Patents by Inventor Charles P. Hoaby

Charles P. Hoaby has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9132855
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include power machines that provide an electronic tag along mode of operation. A control system is coupled to and selectively provides power to the left and right side tractive elements from the power source. First and second user input devices each provide an actuation signal indicative of manipulation between a neutral state and a forward state. An electronic tag-along input device provides a tag-along activation signal. When each of the first and second user input devices are in the forward state and the electronic tag-along input device provides a tag-along activation signal, a controller maintains power to the left and right side tractive elements when one of the first and second user input devices is in the forward state and the other of the first and second user input devices is the forward or neutral state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventors: Brady J. Bertsch, Jason L. Magnuson, Christopher L. Young, John M. Hoaby, Charles P. Hoaby