Control systems for liquid product delivery vehicles

    公开(公告)号:US12037237B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-16

    申请号:US18370665

    申请日:2023-09-20

    申请人: Knappco, LLC

    摘要: A product delivery vehicle system includes a product delivery vehicle with at least one tank compartment. The system includes an internal valve fluidly coupled to the tank compartment, a control valve, and an air system comprising a main air valve and a solenoid valve fluidly coupled to the main air valve and to the internal valve. The solenoid valve is operable to open and close the internal valve. The system includes an electronic control unit communicatively coupled to the control valve, the main air valve, and the solenoid valve. The system includes a tank tag reader operable to read a tank tag and transmit a tank tag indicator associated with the tank tag, the tank tag indicator indicative of a stored liquid type in a distribution tank. The electronic control unit may maintain the internal valve closed and the control valve locked when a product type mismatch is detected.

    Distributed fuel sentry system with relayed communication

    公开(公告)号:US12030769B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-09

    申请号:US17540791

    申请日:2021-12-02

    IPC分类号: B67D7/14 B67D7/16 B67D7/22

    CPC分类号: B67D7/145 B67D7/16 B67D7/228

    摘要: A fuel dispensing system includes a fuel tank, a pump that pumps fuel from the fuel tank, and a fuel sentry controlling pumping of the fuel from the fuel tank. The fuel sentry includes a processor, storage storing configuration data, a communication module, and memory operatively coupled to the processor, the storage, and the communication module. The memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive, from an external device and via the communication module, a request to perform a fuel dispensing operation from the at least one fuel tank, determine, based on the configuration data stored in the storage, whether a user of the external device is authorized to perform the fuel dispensing operation from the at least one fuel tank, and in response to determining that that user is authorized to perform the fuel dispensing operation from the at least one fuel tank, transmit power to the pump from a power source to allow the user to pump fuel.

    AUTOMATED GASOLINE PUMP ATTACHMENT FOR COIN COUNTING AND VOUCHER DISPENSING

    公开(公告)号:US20230377063A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-23

    申请号:US18199039

    申请日:2023-05-18

    申请人: Diana Moon

    发明人: Diana Moon

    摘要: A system for pumping gasoline includes a gasoline pumping assembly including a gasoline dispenser configured to perform a fueling process for a fueling process cost and a voucher assembly communicably coupled to the gasoline pumping assembly. The voucher assembly can include a coin receiver configured to receive a plurality of coins of a total value from a user and a voucher dispenser configured to provide to the user a remaining balance via a voucher when the total value is greater than the fueling process cost. The voucher can be a physical or digital voucher and can represent a value of the difference between the total value and the fueling process cost. The voucher can be redeemable for later fuel purchases or at related establishments.

    Access control and metering of liquid storage tanks

    公开(公告)号:US11667513B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-06

    申请号:US16704584

    申请日:2019-12-05

    摘要: A fluid access and control system for controlling access to a fluid storage tank includes a pump, a valve, a communications device, and controller. The pump is configured to supply a fluid output from the fluid storage tank. The valve is configured to control the fluid output of the pump. The communications device is configured to communicate with both a portable electronic device and a remote server. The communications device receives an access request from the portable electric device and transmits the access request to the remote server for validation. The controller is configured to control the operation of the pump and valve as defined by control signals transmitted by the remote server and received by the communications device. The controller is further configured to activate the pump and open the valve when the access request has been validated by the remote server and a START switch is actuated.