Patents by Inventor Marius Christo Botha

Marius Christo Botha 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 ASSEMBLY PLACEMENT
    Publication number: 20250012552
    Abstract: A device which is used to position a detonator assembly in a borehole. The device has a housing with an open mouth into which one end of the detonator assembly is inserted, formations on the housing which then engage with the detonator assembly, and flexible elements which extend from the housing and which are configured, in use, to engage with a wall of a borehole into which the device and the detonator assembly are inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Marius Christo Botha, Abraham Johannes LIEBENBERG
  • Method of and apparatus for establishing a blasting system
    Patent number: 12140410
    Abstract: A blasting system which is established using an autonomously controlled vehicle to traverse a blast site, moving from blast hole to blast hole and at each blast hole using robotic means to prepare each blast hole for detonation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
    Inventors: Elmar Lennox Muller, Riaan Lingenfelder Van Wyk, Tielman Christiaan Meyer, Marius Christo Botha
  • APPARATUS FOR USE IN A WIRELESS DETONATOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240310156
    Abstract: Apparatus, for use in a wireless detonator system, which includes a portable housing, a bank of capacitors in the housing, first terminals for connection to selected capacitors to an antenna in the system, second terminals for connection to a transmitter, and a measurement and output arrangement which provides signals which indicate the integrity of such connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Elmar Lennox Muller, Abraham Johannes Liebenberg, Tielman Christian Meyer, Marius Christo Botha, Ruan Smith
  • Wireless detonator system
    Patent number: 11982520
    Abstract: A wireless detonator system wherein a blast control unit communicates bidirectionally with at least one tagger and with detonators, prior to deployment thereof, using a NFC technique, and a transmitter/receiver assembly communicates with each detonator atan ultralow frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
    Inventors: Elmar Lennox Muller, Marius Christo Botha, Tielman Christiaan Meyer
  • WIRELESS DETONATOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230057631
    Abstract: A wireless detonator system wherein a blast control unit communicates bidirectionally with at least one tagger and with detonators, prior to deployment thereof, using a NFC technique, and a transmitter/receiver assembly communicates with each detonator a tan ultralow frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
    Inventors: Elmar Lennox Muller, Marius Christo Botha, Tielman Christiaan Meyer
  • METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING A BLASTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210318108
    Abstract: A blasting system which is established using an autonomously controlled vehicle to traverse a blast site, moving from blast hole to blast hole and at each blast hole using robotic means to prepare each blast hole for detonation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Elmar Lennox Muller, Riaan Lingenfelder Van Wyk, Tielman Christiaan Meyer, Marius Christo Botha
  • Connector
    Patent number: D948440
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD.
    Inventors: Philip Olwage, Marius Christo Botha, Chris Beukes