Patents by Inventor Riaan Lingenfelder Van Wyk

Riaan Lingenfelder Van Wyk 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).

  • 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
  • Detonator system confirmation
    Patent number: 9696126
    Abstract: A signal is injected into a wired series of detonators to obtain a reflected signal which represents a validated status of the system. The reflected signal is compared to a second reflected signal, generated in a similar way, some time later; to detect factors which affect the validated status of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
    Inventor: Riaan Lingenfelder Van Wyk
  • DETONATOR SYSTEM CONFIRMATION
    Publication number: 20160123914
    Abstract: A signal is injected into a wired series of detonators to obtain a reflected signal which represents a validated status of the system. The reflected signal is compared to a second reflected signal, generated in a similar way, some time later; to detect factors which affect the validated status of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Riaan Lingenfelder Van Wyk
  • Blast key
    Patent number: 7755878
    Abstract: A blast key which includes a body and a blast energy generator in or on the body. The blast key may include a body in the form of a small housing and may further comprise a switch connected to the energy generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Detnet South Africa (PTY) Ltd.
    Inventors: Riaan Lingenfelder Van Wyk, Graham A. Garside