Patents Assigned to Clark Equipment Company
  • Patent number: 11834810
    Abstract: A hydraulic work system can include a continuously variable displacement hydraulic pump that is powered by an engine and is in communication with a hydraulic actuator. A run-time displacement of the hydraulic pump for movement of the hydraulic actuator can be controlled based on a speed of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY
    Inventors: Charles Young, Marty Carpenter, Scott Becker, Douglas Kallas, Matthew Kaldor, Eric Zabel
  • Patent number: 11821174
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are generally directed to activating features in power machines. More particularly, implementations of the present disclosure are directed to remote activation of features in power machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventors: Joel Honeyman, Matt Sagaser, Dennis Agnew, Justin Odegaard, Spencer Mindeman, Dana Nelson
  • Patent number: 11801794
    Abstract: Disclosed are front entry cabs, and power machines with front entry cabs, having a door that is moveable between opened and closed positions and a display oriented in the cab to provide information to the operator both while the door is in the opened and closed positions. In the opened position, the door is positioned within an operator compartment of the cab above the operator seat and below a top of the cab. The display is positioned to not interfere with the door, door linkages, or operator joystick control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY
    Inventors: Cody Erhardt, Jonathan J. Roehrl
  • Patent number: 11738643
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include power machines having doors with a display that allows the display of information, such as gauges, user inputs, mapped obstacles, boundaries, etc., allowing the operator of the machine to see the displayed information closer to the line of sight with the work area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventors: John Pfaff, Dennis Agnew, Matthew Sagaser, Joel Honeyman
  • Patent number: 11732436
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include power machines and related structures of lift arms, implement carriers, follower links, and driver links which improve manufacturability, reduce component failures, and improve power machine design and functionality. In some embodiments, lift arm structures include cast lower lift arm portions. The cast lower lift arm portions include contoured upper ends which are sleeved onto contoured lower ends of upper lift arm portions to control stress points and to reduce stresses on welds. The follower link structures can include follower links which are configured to be positioned at least partially outside of the lift arm structure to improve rear visibility. The driver link structures can be configured to be laterally overlapping with innermost surfaces on the lift cylinder, but configured such that as the lift arm is raised the laterally overlapping portions are moved above the innermost surfaces of the lift cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY
    Inventor: Branden Schiwal
  • Patent number: 11686058
    Abstract: A snow blower implement for a power machine includes a power machine interface having a machine mount configured to engage the implement interface of the power machine. A tool of the implement is coupled to the power machine interface. The tool includes a frame forming an auger housing, and the auger housing includes apertures formed in the housing and arranged to proved an operator of the power machine with visibility, through the apertures, of an implement workspace within or in front of the auger housing while operating the power machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric Schwingler, Jason Legatt
  • Patent number: 11685451
    Abstract: Tracked vehicles and drive systems for tracked vehicles including a guard or shield for a drive motor that deflects debris drawn into a space where the drive motor is located. The guard also provides a longer critical path between the outside of a drive motor assembly and an inside of the drive motor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas J. Tokach, Daniel J. Krieger
  • Patent number: 11685238
    Abstract: Disclosed are front entry cabs, and power machines with front entry cabs, having a door that is moveable between opened and closed positions. In the opened position, the door is positioned within an operator compartment of the cab above the operator seat and below a top of the cab. A linkage system defines the travel path of the door between closed and opened positions. The linkage system is configured to minimize interference with operator visibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventors: Cody Erhardt, Ronald S. Hansen, Jonathan J. Roehrl, Brian P. Dehnert, David Glasser
  • Patent number: 11674432
    Abstract: A cooling assembly configured to reduce backflow suction in a mobile platform including a prime mover, at least one heat exchanger fluidly connected to the prime mover, a blower upstream of the at least one heat exchanger configured to generate a current of cooling air to cool the at least one heat exchanger, and a backflow suction reduction member positioned downstream of the blower and upstream of the at least one heat exchanger, the backflow suction reduction member defining an internal channel including a first opening at one end, a second opening at a second end, and at least one third opening positioned between the first and second ends. The backflow suction reduction member is configured to receive airflow through the first and second openings and discharge the airflow through the at least one third opening in a region where air is backflowing from the at least one heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventor: Jan Somsedik
