Patents by Inventor Jeffrey L. Lubben

Jeffrey L. Lubben 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: 11976713
    Abstract: A transmission includes a drive element, a first output element, a primary transmission unit, a reversing unit, and an intermediate gearbox. At least two of the at least five shifting elements of the primary transmission unit, at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the reversing unit, and at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the intermediate gearbox are activatable in combinations of at least four shifting elements so as to establish at least twelve forward gears between the drive element and the first output element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Lubben, Pradip Shinde
  • Patent number: 11971091
    Abstract: A transmission includes a drive element, a first output element, a primary transmission unit, a reversing unit, and an intermediate gearbox. At least two of the at least five shifting elements of the primary transmission unit, at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the reversing unit, and at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the intermediate gearbox are activatable in combinations of at least four shifting elements so as to establish at least twelve forward gears between the drive element and the first output element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Pradip Shinde, Jeffrey L. Lubben
  • Patent number: 11926209
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for an electrically driven power take-off (PTO). A motor generator is coupled to a PTO output shaft. The motor generator is capable of varying rotation speeds and direction. By extension, the PTO output shaft may also have varying speeds and directions. A control system is also provided to control the motor generator and, therefore, the PTO output shaft in accordance with a plurality of operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Jeffrey L. Lubben
  • Patent number: 11879528
    Abstract: A transmission includes a drive element, a first output element, a primary transmission unit, a reversing unit, and an intermediate gearbox. At least three of the at least eight shifting elements of the primary transmission unit, at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the reversing unit, and at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the intermediate gearbox are activatable in combinations of at least five shifting elements so as to establish at least twenty-eight forward gears between the drive element and the first output element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Lubben, Pradip Shinde
  • Patent number: 11879527
    Abstract: A transmission includes a drive element, a first output element, a primary transmission unit, a reversing unit, and an intermediate gearbox. At least two of the at least nine shifting elements of the primary transmission unit, at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the reversing unit, and at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the intermediate gearbox are activatable in combinations of at least four shifting elements so as to establish at least twenty-eight forward gears between the drive element and the first output element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Lubben, Pradip Shinde
  • Patent number: 11873886
    Abstract: A transmission includes a drive element, a first output element, a primary transmission unit, a reversing unit, and an intermediate gearbox. At least three of the at least seven shifting elements of the primary transmission unit, at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the reversing unit, and at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the intermediate gearbox are activatable in combinations of at least five shifting elements so as to establish at least eighteen forward gears between the drive element and the first output element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Lubben, Pradip Shinde
  • Patent number: 11781629
    Abstract: A transmission includes a drive element, a first output element, a primary transmission unit, a reversing unit, and an intermediate gearbox. At least three of the at least eight shifting elements of the primary transmission unit, at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the reversing unit, and at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the intermediate gearbox are activatable in combinations of at least five shifting elements so as to establish at least twenty-eight forward gears between the drive element and the first output element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Lubben, Pradip Shinde
  • Patent number: 11781627
    Abstract: A transmission includes a drive element, a first output element, a primary transmission unit, a reversing unit, and an intermediate gearbox. At least two of the at least five shifting elements of the primary transmission unit, at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the reversing unit, and at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the intermediate gearbox are activatable in combinations of at least four shifting elements so as to establish at least twelve forward gears between the drive element and the first output element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Lubben, Pradip Shinde
  • Patent number: 11781626
    Abstract: A transmission includes a drive element, a first output element, a primary transmission unit, a reversing unit, and an intermediate gearbox. At least two of the at least five shifting elements of the primary transmission unit, at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the reversing unit, and at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the intermediate gearbox are activatable in combinations of at least four shifting elements so as to establish at least twelve forward gears between the drive element and the first output element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Pradip Shinde, Jeffrey L. Lubben
  • Patent number: 11781628
    Abstract: A transmission includes a drive element, a first output element, a primary transmission unit, a reversing unit, and an intermediate gearbox. At least two of the at least nine shifting elements of the primary transmission unit, at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the reversing unit, and at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the intermediate gearbox are activatable in combinations of at least four shifting elements so as to establish at least twenty-eight forward gears between the drive element and the first output element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Lubben, Pradip Shinde
  • Publication number: 20230265864
    Abstract: An auxiliary hydraulic system including an accumulator, a control valve, and a hydraulic connector. The accumulator connects to a primary hydraulic system including a hydraulic pump, a brake circuit, and a steering circuit. The control valve selectively allows or prevents flow from an accumulator to at least one of the brake circuit and the steering circuit. The hydraulic connector selectively connects an external source to the accumulator and the control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: JEFFREY L. LUBBEN, CRAIG A. PUETZ, Nathanael K. Rehn
  • Publication number: 20230264665
