Patents by Inventor Thomas Cornille

Thomas Cornille 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: 9908122
    Abstract: A waste fluid containment and draining system may have a black waste water holding structure for holding black waste water and a grey waste water holding structure for holding grey waste water. First and second valves may be included for enabling selective emptying of the two holding structures. A macerator pump may be used which has an input in flow communication with both of the first and second valves. A discharge conduit may be in flow communication with an output of the macerator pump. A control subsystem may be in communication with the first and second valves and the macerator pump for controlling the first and second valves, together with the macerator pump, to enable selective pumping out of the holding structures by the macerator pump through the discharge conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: THETFORD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas Cornille, Timothy Schultz
  • Publication number: 20160023217
    Abstract: A waste fluid containment and draining system may have a black waste water holding structure for holding black waste water and a grey waste water holding structure for holding grey waste water. First and second valves may be included for enabling selective emptying of the two holding structures. A macerator pump may be used which has an input in flow communication with both of the first and second valves. A discharge conduit may be in flow communication with an output of the macerator pump. A control subsystem may be in communication with the first and second valves and the macerator pump for controlling the first and second valves, together with the macerator pump, to enable selective pumping out of the holding structures by the macerator pump through the discharge conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas CORNILLE, Timothy SCHULTZ, Greg EXNER
  • Patent number: 8516622
    Abstract: A sanitary system for a motor vehicle includes a bowl assembly, a base coupled to the bowl assembly and a mobile holding tank removably coupled to the toilet for receiving waste from the toilet and stowable within a storage area defined by the base. The sanitary system further includes a pumping arrangement having a first portion carried by the base and a cooperating second portion carried by the mobile holding tank. The first portion engages the second portion when the mobile holding tank is positioned within the storage area so as to define a fluid path from the mobile holding tank to a remote waste storage tank for pumping of waste from the mobile holding tank to the remote waste storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Thetford Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Schagen, Sander Dijkhoff, Marjan Van Breugel, Thomas Cornille
  • Publication number: 20070256221
    Abstract: A sanitary system for a motor vehicle includes a bowl assembly, a base coupled to the bowl assembly and a mobile holding tank removably coupled to the toilet for receiving waste from the toilet and stowable within a storage area defined by the base. The sanitary system further includes a pumping arrangement having a first portion carried by the base and a cooperating second portion carried by the mobile holding tank. The first portion engages the second portion when the mobile holding tank is positioned within the storage area so as to define a fluid path from the mobile holding tank to a remote waste storage tank for pumping of waste from the mobile holding tank to the remote waste storage tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Frank Schagen, Sander Dijkhoff, Marjan Van Breugel, Thomas Cornille
  • Patent number: D579533
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Thetford Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Cornille, Alessio Presti
  • Patent number: D654575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Thetford Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Cornille
  • Patent number: D654576
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Thetford Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Cornille