Patents by Inventor Colten LeViere

Colten LeViere 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).

  • Adaptive pitch steering in a longwall shearing system
    Patent number: 10920588
    Abstract: Methods and systems of controlling a pitch angle of a shearer. A controller receives a sensor signal indicative of the pitch angle of the shearer, and receives a target pitch profile defining a plurality of target pitch angles for different sections of a mineral face. The controller determines a pitch difference between the pitch angle and a target pitch angle of the shearer, determines a pitch correction height corresponding to a new height for a floor cutter of the shearer based on the pitch difference, and changes a height of the floor cutter based on the pitch correction height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Joy Global Underground Mining LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Ley, Matthew Beilstein, Colten LeViere
  • ADAPTIVE PITCH STEERING IN A LONGWALL SHEARING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180347357
    Abstract: Methods and systems of controlling a pitch angle of a shearer. A controller receives a sensor signal indicative of the pitch angle of the shearer, and receives a target pitch profile defining a plurality of target pitch angles for different sections of a mineral face. The controller determines a pitch difference between the pitch angle and a target pitch angle of the shearer, determines a pitch correction height corresponding to a new height for a floor cutter of the shearer based on the pitch difference, and changes a height of the floor cutter based on the pitch correction height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Jeff Ley, Matthew Beilstein, Colten LeViere