Patents by Inventor Shawn Philip Fanello

Shawn Philip Fanello 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).

  • Pipelayer machine having hoisting system with pivotable fairlead
    Patent number: 10807839
    Abstract: A machine includes a frame, ground-engaging elements coupled to the frame, and a hoisting system having a sideboom and a fairlead. The hoisting system also includes a hook pulley block and a hoisting cable extending through the fairlead and the hook pulley block and held in tension such that the hoisting cable couples pivoting of the fairlead to pivoting of the sideboom. The pivotable fairlead may be instrumented with position, cable loading, and cable feed sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Philip Fanello, Timothy Edward Camacho
  • Machine having hoisting system with instrumented fairlead
    Patent number: 10773934
    Abstract: A hoisting system for a machine includes a winch assembly, and a boom such as a sideboom that is pivotable. The hoisting system further includes a fairlead supported at a fixed orientation such that a feed angle of a hoisting cable extending through the fairlead varies in response to pivoting of the boom. A hoisting control system for the machine includes a cable state sensing mechanism resident on the fairlead and structured to produce cable monitoring data indicative of at least one of a cable feed length, a cable feed angle, or a cable load, and an electronic control unit structured to output an alert based on the cable monitoring data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Philip Fanello, Jason Louis Smallenberger
  • MACHINE HAVING HOISTING SYSTEM WITH INSTRUMENTED FAIRLEAD
    Publication number: 20190352148
    Abstract: A hoisting system for a machine includes a winch assembly, and a boom such as a sideboom that is pivotable. The hoisting system further includes a fairlead supported at a fixed orientation such that a feed angle of a hoisting cable extending through the fairlead varies in response to pivoting of the boom. A hoisting control system for the machine includes a cable state sensing mechanism resident on the fairlead and structured to produce cable monitoring data indicative of at least one of a cable feed length, a cable feed angle, or a cable load, and an electronic control unit structured to output an alert based on the cable monitoring data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Philip Fanello, Jason Louis Smallenberger
  • PIPELAYER MACHINE HAVING HOISTING SYSTEM WITH PIVOTABLE FAIRLEAD
    Publication number: 20190337776
    Abstract: A machine includes a frame, ground-engaging elements coupled to the frame, and a hoisting system having a sideboom and a fairlead. The hoisting system also includes a hook pulley block and a hoisting cable extending through the fairlead and the hook pulley block and held in tension such that the hoisting cable couples pivoting of the fairlead to pivoting of the sideboom. The pivotable fairlead may be instrumented with position, cable loading, and cable feed sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Philip Fanello, Timothy Edward Camacho