Patents
US 8115622 B2: Underground radio communications and personnel tracking system
- Granted
- 2012-02-14
- Filed
- 2008-11-20 application 12275205
- Type
- Utility · 13 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An underground radio communications and personnel tracking system uses a portable communications device worn by a miner when underground in a mine. A cap-lamp transceiver provides voice and text communication on ultra-low frequency (ULF) to ultra-high frequency (UHF) carrier frequencies and modulation adapted by programming of a software defined radio to making selective and agile radio contacts via through-the-earth, conductor/lifeline, coal seam, tunnel, and ionosphere/earth-surface waveguides for transmission of electromagnetic waves. These waveguides comprise layered earth coal and mineral deposits, and manmade mining complex infrastructures which serendipitously form efficient waveguides. Ultra-Low Frequency F1/F1 repeaters are placed underground in the mine, and providing for extended range of communication of the cap-lamp transceiver with radios and tracking devices above ground of the mine.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg120214.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stolar, Inc. 17 patents | US company or organization | Raton, NM | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry G. Stolarczyk | Raton, NM | 16 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Gerald L. Stolarczyk | Raton, NM | 10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Igor Bausov | Raton, NM | 10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H01Q | Antennas, i.e. radio aerials | H01Q1/04 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
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