Patent ID: 9280898
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: B60Q,G01S,G08B,G08G

Claim Text:
1. An object detection assembly for remotely sensing an underground object, said assembly comprising: a mount operationally coupled to an excavator bucket, said mount being elongated along a longitudinal axis extending through a first end and a second end of said mount wherein said mount has a rectangular shape; an upper plate coupled to said mount; a transceiver coupled to said upper plate wherein said transceiver is configured to detect an object when the excavator bucket excavates Earth, said transceiver being operationally coupled to a vehicle wherein said transceiver alerts a driver of the vehicle to the presence of the object; and a lower plate coupled to said mount; a rectangular transceiver aperture extending through a bottom side of an upper plate slot and an upper side of a lower plate slot wherein said rectangular transceiver aperture extends between a first end and a second end of said mount; and a plurality of pin wells being evenly distributed between a first end and a second end of said mount, each pin well extending into a back side of said mount; said transceiver being coupled to a bottom side of said upper plate wherein said transceiver is positioned within said rectangular transceiver aperture when said upper plate is positioned within said upper plate slot.