US Patent Issued to FENNER DUNLOP AMERICAS on July 29 for "Rip detection system for a conveyor belt" (Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,273, issued on July 29, was assigned to FENNER DUNLOP AMERICAS LLC (Coraopolis, Pa.).

"Rip detection system for a conveyor belt" was invented by Mark Myers (Bland, Va.), Douglas Nason (Fremont, Ohio), Alan Levesley (Anderson, S.C.) and Geoff Normanton (Toccoa, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rip detection system for a conveyor belt comprises at least one antenna and at least one sensing system. The at least one antenna comprises one or more continuous loops formed from at least a conductive fiber material. The at least one sensing system may include a transmitter, a receiver, a controller, and a power source. The at least one se...