: 20240253970
    Abstract: A motor oil change system includes refillable motor oil containers and one or more motor oil refill systems. Each of the one or more oil refill systems includes a user interface configured to receive data that allows for determination of a type and an amount of motor oil for a refill. The motor oil change system further includes a dispenser configured to dispense the motor oil into one of the refillable motor oil containers based on the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Karl Kocher, Thomas Golinski, Steven Ruble
  • Combination tire sidewall protectant dispenser and applicator
    Patent number: 7658565
    Abstract: A tire applicator for applying treatment fluid to sidewall of a vehicle tire, which is constructed with an applicator head including a dispenser housing having a bottom bearing surface and an applicator pad affixed thereto, and which may be configured to complementally and releasably receive an associated container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Ashland Licensing And Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Colburn, Frederick Large, Dan Anderson, Wen-Chen Su, Steven Ruble, Mark D. Koenig, Brooke T. Baxter, William R. Bucknam, Jr.
  • Combination tire sidewall protectant dispenser and applicator
    Publication number: 20060062629
    Abstract: A tire applicator for applying treatment fluid to sidewall of a vehicle tire, which is constructed with an applicator head including a dispenser housing having a bottom bearing surface and an applicator pad affixed thereto, and which may be configured to complementally and releasably receive an associated container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Todd Colburn, Frederick Large, Dan Anderson, Wen-Chen Su, Steven Ruble, Mark Koenig, Brooke Baxter, William Bucknam
  • Automotive interior liquid applicator
    Publication number: 20050135868
    Abstract: An applicator device for applying treatment fluid to various interior surfaces such as those found in an automobile, which is constructed with an applicator head including a housing and a flow chamber and an applicator pad affixed to the housing. The applicator head is further configured to complementally and releasably receive an associated fluid container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Wen-Chen Su, Todd Colburn, Frederick Large, Dan Anderson, Steven Ruble, Mark Koenig, Brooke Baxter, William Bucknam
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D863967
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Valvoline Licensing & Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Steven Ruble, Joseph Kasper, Mark Borger, Michael J Kelly
  • Flexible oil pouch
    Patent number: D912527
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: VALVOLINE LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Golinski, Matthew Erb, Steven Ruble
  • Flexible oil pouch
    Patent number: D916599
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: VALVOLINE LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Golinski, Matthew Erb, Steven Ruble