Patents by Inventor Tapiwanashe Chenje

Tapiwanashe Chenje 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).

  • Data collecting device for detecting acceleration and rate of change in attitude
    Patent number: 8230738
    Abstract: An instrumented ball for collecting data in an industrial mill comprising a durable sphere defining an enclosed cavity and having a substantial thickness, the sphere manufactured from a resilient material able to withstand pressures exerted by a working industrial mill, electronics disposed in the cavity comprising: a plurality of devices for sensing physical conditions inside the mill, wherein each of the sensing devices outputs a series of sensed values, the devices comprising at least an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a thermocouple, a microphone and a wear sensor, a memory for storing the sensed values, and a communication port for transmitting the sensed values to an external device located outside of the mill, and a power source disposed in the cavity for powering the electronics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: McGill University
    Inventors: Peter Radziszewski, Wei Li, Coleman Benson, Sudarshan Martins, Tapiwanashe Chenje
  • INSTRUMENTED BALL
    Publication number: 20100024518
    Abstract: An instrumented ball for collecting data in an industrial mill comprising a durable sphere defining an enclosed cavity and having a substantial thickness, the sphere manufactured from a resilient material able to withstand pressures exerted by a working industrial mill, electronics disposed in the cavity comprising: a plurality of devices for sensing physical conditions inside the mill, wherein each of the sensing devices outputs a series of sensed values, the devices comprising at least an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a thermocouple, a microphone and a wear sensor, a memory for storing the sensed values, and a communication port for transmitting the sensed values to an external device located outside of the mill, and a power source disposed in the cavity for powering the electronics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Peter Radziszewski, Wei Li, Coleman Benson, Sudarshan Martins, Tapiwanashe Chenje