System, apparatus, and method for detecting and removing accumulated sand in an enclosure

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11965298
APP PUB NO 20230167617A1
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17457171

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A system for detecting and locating sand accumulation in an enclosure and for removing the detected and located sand accumulation, having a sand accumulation locator assembly adapted to detect and locate one or more accumulations of sand in the enclosure; a sand removal mechanism adapted to remove the detected one or more accumulations of sand; and a controller communicatively coupled to the sand accumulation locator assembly and the sand removal mechanism, said controller being adapted to: control the sand accumulation locator assembly to detect and locate the one or more accumulations of sand in the enclosure; and control the sand removal mechanism to remove the one or more detected accumulations of sand based on corresponding one or more locations of accumulated sand detected by the sand accumulation locator assembly.

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SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY31311 DHAHRAN

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  • 2021 Application Filing Year
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  • 124 Applications Filed
  • 61 Patents Issued To-Date
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Al-Abdullatef, Abdulaziz K Khobar, SA 4 0
Al-Ghanim, Rami A Dhahran, SA 5 1
Al-Hassan, Abdullah Y Dhahran, SA 5 1
Al-Khudhur, Mazin A Dhahran, SA 2 0
Al-Mutiri, Nawwaf S Nariyah, SA 2 0

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