US 11,702,807 B1
Systems and methods for a snow blower sensor
Timothy Wei, Heyburn, ID (US); Grant Flaharty, Heyburn, ID (US); and Matthew Chang, Heyburn, ID (US)
Filed by SNAKE RIVER MANUFACTURING, Heyburn, ID (US); and CHANG INDUSTRIAL, Jacksonville Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/865,231.
Int. Cl. E01H 5/09 (2006.01); G01F 1/05 (2006.01); E01H 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC E01H 5/098 (2013.01) [E01H 5/045 (2013.01); G01F 1/05 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A snow blower comprising:
an auger housing;
an auger rotatably positioned within the auger housing and configured to blow snow;
a shaft attached to the auger and the auger housing;
a chute attached to the auger housing and configured to direct the snow blown by the auger away from the snow blower; and
at least one sensor configured to detect;
a rotational speed of the auger or the shaft; and
a load, torque, and/or thrust on the shaft or the auger housing, wherein data collected by the at least one sensor is used to determine an instantaneous flow rate of snow.