Patents by Inventor Marinus Yates

Marinus Yates 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).

  • Detonator position determination
    Patent number: 12292521
    Abstract: In a blasting system a method of determining which borehole in a plurality of boreholes at a blast site is closest to a tagger, wherein latitude and longitude coordinate values for each borehole are determined and by using subsets of the longitude coordinates and latitude coordinates, and by performing a haversine calculation the position of the borehole which is closest to the tagger is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
    Inventors: Craig Schlenter, Marinus Yates
  • VELOCITY OF DETONATION MEASUREMENT
    Publication number: 20240302149
    Abstract: A method of obtaining velocity of detonation (VOD) information from a borehole wherein an explosive in the borehole is ignited by initiation of a detonator, the method including the steps of using a control circuit which obtains a measurement of the VOD and which is subsequently destroyed by ignition of the explosive, and of transmitting from the borehole a wireless signal which contains the VOD measurement and data which identifies the borehole before the control circuit is destroyed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Michiel Jacobus Kruger, Marinus Yates, Daniel August Julien Louis MAURISSENS, Brian E. Petted
  • BLAST CONFIRMATION
    Publication number: 20240302148
    Abstract: A communication module which is linked to a detonator which is initiated in response to a fire command signal, and wherein the communication module includes a transmitter which transmits a wireless signal which is dependent upon initiation of the detonator and which contains or conveys an identifier which uniquely identifies the detonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Michiel Jacobus Kruger, Marinus Yates, Daniel August Julien Louis MAURISSENS, Brian E. Petted
  • Blasting system
    Patent number: 12025420
    Abstract: A blasting system which includes a number of roving GPS receivers, and associated taggers, which communicate with one another and with a control mechanism, and a reference GPS receiver which transmits RTCM corrective positional data which is stored at each roving GPS receiver to improve the accuracy of coordinate determinations for boreholes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
    Inventors: Craig Schlenter, Marinus Yates
  • BLASTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230235999
    Abstract: A blasting system which includes a number of roving GPS receivers, and associated taggers, which communicate with one another and with a control mechanism, and a reference GPS receiver which transmits RTCM corrective positional data which is stored at each roving GPS receiver to improve the accuracy of coordinate determinations for boreholes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Craig Schlenter, Marinus Yates
  • DETONATOR POSITION DETERMINATION
    Publication number: 20230194733
    Abstract: In a blasting system a method of determining which borehole in a plurality of boreholes at a blast site is closest to a tagger, wherein latitude and longitude coordinate values for each borehole are determined and by using subsets of the longitude coordinates and latitude coordinates, and by performing a haversine calculation the position of the borehole which is closest to the tagger is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Craig Schlenter, Marinus Yates