Patents by Inventor Mervyn LAN
Mervyn LAN 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).
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Patent number: 12669492Abstract: An in-situ testing instrument for soil moisture in a hole includes a test bracket extended into a hole, a retracting and releasing mechanism used to drive the test bracket to rise and fall in the hole, a moisture test mechanism arranged on the test bracket, a plug-and-pull drive mechanism used to drive the moisture test mechanism to insert into soil on a side of the hole or to be pulled out by the soil on a side of the hole, and a signal receiving mechanism arranged on a ground, the signal receiving mechanism is electrically connected with the moisture test mechanism. The above-mentioned in-situ testing instrument and method for soil moisture in a hole can eliminate the steps of taking soil, packaging, weighing, and drying, and improve the test efficiency and the test accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2023Date of Patent: June 30, 2026Inventors: Hengxing Lan, Weifeng Sun, Mervyn Lan, Changgen Yan, Langping Li, Han Bao, Yuming Wu
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Publication number: 20260125952Abstract: The invention offers a device and method for in-situ cutting soil in boreholes. The device comprises a base with an accommodation cavity, a cutting mechanism attached to the base, featuring a driven driving part within the cavity and a cutting part at its opposite end. A telescopic drive mechanism atop the base connects to the cutting mechanism, facilitating its extension relative to the base along its length. A rotating drive mechanism at the base's bottom includes an active driving part within the cavity, rotating the cutting mechanism around its length axis. This enables the cutting part to slice soil along a plane perpendicular to its length extension. The device enables borehole tests to achieve a flat test surface, enhancing accuracy and effectiveness.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2024Publication date: May 7, 2026Applicant: CHANG’AN UNIVERSITYInventors: Hengxing LAN, Changgen YAN, Mervyn LAN, Mingyu YANG, Han BAO, Wenbin LEI, Zhonghong DONG
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Patent number: 12312950Abstract: An in-situ detection robot and method for geological information without disturbance of in-situ stress, including a sleeve, a drilling unit set at the top of the sleeve, a dumping unit set inside the sleeve, and a support propulsion unit is set outside the sleeve, the top of the dumping unit extends into the drilling unit, a detection unit is set between the drilling unit and the support propulsion unit, and the robot tail is connected to a control unit; the dumping unit is used to discharge soil drilled from a hole of the drilling unit to the ground, the support propulsion unit is used to realize support, the detection unit is used to detect geological information of surrounding environment of the robot, the control unit is used to control the drilling unit, the support propulsion unit and the detection unit, and the control unit collects and processes the geological information.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2023Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: Chang'an UniversityInventors: Hengxing Lan, Mervyn Lan, Bolong Li, Zhonghong Dong, Hongbing Zhang, Weifeng Sun, Bei Zhang
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Patent number: 12124000Abstract: An in-situ shear test device for holes in rock-soil mass include an axial loading system, a cutting power system, a rotation system, an upper cutterhead control system, a shear test system, and a lower cutterhead control system, which belongs to the field of geotechnical engineering and geological engineering technology. The device can accurately obtain the in-situ shear strength parameters in the hole of rock and soil, improve the engineering design level, and ensure the safety and stability of the project. The device adopts an in-situ shear test device in the hole of rock and soil mass with the above structure, which can solve the problems of difficulty in in-situ shear test for the holes in deep rock-soil mass, lack of test device, difficulty in radial test, difficulty in loading while shearing, and difficulty in multi-point in-situ test.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2023Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignees: Chang'an University, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CASInventors: Hengxing Lan, Mervyn Lan, Weifeng Sun, Qinyuan Liang, Langping Li, Yuming Wu, Changgen Yan
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Publication number: 20240345058Abstract: An in-situ testing instrument for soil moisture in a hole includes a test bracket extended into a hole, a retracting and releasing mechanism used to drive the test bracket to rise and fall in the hole, a moisture test mechanism arranged on the test bracket, a plug-and-pull drive mechanism used to drive the moisture test mechanism to insert into soil on a side of the hole or to be pulled out by the soil on a side of the hole, and a signal receiving mechanism arranged on a ground, the signal receiving mechanism is electrically connected with the moisture test mechanism. The above-mentioned in-situ testing instrument and method for soil moisture in a hole can eliminate the steps of taking soil, packaging, weighing, and drying, and improve the test efficiency and the test accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2023Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicants: Chang'an University, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CASInventors: Hengxing LAN, Weifeng SUN, Mervyn LAN, Changgen YAN, Langping LI, Han BAO, Yuming WU
