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Thomas K. Drube — 22 Patents

CHChart: 15 patents #2 of 79Top 3%
MVMve: 4 patents #5 of 24Top 25%
CIChart Industries: 2 patents #4 of 29Top 15%
MEMinnesota Valley Engineering: 1 patents #8 of 14Top 60%
Lakeville, MN: #32 of 513 inventorsTop 7%
Minnesota: #3,126 of 52,454 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Thomas K. Drube has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Chart. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in September 2022. Thomas K. Drube ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Thomas K. Drube in Lakeville, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2003.peak 71996: 1 patents19961998: 1 patents1999: 2 patents19992000: 1 patents2002: 1 patents20022003: 7 patents2004: 2 patents20042005: 1 patents2006: 2 patents20062017: 1 patents2018: 1 patents20182021: 1 patents2022: 1 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11435034 Tank systems with an insulation assembly Lyle Holsinger 2022-09-06
11174991 Cryogenic fluid dispensing system having a chilling reservoir Eric J. Thor, Paul Drube 2021-11-16
9885447 Metering system and method for cryogenic liquids Paul Drube 2018-02-06
9752727 Heat management system and method for cryogenic liquid dispensing systems Petr Zaruba 2017-09-05
7144228 Cryogenic fluid delivery system Claus Emmer, Jesse Gamble 2006-12-05 $5,102,000
7069730 Liquid and compressed natural gas dispensing system Claus Emmer, Jesse Gamble, Craig Daniel Zelasko 2006-07-04
6955095 Accurate cryogenic liquid dispenser Paul Drube, Claus Emmer, Gilbert J. Bily, Jesse Gamble 2005-10-18
6732594 Accurate cryogenic liquid dispenser Paul Drube, Claus Emmer, Gilbert J. Bily, Jesse Gamble 2004-05-11
6692034 Breakaway device for fueling stations Jesse Gamble, Gilbert J. Bily 2004-02-17
6640554 Containment module for transportable liquid natural gas dispensing station Claus Emmer 2003-11-04
6631615 Storage pressure and heat management system for bulk transfers of cryogenic liquids Claus Emmer 2003-10-14
6622758 Interlock for cryogenic liquid off-loading systems Claus Emmer 2003-09-23
6598423 Sacrificial cryogen gas liquefaction system Claus Emmer 2003-07-29
6595048 Accurate cryogenic liquid dispenser Paul Drube, Claus Emmer, Gilbert J. Bily, Jesse Gamble 2003-07-22
6581390 Cryogenic fluid delivery system Claus Emmer, Jesse Gamble 2003-06-24
6505470 System for detecting overflow of a tank Claus Emmer, Brian Bostrom 2003-01-14 $260,000
6382235 Device for over-pressure protection for a storage tank Brian Bostrom, Kristy M. Malecha, MATTHEW D. SASSE 2002-05-07 $981,000
6044647 Transfer system for cryogenic liquids Paul Drube, A. Duane Preston 2000-04-04
5954101 Mobile delivery and storage system for cryogenic fluids Paul Drube, Audrey Duane Preston, Claus Emmer, Jon R. Turner 1999-09-21
5924291 High pressure cryogenic fluid delivery system James M. Weiler, Audrey Duane Preston 1999-07-20
5787942 Float-type shut off device for a cryogenic storage tank Duane Preston, Paul Drube 1998-08-04
5542255 High temperature resistant thermal insulation for cryogenic tanks Duane Preston 1996-08-06

Frequent Collaborators

Claus Emmer12 shared
Paul Drube8 shared
Jesse Gamble7 shared
Gilbert J. Bily4 shared
Duane Preston2 shared
Audrey Duane Preston2 shared

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