Patents by Inventor Douglas Raitt

Douglas Raitt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Balanced sediment throughput reservoir dredging
    Patent number: 10711434
    Abstract: A system for excavating sediment deposits from water storage reservoirs that equalizes the mass flow of sediment entering the reservoir with the sediment mass in the combined discharge from a dredge and the reservoir outlet system to the downstream water course. One or more remote instrument stations located on the inflow streams to the reservoir collect data that is used by the dredge control system to adjust the mass flow output from the dredge using data collected from the remote reservoir outlet instrumentation located downstream of the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Douglas Raitt
  • Balanced Sediment Throughput Reservoir Dredging
    Publication number: 20190234046
    Abstract: A system for excavating sediment deposits from water storage reservoirs that equalizes the mass flow of sediment entering the reservoir with the sediment mass in the combined discharge from a dredge and the reservoir outlet system to the downstream water course. One or more remote instrument stations located on the inflow streams to the reservoir collect data that is used by the dredge control system to adjust the mass flow output from the dredge using data collected from the remote reservoir outlet instrumentation located downstream of the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Douglas Raitt