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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2017
Vermeer Manufacturing Company, Pella, IA (US);
Scott Alan Rempe, Pella, IA (US);
Tony Briggs, Pella, IA (US);
David Hanson, Colbert, WA (US);
Keith Sjostrom, Des Moines, IA (US);
Nathan Copeland, Pella, IA (US);
Hans Kelpe, Pella, IA (US);
Tod Michael, Chariton, IA (US);
Chad Van Soelen, Pella, IA (US);
Vermeer Manufacturing Company, Pella, IA (US);
Abstract
A locator device and methods of use are disclosed. The locator device includes a first locating system configured to generate to sense an electromagnetic field emanating from a sonde associated with a drill head, and a second locating system including a global positioning system. The locator device includes a display on the locating system configured to display a map of the area in which the locator device resides based on a location detected by the global positioning system. The locator device also includes control electronics configured to, upon receipt of an input from a user, record location data in a memory associated with the locator device for use by a horizontal directional drilling control system.