Patents by Inventor Wilfred Rozario

Wilfred Rozario 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).

  • Cable handling system for longwall mining machines
    Patent number: 11927097
    Abstract: A method of operating a cable handling system of a longwall mining machine having a shearer movable along a pan line to mine material along a mine face, the cable handling system including: i) a service line configured to carry one or more supply lines to the shearer for facilitating shearer operation, ii) a plurality of interconnected trays to accommodate the service line, iii) a plurality of sensor nodes distributed along a length of the service line, and iv) a plurality of transceivers distributed along a length of the pan line, the method comprising: a) sensing orientation, acceleration and/or position data of the service line using the plurality of sensor nodes, b) using the plurality of transceivers to receive the orientation, acceleration and/or position data from the plurality of sensor nodes and to transmit the orientation, acceleration and/or position data to a controller, and c) detecting, by the controller, an actual or imminent failure mode of the service line using analysis of the orientatio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Siddartha Saikia, Euan Kirkhope, Wilfred Rozario, Mahendra Kumar Angamuthu Ganesan, Lakshminarayana Padhi
  • CABLE HANDLING SYSTEM FOR LONGWALL MINING MACHINES
    Publication number: 20220403738
    Abstract: A method of operating a cable handling system of a longwall mining machine having a shearer movable along a pan line to mine material along a mine face, the cable handling system including: i) a service line configured to carry one or more supply lines to the shearer for facilitating shearer operation, ii) a plurality of interconnected trays to accommodate the service line, iii) a plurality of sensor nodes distributed along a length of the service line, and iv) a plurality of transceivers distributed along a length of the pan line, the method comprising: a) sensing orientation, acceleration and/or position data of the service line using the plurality of sensor nodes, b) using the plurality of transceivers to receive the orientation, acceleration and/or position data from the plurality of sensor nodes and to transmit the orientation, acceleration and/or position data to a controller, and c) detecting, by the controller, an actual or imminent failure mode of the service line using analysis of the orientatio
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Siddartha Saikia, Euan Kirkhope, Wilfred Rozario, Mahendra Kumar Angamuthu Ganesan, Lakshminarayana Padhi