Wading depth estimation for a vehicle

TY Tran, E Hoare, N Clarke - US Patent 9,026,310, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A predictive method of detecting the depth of water ahead of a wading
vehicle comprises providing a wading sensor and an attitude sensor on the vehicle, and …

Manual boom lift method and apparatus

R Brossart, D Trammel, K Klunder - US Patent 7,293,668, 2007 - Google Patents
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212.241 709,506 A* 9, 1902 Packer....................... 212.241 1,316,181 A* 9, 1919 …

Hydraulic hazard exposure of humans swept away in a whitewater river

MA Strom, GB Pasternack, SG Burman, HE Dahlke… - Natural hazards, 2017 - Springer
Despite many deaths annually worldwide due to floods, no strategy exists to mechanistically
map hydraulic hazards people face when entrained in a river. Previous work determined …

Suspended autonomous carrier for end-effector device

JB Garber - US Patent 11,603,295, 2023 - Google Patents
In a cable-driven three-dimensional crane system, an endeffector is moved within an
operating volume defined by dynamically shifting draw points. Winch assemblies pull the …

Robotic carriage for data collection

R Watts - US Patent 7,152,337, 2006 - Google Patents
This invention generally relates to a robotic carriage capable of traversing the length of
structural members used in the construction industry to collect data and to perform tasks. The …

Canal control system

PJATM Van - US Patent 9,885,164, 2018 - Google Patents
The invention relates to a canal control system for control ling the water level or water flow in
a canal system (2), comprising:(a) a centralized master controller (20),(b) a local slave …

Structural frame

SR Cysewski, C Veto - US Patent 10,882,596, 2021 - Google Patents
In an example, a structural frame is described. The structural frame includes a hub and a
plurality of truss members. The hub includes a plurality of hub slots around a perimeter of the …