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Publication number: 20240295149Abstract: An in-situ detection robot and method for geological information without disturbance of in-situ stress, including a sleeve, a drilling unit set at the top of the sleeve, a dumping unit set inside the sleeve, and a support propulsion unit is set outside the sleeve, the top of the dumping unit extends into the drilling unit, a detection unit is set between the drilling unit and the support propulsion unit, and the robot tail is connected to a control unit; the dumping unit is used to discharge soil drilled from a hole of the drilling unit to the ground, the support propulsion unit is used to realize support, the detection unit is used to detect geological information of surrounding environment of the robot, the control unit is used to control the drilling unit, the support propulsion unit and the detection unit, and the control unit collects and processes the geological information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2023Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: Chang'an UniversityInventors: Hengxing LAN, Mervyn LAN, Bolong LI, Zhonghong DONG, Hongbing ZHANG, Weifeng SUN, Bei ZHANG
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Patent number: 12080186Abstract: A high-speed remote landslide simulation test device with a variable angle includes a support adjustment component, slide plates, and loose leaves. The device first transmits the operation paths of adjusting the slide plate at different angles to the controller, and the personnel operates the control panel to control the support jack, the motor, and the electromagnet to start and stop through the controller, the output shaft of the motor drives the stainless steel threaded rod to rotate, the controller first energizes one electromagnet and disconnects the other three electromagnets, which can only make the stainless steel threaded rod rotate in a fixed position inside the inner threaded pipe, and the three inner threaded pipes follow the rotation direction of the stainless steel threaded rod, thus, the position of the support jack can be moved separately.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: CHANG'AN UNIVERSITYInventors: Hengxing Lan, Mervyn Lan, Zhao Chen, Shijie Liu, Weifeng Sun, Ning Zhang, Bei Zhang
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Publication number: 20240255675Abstract: An in-situ shear test device for holes in rock-soil mass include an axial loading system, a cutting power system, a rotation system, an upper cutterhead control system, a shear test system, and a lower cutterhead control system, which belongs to the field of geotechnical engineering and geological engineering technology. The device can accurately obtain the in-situ shear strength parameters in the hole of rock and soil, improve the engineering design level, and ensure the safety and stability of the project. The device adopts an in-situ shear test device in the hole of rock and soil mass with the above structure, which can solve the problems of difficulty in in-situ shear test for the holes in deep rock-soil mass, lack of test device, difficulty in radial test, difficulty in loading while shearing, and difficulty in multi-point in-situ test.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2023Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicants: Chang'an University, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CASInventors: Hengxing LAN, Mervyn LAN, Weifeng SUN, Qinyuan LIANG, Langping LI, Yuming WU, Changgen YAN
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Publication number: 20240105083Abstract: A high-speed remote landslide simulation test device with a variable angle includes a support adjustment component, slide plates, and loose leaves. The device first transmits the operation paths of adjusting the slide plate at different angles to the controller, and the personnel operates the control panel to control the support jack, the motor, and the electromagnet to start and stop through the controller, the output shaft of the motor drives the stainless steel threaded rod to rotate, the controller first energizes one electromagnet and disconnects the other three electromagnets, which can only make the stainless steel threaded rod rotate in a fixed position inside the inner threaded pipe, and the three inner threaded pipes follow the rotation direction of the stainless steel threaded rod, thus, the position of the support jack can be moved separately.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Chang'an UniversityInventors: Hengxing LAN, Mervyn LAN, Zhao CHEN, Shijie LIU, Weifeng SUN, Ning ZHANG, Bei ZHANG