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Highly Configurable Robotic Vehicle to Inspect and Maintain Confining or Hazardous Areas
Effectively Traverses Confined Spaces in Environments Unfit for Human OccupationThis robotic vehicle traverses obstacles and navigates through confined spaces in harsh environments to perform inspections and maintenance in areas unfit for human occupation. Many enclosed or confined spaces, tunnels, or tanks involved in nuclear or chemical industrial...
Published: 8/16/2022   |   Inventor(s): Carl Crane, Tim Williams, Shannon Ridgeway
Keywords(s): enhanced mobility, mobile robot, remote inspection
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Mechanical
Emergency Brake that Prevents Runaway Semi-Trucks from Jackknifing
Engages Road Surface to Equalize Braking for Improved Driver ControlThis ground-engaging braking mechanism quickly reduces speed without causing a semi-truck to jackknife. Semi-trucks, also called "18-wheelers", “tractor-trailers” and "big rigs," typically measure 53 feet long and can carry up to 80,000 pounds of cargo—the...
Published: 6/27/2021   |   Inventor(s): Carl Crane, Shannon Ridgeway, Wilfred Baker
Keywords(s): braking, collision prevention, jackknife
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Mechanical, Technology Classifications > Others > Others
Inclinometer for More Accurate Measurement of Dynamic Inclination and Motion of Objects
Obtains Motion Capture Data at a Considerably Less Financial and Computational CostThis inclinometer accurately measures, rather than estimates, inclination parameters: inclination angle, angular velocity, and angular acceleration of an object. The device is independent of drift errors due to integration errors and is valid for large angle measurements...
Published: 6/27/2021   |   Inventor(s): Carl Crane, Vishesh Vikas
Keywords(s): dynamic inclination, inclination measurement, inertial measurement
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Mechanical