Patents by Inventor Kenneth P. Sauder

Kenneth P. Sauder 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).

  • Vacuum seed meter and dispensing apparatus
    Patent number: 6748885
    Abstract: An agricultural seed planter and seed meter therefore, wherein the seed meter includes a rotary vacuum drum disposed within a stationary housing to entrain individual seeds on an annular circumferential periphery of the drum. As the entrained seeds rotate with the drum the seeds are singulated before being released from said vacuum drum. The seed metering and dispensing device is adapted to be mounted below the seed hopper to discharge the seeds into a seed tube as is conventional, or alternatively the seed metering and dispensing device is preferably adapted for mounting just above the soil surface and between the furrow opening assembly and furrow closing wheel assembly of a conventional agricultural planter such that the seeds are deposited directly into the seed furrow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Precision Planting, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregg A. Sauder, Kenneth R. Dill, Don L. Dunlap, Kenneth P. Sauder, Derek A. Sauder, Jeremy E. Zobrist
  • VACUUM SEED METER AND DISPENSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20030116068
    Abstract: An agricultural seed planter and seed meter therefore, wherein the seed meter includes a rotary vacuum drum disposed within a stationary housing to entrain individual seeds on an annular circumferential periphery of the drum. As the entrained seeds rotate with the drum the seeds are singulated before being released from said vacuum drum. The seed metering and dispensing device is adapted to be mounted below the seed hopper to discharge the seeds into a seed tube as is conventional, or alternatively the seed metering and dispensing device is preferably adapted for mounting just above the soil surface and between the furrow opening assembly and furrow closing wheel assembly of a conventional agricultural planter such that the seeds are deposited directly into the seed furrow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: Precision Planting, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregg A. Sauder , Kenneth R. Dill , Don L. Dunlap , Kenneth P. Sauder , Derek A. Sauder , Jeremy E. Zobrist
  • Vacuum seed meter and dispensing apparatus
    Patent number: 6516733
    Abstract: An agricultural seed planter and seed meter therefore, wherein the seed meter includes a rotary vacuum drum disposed within a stationary housing to entrain individual seeds on an annular circumferential periphery of the drum. As the entrained seeds rotate with the drum the seeds are singulated before being released from said vacuum drum. The seed metering and dispensing device is adapted to be mounted below the seed hopper to discharge the seeds into a seed tube as is conventional, or alternatively the seed metering and dispensing device is preferably adapted for mounting just above the soil surface and between the furrow opening assembly and furrow closing wheel assembly of a conventional agricultural planter such that the seeds are deposited directly into the seed furrow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Precision Planting, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregg A. Sauder, Kenneth R. Dill, Don L. Dunlap, Kenneth P. Sauder, Derek A. Sauder, Jeremy E. Zobrist