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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2017
Michael W. Bertosh, Roswell, GA (US);
Michael Berube, Marietta, GA (US);
Kelly Norton, Roswell, GA (US);
Brian Dunkin, Boulder, CO (US);
Michael W. Bertosh, Roswell, GA (US);
Michael Berube, Marietta, GA (US);
Kelly Norton, Roswell, GA (US);
Brian Dunkin, Boulder, CO (US);
Strata Products Worldwide, LLC, Sandy Springs, GA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for protecting a miner from injury by a machine in a mine includes an explosion-proof housing. The apparatus includes a proximity sensing portion disposed in the explosion-proof housing having a magnetic field source which produces a magnetic field that is used to sense a location of the miner relative to the machine. The apparatus includes a wireless communication portion disposed in the explosion-proof housing through which the magnetic field produced by the magnetic field source is changed remotely and wirelessly from outside the explosion-proof housing. A method for protecting a miner from injury by a machine. A system for protecting a miner from injury by a machine in a mine.