US 11,841,098 B2
Wireless connection safety break device
Tim Schroeder, St. Louis, MO (US); and Arthur C. Fink, Londell, MO (US)
Filed by Tim Schroeder, St. Louis, MO (US); and Arthur C. Fink, Londell, MO (US)
Filed on Apr. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/873,407.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/920,268, filed on Apr. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0332935 A1, Oct. 22, 2020
Int. Cl. F16L 29/00 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); F16K 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 29/00 (2013.01) [G08C 17/02 (2013.01); F16K 15/00 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless communication safety break device for a dispenser for dispensing of fuel to a vehicle at a station, comprising:
an upper safety break portion having a fuel inlet, and an upper portion check valve, an upper portion communications device, and an upper contact point or switch, wherein said upper portion communication device is encased within the upper safety break portion;
a lower safety break portion having a fuel outlet, a lower portion check valve, a lower portion contact point or switch, and a locator device, wherein said locator device is a nano GPS module, and is encased within the lower safety break portion;
a shut-off switch provided in the dispenser; and
a fuel dispensing nozzle that is operatively associated with the dispenser;
a microcontroller operatively associated with the upper portion communications device, said microcontroller including software programmed to stop a gasoline dispensing transaction instantly, and to signal the shut-off switch to stop flow of fuel from the dispenser, when a driver has inadvertently driven off with the fuel dispensing nozzle still located within a fill pipe of the vehicle causing the upper safety break portion and lower safety break portion to separate; and
wherein said lower safety break portion incorporating said locator device initiates a global positioning system module to transmit a signal to the station as to the location of the separated lower safety break portion due to the driver inadvertently having driven off with the nozzle still located within the fill pipe of the vehicle.