Patents by Inventor Shiv Prasher

Shiv Prasher 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).

  • Soil analysis apparatus, method, and system having a displaceable blade assembly and sensor
    Patent number: 9389214
    Abstract: A soil analysis apparatus includes at least one sensor element for measuring a property of the soil; a blade assembly having at least one blade and being displaceable between a raised position and an excavation position, the at least one blade being operable to excavate the soil at a test location when the blade assembly is in the excavation position, the blade assembly being further operable to enter a sensor permitting configuration; and a first actuator operable to displace the at least one sensor element between an initial position and a sensing position along a sensor displacement path, the sensor element being proximate the soil at the test location when in the sensing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University
    Inventors: Viacheslav Adamchuk, Nandkishor Dhawale, Frédéric René-Laforest, Shiv Prasher, Antoine Pouliot
  • SOIL ANALYSIS APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150087072
    Abstract: A soil analysis apparatus includes at least one sensor element for measuring a property of the soil; a blade assembly having at least one blade and being displaceable between a raised position and an excavation position, the at least one blade being operable to excavate the soil at a test location when the blade assembly is in the excavation position, the blade assembly being further operable to enter a sensor permitting configuration; and a first actuator operable to displace the at least one sensor element between an initial position and a sensing position along a sensor displacement path, the sensor element being proximate the soil at the test location when in the sensing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University
    Inventors: Viacheslav Adamchuk, Nandkishor Dhawale, Frédéric René-Laforest, Shiv Prasher, Antoine Pouliot