US 12,080,144 B2
Long range device failure communication system
Abdelallah Ahmed, Thousand Oaks, CA (US); Jeffrey A. Mays, Woodland Hills, CA (US); John C. Vega, III, Camarillo, CA (US); Shinjiro Miyata, Malibu, CA (US); and David F. Morrison, II, Hesperia, CA (US)
Assigned to GTI ENERGY, Des Plaines, IL (US)
Filed by GTI ENERGY, Des Plaines, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/899,775.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/238,986, filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0060163 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G08B 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 21/18 (2013.01) 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for communicating pipeline operation failure, comprising:
a flow detector;
a long range communication transmitter; and
a controller in combination with the flow detector and the long range communication transmitter, wherein the controller communicates an alarm upon detecting a predetermined gas flow, and the controller includes a timer configured to time a pipeline flow monitored by the flow detector;
wherein the flow detector is disposed within the pipeline flow upstream of a pneumatic valve to detect actuation of the pneumatic valve, the timer is started upon the actuation of the pneumatic valve, and the alarm is transmitted upon the timer exceeding a predetermined value without a detected pipeline flow reduction to the pneumatic valve.