Xuanwen Luo 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).
Abstract: A drilling and bolting rig includes a carousel rotatable about a carousel axis and including a plurality of stations configured to support a plurality of consumables, one or more actuators, and a position sensor coupled to the carousel. The one or more actuators are configured to rotate the carousel about the carousel axis. The drilling and bolting rig further includes an electronic processor coupled to the one or more actuators and the position sensor. The electronic processor is configured to detect, using the position sensor, a rotational position of the carousel, and rotate, using the one or more actuators, the carousel based on the rotational position of the carousel.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 27, 2023
Publication date:
October 26, 2023
Inventors:
Willem Fourie, Xuanwen Luo, Vijayanath Subaschandran, Patrick Ross Willaman, Michael Georgiou
Abstract: A drilling and bolting rig includes a carousel rotatable about a carousel axis and including a plurality of stations configured to support a plurality of consumables, one or more actuators, and a position sensor coupled to the carousel. The one or more actuators are configured to rotate the carousel about the carousel axis. The drilling and bolting rig further includes an electronic processor coupled to the one or more actuators and the position sensor. The electronic processor is configured to detect, using the position sensor, a rotational position of the carousel, and rotate, using the one or more actuators, the carousel based on the rotational position of the carousel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 1, 2021
Date of Patent:
August 15, 2023
Assignee:
Joy Global Underground Mining LLC
Inventors:
Willem Fourie, Xuanwen Luo, Vijayanath Subaschandran, Patrick Ross Willaman, Michael Georgiou
Abstract: A drilling and bolting rig includes a carousel rotatable about a carousel axis and including a plurality of stations configured to support a plurality of consumables, one or more actuators, and a position sensor coupled to the carousel. The one or more actuators are configured to rotate the carousel about the carousel axis. The drilling and bolting rig further includes an electronic processor coupled to the one or more actuators and the position sensor. The electronic processor is configured to detect, using the position sensor, a rotational position of the carousel, and rotate, using the one or more actuators, the carousel based on the rotational position of the carousel.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 1, 2021
Publication date:
April 7, 2022
Inventors:
Willem Fourie, Xuanwen Luo, Vijayanath Subaschandran, Patrick Ross Willaman, Michael Georgiou