  • Patent number: 11649813
    Abstract: An air compressor system includes a compressor having an intake end and a discharge end, the compressor operable to draw in atmospheric air at the intake end and to discharge a flow of compressed air from the discharge end, the flow of compressed air including a flow of entrained water vapor and lubricant. The system further includes a separator operable to remove a portion of the entrained water vapor and lubricant from the flow of compressed air, the separator discharging a flow of dry compressed air and a flow of effluent which includes the separated water vapor and lubricant. Further, the system includes an electric heater configured to receive the removed effluent from the separator at an entrance to the electric heater and to vaporize the removed effluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY
    Inventors: John Thomas Gunn, Richard Louis Kouzel
  • Patent number: 11648887
    Abstract: Power machines and loaders having doors with an integrated display that allows the display of information, such as gauges, user inputs, mapped obstacles, boundaries, etc., that allows the operator of the machine to see the displayed information closer to the line of sight with the work area. The display can show augmented reality information about a worksite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY
    Inventors: John Pfaff, Dennis Agnew, Joel S. Honeyman
  • Patent number: 11608839
    Abstract: A power machine with an internal combustion engine and an in-line hydrostatic/hydraulic pump package includes a stiffening bracket which mounts a flywheel housing to the engine and is configured to change the natural frequency of the engine/pump package so that the engine firing frequency does not match the natural frequency of the engine/pump package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY
    Inventor: John D. Richards
  • Patent number: 11598070
    Abstract: Disclosed are power systems, and power machines employing the power systems, having dual in-line pumps configured to supply hydraulic fluid to respective left and right side travel motors of the power machine. In some exemplary embodiments, pump pintle arm controls and a single centering mechanism for the pintle arm controls are provided. The single centering mechanism is configured to center the pintle arms for each of the two pumps. Also in some exemplary embodiments, a mechanical control linkage configuration allows the separate pump pintle arm controls to be positioned on a side of the pump substantially one behind the other. This allows hydraulic connections to the pumps to be placed on top of the pump assembly, improving the routing of hydraulic hoses in the power machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventor: Craig Roske
  • Patent number: 11560691
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are generally directed to activating features in power machines. More particularly, implementations of the present disclosure are directed to remote activation of features in power machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventors: Joel Honeyman, Matt Sagaser, Dennis Agnew, Justin Odegaard, Spencer Mindeman, Dana Nelson
  • Patent number: 11530523
    Abstract: Power machine frames for power machines such as skid steer loaders that include features for aiding in the manufacture of the power machines, providing space saving advantages in the design of the power machine, and/or providing performance advantages for the power machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventors: Brent Durkin, Michael J. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11525237
    Abstract: Power machine bucket implements include a rear wall structure, a bottom wall structure adjoining the rear wall structure at a bend region, and a two-piece brace. The two-piece brace includes a first piece attached to and extending along a portion of the bottom wall structure and a second piece, separate from the first piece, attached to the back side of the rear wall structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventor: Jason Legatt
  • Patent number: 11527977
    Abstract: A portable electrical generation system includes a generator having a rotor and a plurality of stators to produce a supply of electrical energy, a prime mover operable to drive the rotor, a voltage selector control operably connected to the generator, and a link board assembly configured to removably engage the voltage selector control, the link board assembly including a base board and a plurality of bus bars, the bus bars being arranged to electrically orient the plurality of stators to provide a first power output configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY
    Inventors: Nicholas Harknett, Robert Ranker
  • Patent number: 11518450
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include power machine cabs, cab subassemblies, corresponding power machines such as skids steer loaders, and methods of assembling cabs and power machines. Some exemplary disclosed embodiments include features aiding in the manufacture of the cabs for power machines, features which allow the cabs to be configurable for different customer preferences or needs, and features which allow detection of tampering with the cab such that the power machine can be controlled accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventor: Benjamin Storhaug
  • Patent number: D982042
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY
    Inventors: Mitchell Pence, Karl Spears, Logan Worm
  • Patent number: D995570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY
    Inventors: Jonah Zimmerman, James Breuer, Jin-hup Yeu, Wanja Steinmaier