Patents by Inventor Michael Charles Bunnell

Michael Charles Bunnell 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).

  • Publication number: 20130341966
    Abstract: A suspension system for a cab of an off-road vehicle includes a superstructure configured to receive a cab frame. The superstructure forms a framework, the corners of which receive suspension assemblies and dampers. The suspension assemblies include one or more springs or resilient elements to resist suspension motion, and the dampers provide dampening of the motion. Lateral and longitudinal suspension motions are resisted by links between the corners of the superstructure. An anti-roll bar reduces roll. The entire suspension system may be pre-assembled and then joined to the vehicle chassis frame. The cab frame may then be placed on the suspension system. Parts of the suspension system may interface with and be housed by roll-over protective structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Rowland James Milburn, Michael Henning Bakken, Salvatore Virgilio, David Larry Tveito, David Sheldon Booth, John Thomas Rasset, Jason Keith Novacek, Dallas Lee Jorgenson, Chad Alry Bautz, Michael Charles Bunnell, Shane Michael Scott, Daniel John Zurn, Russell Victor Stoltman
  • Publication number: 20130026244
    Abstract: A work vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine and a catalytic converter coupled to the exhaust of the engine. A reduction agent system provides for injection of a reduction agent, such as urea, upstream of the catalytic converter. Coolant heated by the engine is directed to the reduction agent system to defrost/heat the reduction agent, and is also directed to a vehicle cabin heating system. Flow of coolant may be preferentially directed to the cabin heating system rather than to the reduction agent system, such as following vehicle startup, particularly during cold-weather operation. Flow may be altered to favor the reduction agent system, such as based upon time and/or the temperature of the cabin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Leonid Chernyavsky, Alan Gene Leupold, Nicholas Joseph Prenger, Michael Charles Bunnell, William Henry Adamson, Jay Joseph Martin, Mark Douglas Klassen