Patents by Inventor Matthew R. Collins

Matthew R. Collins 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).

  • Patent number: 10450727
    Abstract: A mining machine including a power monitor, a sensor, and a monitoring module. The power monitor is configured to measure a received power, and generate a total power consumption data based on the received power. The sensor senses payload of the mining machine to generate payload data. The monitoring module includes non-transitory computer readable media for comparing the total power consumption data and the payload data to generate mining machine efficiency data, determining an operator performance comparing the mining machine efficiency data and the operator performance, determining, based on the comparison of the mining machine efficiency data and the operator performance, at least one selected from the group consisting of a bank difficulty and a bank digability, and outputting the at least one selected from the group consisting of the bank difficulty and the bank digability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Joy Global Surface Mining Inc
    Inventors: Matthew R. Collins, Kenneth J. Daniel, Ray Pan, Michael J. Rikkola, Desheng Wang
  • Publication number: 20170233985
    Abstract: A mining machine including a power monitor, a sensor, and a monitoring module. The power monitor is configured to measure a received power, and generate a total power consumption data based on the received power. The sensor senses payload of the mining machine to generate payload data. The monitoring module includes non-transitory computer readable media for comparing the total power consumption data and the payload data to generate mining machine efficiency data, determining an operator performance comparing the mining machine efficiency data and the operator performance, determining, based on the comparison of the mining machine efficiency data and the operator performance, at least one selected from the group consisting of a bank difficulty and a bank digability, and outputting the at least one selected from the group consisting of the bank difficulty and the bank digability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew R. Collins, Kenneth J. Daniel, Ray Pan, Michael J. Rikkola, Desheng Wang
  • Patent number: 9650762
    Abstract: A mining machine comprising a power monitor sensing power consumption of the mining machine during a select time period to generate power consumption data; a sensor sensing payload of the mining machine during the select time period to generate payload data; and a monitoring module. The monitoring module including computer readable media for comparing the power consumption data and the payload data to generate shovel efficiency data, and outputting the shovel efficiency data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Harnischfeger Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew R. Collins, Kenneth J. Daniel, Ray Pan, Michael J. Rikkola, Desheng Wang