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US 12,434,959 B2Granted
Fuel delivery system having a hose end valve
AssigneeMarshall Excelsior Company
InventorsJonathan W. Sanders, Jeffrey A. Brown, James C. Zuck
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Abstract
A fuel delivery system and method for controlling a fuel delivery system includes a fuel control device including a valve and an electronic sensor assembly integrated to the fuel control device and is arranged to detect an operational positioning of the valve, to generate a record of the real-time activation of the valve, and to compare records of real-time activation against a schedule of fuel deliveries to detect unauthorized fuel access.
Claims10
A fuel delivery system comprising:
- a supply tank;
- a controller associated with the supply tank;
- a hose in fluid communication with the supply tank;
- a fluid control device in fluid communication with the hose and disposed at an end of the hose opposite the supply tank;
- wherein the fluid control device comprises a valve for selectively controlling fluid flow through the fluid control device and an electronic sensor assembly detecting an operating position of the valve;
- wherein the valve comprises a seal body and a main seal, the valve arranged to selectively dispose the seal body in contact with the main seal in a closed configuration and selectively dispose the seal body spaced apart from the main seal in an open configuration;
- wherein the electronic sensor assembly is arranged to detect the operating position of the seal body relative to the main seal;
- and
- wherein the controller and the electronic sensor assembly are configured to operate in combination to:
- detect, with the electronic sensor assembly, a valve actuation;
- generate, with the electronic sensor assembly, a first data record representative of a real-time event of the valve actuation;
- and
- compare, with the controller, the first data record with a data representing a schedule of fuel deliveries.
10 more elements
A method of controlling a fuel delivery system, said method comprising the steps of:
- detecting, with an electronic sensor assembly integrated to a fluid control device, an actuation of the fluid control device;
- automatically generating, with the electronic sensor assembly, a first data record representing a real-time event of the actuation of the fluid control device;
- storing, with the electronic sensor assembly, the first data record;
- detecting, with the electronic sensor assembly, a deactivation of the fluid control device;
- automatically generating with the electronic sensor assembly, a second data record representing a real-time event of the fluid control device;
- storing, with the electronic sensor assembly, the second data record;
- generating a third data record representing a duration of fluid control device activation;
- storing, with the electronic sensor assembly, the third data record;
- and
- comparing one of the first data record, the second data record, or the third data records with a data representing a schedule of fuel deliveries;
- wherein the fluid control device comprises a valve arranged to selectively dispose a seal body in contact with a main seal in a closed configuration and selectively dispose the seal body spaced apart from the main seal in an open configuration and wherein the electronic sensor assembly is arranged to detect a positioning of the seal body relative to the main seal.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.