US Patent Issued to BCI Mining Technology on Nov. 25 for "Underground production drill communication system" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,638, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to BCI Mining Technology Pty Ltd (Bovell, Australia).

"Underground production drill communication system" was invented by Antony Albert Phillip Boyland (Bovell, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication system (10) for an underground production drill (8), comprising a slave unit (12) comprising a CAN bus interface (14) and an electrical power controller (16) and rechargeable battery (18), said controller (16) configured to monitor a status and regulate charging of said battery (18). The controller (16) and battery (18) encapsulated in a thermally-conductive fire retardant material (...