US 12,358,779 B2
Product delivery systems for liquid product transport vehicles and methods of loading liquid products using the same
Randy Donald Robinson, Smithville, MO (US); Mark William Dudley, Kansas City, MO (US); Steven D. Gramling, Olathe, KS (US); Richard Lee Henderson, Leawood, KS (US); and Francis V. Stemporzewski, Jr., Salem, NH (US)
Assigned to Knappco, LLC, Hamilton, OH (US)
Filed by Knappco, LLC, Hamilton, OH (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/649,119.
Application 18/649,119 is a continuation of application No. 17/997,083, granted, now 11,999,608, previously published as PCT/US2021/026829, filed on Apr. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/018,741, filed on May 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0279046 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B67D 7/14 (2010.01); B60P 3/22 (2006.01); B67D 7/04 (2010.01); B67D 7/30 (2010.01); B67D 7/32 (2010.01); B67D 7/34 (2010.01); B67D 7/78 (2010.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01)
CPC B67D 7/145 (2013.01) [B60P 3/228 (2013.01); B67D 7/04 (2013.01); B67D 7/303 (2013.01); B67D 7/3209 (2013.01); B67D 7/342 (2013.01); B67D 7/78 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A product delivery system, comprising:
a system controller communicatively coupled to a valve and a network interface device, the system controller comprising a processor and a storage medium containing computer readable and executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the system controller to automatically:
establish a communication path between the network interface device and a loading system at a loading station, a fleet management system, a cloud system, or combinations of these;
receive a shipping volume from the loading system, the fleet management system, or the cloud system, wherein the shipping volume is a volume of a liquid product scheduled to be loaded into a tank compartment;
compare the shipping volume to a tank compartment volume of the tank compartment, wherein the tank compartment volume is a total volume of the tank compartment and the tank compartment volume is stored in the storage medium;
maintain the valve in a normally locked state based on the comparison of the shipping volume and the tank compartment volume to prevent a flow of the liquid product to be loaded into the tank compartment; and
transition the valve from the normally locked state to an unlocked state based on the comparison of the shipping volume and the tank compartment volume, thereby permitting the flow of the liquid product to be loaded into the tank compartment.