Patents by Inventor Grant Kiel

Grant Kiel 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).

  • VEHICLE WITH DECK ALIGNMENT
    Publication number: 20230284554
    Abstract: A lawn mowing apparatus may include sensors that are fastened to both its mower deck and its chassis. The sensors may sense a position of the mower deck in relation to the chassis. The sensed position of the mower deck may be presented to the operator via a dashboard display of the lawn tractor or transmitted via a wireless signal to another device. Based on such sensed position, an operator of the lawn tractor may manually adjust the position of the mower deck until the sensed position of the mower deck is within an acceptable operating range. In some embodiments, servomotors may used to adjust the position of the mower deck until the sensed position of the mower deck is within an acceptable range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Kenneth Joseph Dombrowski, Grant Kiel, Brian Todd Reese
  • Lawn mowing apparatus with mower deck alignment sensors
    Patent number: 11700785
    Abstract: A lawn mowing apparatus may include sensors that are fastened to both its mower deck and its chassis. The sensors may sense a position of the mower deck in relation to the chassis. The sensed position of the mower deck may be presented to the operator via a dashboard display of the lawn tractor or transmitted via a wireless signal to another device. Based on such sensed position, an operator of the lawn tractor may manually adjust the position of the mower deck until the sensed position of the mower deck is within an acceptable operating range. In some embodiments, servomotors may used to adjust the position of the mower deck until the sensed position of the mower deck is within an acceptable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Joseph Dombrowski, Grant Kiel, Brian Todd Reese
  • LAWN MOWING APPARATUS WITH MOWER DECK ALIGNMENT SENSORS
    Publication number: 20200084961
    Abstract: A lawn mowing apparatus may include sensors that are fastened to both its mower deck and its chassis. The sensors may sense a position of the mower deck in relation to the chassis. The sensed position of the mower deck may be presented to the operator via a dashboard display of the lawn tractor or transmitted via a wireless signal to another device. Based on such sensed position, an operator of the lawn tractor may manually adjust the position of the mower deck until the sensed position of the mower deck is within an acceptable operating range. In some embodiments, servomotors may used to adjust the position of the mower deck until the sensed position of the mower deck is within an acceptable range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth Joseph Dombrowski, Grant Kiel, Brian Todd Reese
  • Lawn mowing apparatus with mower deck alignment sensors
    Patent number: 10485163
    Abstract: A lawn mowing apparatus may include sensors that are fastened to both its mower deck and its chassis. The sensors may sense a position of the mower deck in relation to the chassis. The sensed position of the mower deck may be presented to the operator via a dashboard display of the lawn tractor or transmitted via a wireless signal to another device. Based on such sensed position, an operator of the lawn tractor may manually adjust the position of the mower deck until the sensed position of the mower deck is within an acceptable operating range. In some embodiments, servomotors may adjust the position of the mower deck until the sensed position of the mower deck is within an acceptable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Joseph Dombrowski, Grant Kiel, Brian Todd Reese
  • LAWN MOWING APPARATUS WITH MOWER DECK ALIGNMENT SENSORS
    Publication number: 20180092299
    Abstract: A lawn mowing apparatus may include sensors that are fastened to both its mower deck and its chassis. The sensors may sense a position of the mower deck in relation to the chassis. The sensed position of the mower deck may be presented to the operator via a dashboard display of the lawn tractor or transmitted via a wireless signal to another device. Based on such sensed position, an operator of the lawn tractor may manually adjust the position of the mower deck until the sensed position of the mower deck is within an acceptable operating range. In some embodiments, servomotors may used to adjust the position of the mower deck until the sensed position of the mower deck is within an acceptable range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Kenneth Joseph Dombrowski, Grant Kiel, Brian Todd Reese
  • Lawn mowing apparatus with mower deck alignment sensors
    Patent number: 9844175
    Abstract: A lawn mowing apparatus may include sensors that are fastened to both its mower deck and its chassis. The sensors may sense a position of the mower deck in relation to the chassis. The sensed position of the mower deck may be presented to the operator via a dashboard display of the lawn tractor or transmitted via a wireless signal to another device. Based on such sensed position, an operator of the lawn tractor may manually adjust the position of the mower deck until the sensed position of the mower deck is within an acceptable operating range. In some embodiments, servomotors may adjust the position of the mower deck until the sensed position of the mower deck is within an acceptable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: SEARS BRANDS, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Kenneth Joseph Dombrowski, Grant Kiel, Brian Todd Reese
  • LAWN MOWING APPARATUS WITH MOWER DECK ALIGNMENT SENSORS
    Publication number: 20170202136
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a lawn mowing apparatus are described. Such apparatus may include sensors that are fastened to both its mower deck and its chassis. The sensors may sense a position of the mower deck in relation to the chassis. The sensed position of the mower deck may be presented to the operator via a dashboard display of the lawn tractor or transmitted via a wireless signal to another device. Based on such sensed position, an operator of the lawn tractor may manually adjust the position of the mower deck until the sensed position of the mower deck is within an acceptable operating range. In some embodiments, servomotors may used to adjust the position of the mower deck until the sensed position of the mower deck is within an acceptable range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Kenneth Joseph Dombrowski, Grant Kiel, Brian Todd Reese