Patents by Inventor Van Malan

Van Malan 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).

  • SYSTEMS, METHOD AND DEVICES FOR MONITORING FLUIDS
    Publication number: 20110232380
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for detecting leaks in a fluid vessel. The apparatus comprises a pressure sensor for measuring a pressure difference between a reference cell and a sample cell. The sample cell is open to the fluid vessel. The method and apparatus detects a leak in the fluid vessel when the pressure difference exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Richard A. DEVERSE, Van Malan, Andreas Coppi, William G. Fateley, Frank Geshwind
  • Devices, methods and systems for fuel monitoring
    Publication number: 20080053202
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices, methods and systems for the measurement of fuel composition and the detection and measurement of phase separation in fuel storage tanks. An embodiment measures optical and/or electrical impedance spectral features of the fuel by a series of sensors placed at a series of heights within a fuel storage tank. Embodiments are disclosed to measure aspects of the water, ethanol and gasoline content as well as other constituents of a fuel mixture, as well as the onset of the two phase event and the completed extent of the water intrusion into the system in concert with the level at which the layers exist in a fuel container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Vladimir Rohklin, Richard Deverse, Van Malan, Paul Troy, Andreas Coppi, Ronald Coifman, Frank Geshwind, Ed Kearns, William Fateley
  • Systems, method and devices for monitoring fluids
    Publication number: 20080019874
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for detecting leaks in a fluid vessel. The apparatus comprises a pressure sensor for measuring a pressure difference between a reference cell and a sample cell. The sample cell is open to the fluid vessel. The method and apparatus detects a leak in the fluid vessel when the pressure difference exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Richard Deverse, Van Malan, Andreas Coppi, William Fateley, Frank Geshwind
  • Systems, method and devices for monitoring fluids
    Publication number: 20060110292
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for detecting leaks in a fluid vessel. The apparatus comprises a pressure sensor for measuring a pressure difference between a reference cell and a sample cell. The sample cell is open to the fluid vessel. The method and apparatus detects a leak in the fluid vessel when the pressure difference exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Richard Deverse, Van Malan, Andreas Coppi, William Fateley, Frank Geshwind