US Patent Issued to Joy Global Surface Mining on March 31 for "Systems, methods, and devices for controlling the operation of an industrial machine based on a pipe attribute" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,528, issued on March 31, was assigned to Joy Global Surface Mining Inc (Milwaukee).

"Systems, methods, and devices for controlling the operation of an industrial machine based on a pipe attribute" was invented by Samuel Haworth (Oak Creek, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices are provided for controlling the operation of an industrial machine (e.g., a drill) based on a determined attribute of a pipe. A sensor is configured to generate an output signal related to a characteristic of the pipe. The characteristic of the pipe can be the presence or absence of a pipe, a weight of the pipe, etc. A controller r...