    Abstract: A brake pedal feedback system includes a spring driver, a first spring, a first brake pedal, and a second brake pedal. The spring driver includes a first recess and a second recess. The first brake pedal includes a first extension at least partially positioned in the first recess. The second first brake pedal includes a second extension at least partially positioned in the second recess. When the first brake pedal is in an engaged position and the second brake pedal is in a disengaged position, the first extension contacts a first surface of the first recess causing the spring driver to move the first spring from a relaxed condition to an energy storing condition, and the second extension is spaced apart from a first surface of the second recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: JEFFREY L. LUBBEN, PRADIP SHINDE, Lowell D. Stutzman
  • Patent number: 11702136
    Abstract: Vehicles, control systems for vehicles, and methods of operating vehicles are disclosed herein. A vehicle includes a frame structure, a front section, a rear articulation section, and a control system. The front section is coupled to the frame structure and to a front plurality of wheels supported for movement on a front axle. The rear articulation section is coupled to the frame structure and to a rear plurality of wheels supported for movement on a rear axle. The rear articulation section is pivotally coupled to the front section via an articulation joint and arranged opposite the front section along a vehicle axis. The control system is coupled to the frame structure and includes a mode selector configured to provide input indicative of a mode selected by an operator in use of the vehicle and a controller communicatively coupled to the mode selector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott A. Hudson, Jeffrey L. Lubben, Jeffrey M. Tott
  • Patent number: 11698122
    Abstract: A drive system includes a planetary gear set having first and second rotatable input members connected in driven relation with respective first and second power sources, and a rotatable output member connected in driving relation with a working piece, the first and second rotatable input members being connected in differentially rotatable communication with the output member. The input members are operable to vary the rotation and direction of the output member and the connected working piece. In an aspect, the output member is rotatable about an axis for driving the working piece, and the first and second input members are also rotatable about the axis. In a further aspect, the first and second input members include coupling regions for coupling the first and second power sources on-axis with the drive system. In a further aspect, the second power source is a hydraulic input motor concentric with the first input member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Jeffrey L. Lubben
  • Publication number: 20220403923
    Abstract: A transmission includes a drive element, a first output element, a primary transmission unit, a reversing unit, and an intermediate gearbox. At least two of the at least five shifting elements of the primary transmission unit, at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the reversing unit, and at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the intermediate gearbox are activatable in combinations of at least four shifting elements so as to establish at least twelve forward gears between the drive element and the first output element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: JEFFREY L. LUBBEN, PRADIP SHINDE
  • Publication number: 20220403924
    Abstract: A transmission includes a drive element, a first output element, a primary transmission unit, a reversing unit, and an intermediate gearbox. At least three of the at least seven shifting elements of the primary transmission unit, at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the reversing unit, and at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the intermediate gearbox are activatable in combinations of at least five shifting elements so as to establish at least eighteen forward gears between the drive element and the first output element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: JEFFREY L. LUBBEN, PRADIP SHINDE
  • Publication number: 20220403925
    Abstract: A transmission includes a drive element, a first output element, a primary transmission unit, a reversing unit, and an intermediate gearbox. At least three of the at least eight shifting elements of the primary transmission unit, at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the reversing unit, and at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the intermediate gearbox are activatable in combinations of at least five shifting elements so as to establish at least twenty-eight forward gears between the drive element and the first output element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: JEFFREY L. LUBBEN, PRADIP SHINDE
  • Publication number: 20220403922
    Abstract: A transmission includes a drive element, a first output element, a primary transmission unit, a reversing unit, and an intermediate gearbox. At least two of the at least five shifting elements of the primary transmission unit, at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the reversing unit, and at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the intermediate gearbox are activatable in combinations of at least four shifting elements so as to establish at least twelve forward gears between the drive element and the first output element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: PRADIP SHINDE, JEFFREY L. LUBBEN
  • Publication number: 20220403919
    Abstract: A transmission includes a drive element, a first output element, a primary transmission unit, a reversing unit, and an intermediate gearbox. At least two of the at least nine shifting elements of the primary transmission unit, at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the reversing unit, and at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the intermediate gearbox are activatable in combinations of at least four shifting elements so as to establish at least twenty-eight forward gears between the drive element and the first output element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: JEFFREY L. LUBBEN, PRADIP SHINDE
  • Publication number: 20220128128
    Abstract: A drive system includes a planetary gear set having first and second rotatable input members connected in driven relation with respective first and second power sources, and a rotatable output member connected in driving relation with a working piece, the first and second rotatable input members being connected in differentially rotatable communication with the output member. The input members are operable to vary the rotation and direction of the output member and the connected working piece. In an aspect, the output member is rotatable about an axis for driving the working piece, and the first and second input members are also rotatable about the axis. In a further aspect, the first and second input members include coupling regions for coupling the first and second power sources on-axis with the drive system. In a further aspect, the second power source is a hydraulic input motor concentric with the first input member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Jeffrey L. Lubben