Patents by Inventor Mike Vander Hart

Mike Vander Hart 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).

  • Control of excavation apparatus
    Patent number: 6729050
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling an excavator having a frame, engine, ground supports and an excavation boom with an excavating drum. The method includes fixing the orientation of the boom relative to gravity to approximately control the shape of an excavated ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Dean Whitten, Dan Hawks, Mike Vander Hart, Mark Cooper
  • Control of excavation apparatus
    Publication number: 20030041485
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling an excavator having a frame, engine, ground supports and an excavation boom with an excavating drum. The method includes fixing the orientation of the boom relative to gravity to approximately control the shape of an excavated ground plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Dean Whitten, Dan Hawks, Mike Vander Hart, Mark Cooper