Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Concrete drum control, property prediction, and monitoring systems and methods
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Application No.: US17462621Application Date: 2021-08-31
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Publication No.: US11806896B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Bryan S. Datema , Christopher K. Yakes , Cody Clifton , Zhenyi Wei
- Applicant: Oshkosh Corporation
- Applicant Address: US WI Oshkosh
- Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
- Current Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Oshkosh
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: B28C5/00
- IPC: B28C5/00 ; B28C5/42 ; B28C7/02 ; B60P3/16 ; G06Q10/04 ; G06Q10/0631 ; G06Q50/08 ; G05D13/00

Abstract:
A drum control system includes a mixture sensor and a controller. The mixture sensor is configured to be positioned within a drum to engage with drum contents to facilitate acquiring drum contents data indicative of a property of the drum contents. The controller is configured to control a drive system to rotate the drum at a first, unmixed speed following receipt of the drum contents by the drum where the drum contents including ingredients of a concrete mixture; acquire the drum contents data from the mixture sensor and monitor the property of the drum contents as the drum rotates; and control the drive system to rotate the drum at a second, mixed speed in response to determining that the property of the drum contents indicates that the ingredients have been sufficiently mixed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210394394A1 CONCRETE DRUM CONTROL, PROPERTY PREDICTION, AND MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2021-12-23
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