Patents by Inventor Nicholas Bernard Johnson
Nicholas Bernard Johnson 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).
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Publication number: 20240051101Abstract: A tool, for removing a cutting bit from a rotor of a rotor assembly of a machine, includes one or more input interfaces and one or more lighting units. The one or more input interfaces are configured to be actuated to perform one or more functions associated with removing the cutting bit from the rotor. The one or more lighting units are configured to be activated upon the actuation of the one or more input interfaces to illuminate at least a portion of the rotor assembly when performing the one or more functions associated with removing the cutting bit from the rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2022Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Bernard Johnson, Matthew-David S. Frantz
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Patent number: 11897097Abstract: A tool, for removing a cutting bit from a rotor of a rotor assembly of a machine, includes one or more input interfaces and one or more lighting units. The one or more input interfaces are configured to be actuated to perform one or more functions associated with removing the cutting bit from the rotor. The one or more lighting units are configured to be activated upon the actuation of the one or more input interfaces to illuminate at least a portion of the rotor assembly when performing the one or more functions associated with removing the cutting bit from the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Bernard Johnson, Matthew-David S. Frantz
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Patent number: 11879217Abstract: A retention system for retaining a milling drum to a driveshaft of a milling assembly. The driveshaft is powered to drive the milling drum about an axis. The retention system includes a retention member coupled to the driveshaft between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the retention member restricts a disengagement between an engagement surface of the driveshaft and a mating surface of the milling drum, inhibiting a release of the milling drum from the driveshaft along the axis. In the second position, the retention member provides clearance for the disengagement of the engagement surface and the mating surface, facilitating the release of the milling drum from the driveshaft along the axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Craig Thomas Hedstrom, Nicholas Bernard Johnson, Ryan Steve Hutar
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Patent number: 11834798Abstract: A system for transferring torque from a driveshaft to a milling drum mountable on the driveshaft. The system includes a first coupler removably coupled to the driveshaft to co-rotate with the driveshaft. The first coupler defines an engagement surface. Also, the system includes a second coupler removably coupled to the milling drum. The second coupler defines a mating surface engageable with the engagement surface of the first coupler to engage the second coupler to the first coupler and transfer torque from the driveshaft to the milling drum.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Bernard Johnson, Craig Thomas Hedstrom, Ryan Steve Hutar
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Publication number: 20230104194Abstract: A retention system for retaining a milling drum to a driveshaft of a milling assembly. The driveshaft is powered to drive the milling drum about an axis. The retention system includes a retention member coupled to the driveshaft between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the retention member restricts a disengagement between an engagement surface of the driveshaft and a mating surface of the milling drum, inhibiting a release of the milling drum from the driveshaft along the axis. In the second position, the retention member provides clearance for the disengagement of the engagement surface and the mating surface, facilitating the release of the milling drum from the driveshaft along the axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Craig Thomas Hedstrom, Nicholas Bernard Johnson, Ryan Steve Hutar
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Publication number: 20230107382Abstract: A system for transferring torque from a driveshaft to a milling drum mountable on the driveshaft. The system includes a first coupler removably coupled to the driveshaft to co-rotate with the driveshaft. The first coupler defines an engagement surface. Also, the system includes a second coupler removably coupled to the milling drum. The second coupler defines a mating surface engageable with the engagement surface of the first coupler to engage the second coupler to the first coupler and transfer torque from the driveshaft to the milling drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Bernard Johnson, Craig Thomas Hedstrom, Ryan Steve Hutar
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Patent number: 10385536Abstract: A cold planer is provided. The cold planer includes an engine and an enclosure compartment for a milling rotor. The enclosure compartment includes a frame defining an opening of the enclosure compartment. The enclosure compartment includes a moldboard connected to the frame. The moldboard is configured to move vertically between a first position and a second position with respect to the frame. An interfacing arrangement includes a first pair of components carried by the frame and a second pair of components carried by the moldboard. The components of one of the first pair of components and the second pair of components have slanted edges. The first and second pairs of components are configured to allow a lateral movement of the moldboard when the moldboard is in the first position and to engage one another to prevent the lateral movement of the moldboard when the moldboard is in the second position.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Ryan Steve Hutar, Nathan Louis Mashek, Nicholas Bernard Johnson
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Publication number: 20190145080Abstract: A cold planer is provided. The cold planer includes an engine and an enclosure compartment for a milling rotor. The enclosure compartment includes a frame defining an opening of the enclosure compartment. The enclosure compartment includes a moldboard connected to the frame. The moldboard is configured to move vertically between a first position and a second position with respect to the frame. An interfacing arrangement includes a first pair of components carried by the frame and a second pair of components carried by the moldboard. The components of one of the first pair of components and the second pair of components have slanted edges. The first and second pairs of components are configured to allow a lateral movement of the moldboard when the moldboard is in the first position and to engage one another to prevent the lateral movement of the moldboard when the moldboard is in the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Ryan Steve Hutar, Nathan Louis Mashek, Nicholas Bernard Johnson
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Publication number: 20150122962Abstract: A support assembly for supporting a mixing chamber of a reclaiming machine having a frame includes a rod member pivotally mounted on the frame at end portions, a stop member, and a L-linkage attached to the rod member. The L-linkage is further attached to the mixing chamber. The stop member is configured to rotate with the movement of the mixing chamber. Further, a float linkage is provided. The float linkage is capable of being abutted with the stop members and pivotally attached to the rod member. The float linkage is configured to stop the rotation of stop member. Further, a hydraulic cylinder is provided. The hydraulic cylinder connected with the float linkage and the frame. The hydraulic cylinder is configured to adjust the float linkage to one of a plurality of positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Bernard Johnson, Paul Joseph Shockman
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Patent number: 6346618Abstract: A process for the asymmetric transformation of a racemic compound of formula (I) wherein R1 is H or a alkyl group having up to 20 carbon atoms, R2 is H, or an alkyl, aryl, alkaryl or aralkyl group having up to 20 carbon atoms, and X is H, a halogen atom, tert-butyl, or any other removable substituent, comprises reaction of racemic compound (I) with an enantiomerically-enriched acid HY*, wherein Y* is a chiral group, to form a diastereomeric salt of compound (I) having Y* as a counterion. The salt obtained can then be reduced to give enantiomerically-enriched galanthamine, or a derivative thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1999Date of Patent: February 12, 2002Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.Inventors: David Andrew Chaplin, Nicholas Bernard Johnson, Gerard Andrew Potter, Jane Marie Paul
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Patent number: 6271371Abstract: The subject invention concerns a process for the preparation of a compound of formula (2), which comprises phenolic oxidation of a compound of formula (1) wherein X1 and X2 are independently selected from H or a protecting group for the phenolic function, e.g. acyl or trialkylsilyl; groups A1, A2, B1, B2 and Y are selected so as to render the nitrogen atom non-basic; Z is a blocking group, e.g. Br or t-butyl; and R is H, alkyl, aryl, or arylalkyl, and wherein the process is carried out in a two-phase liquid system comprising an aqueous base and an organic solvent having a dielectric constant below 4.8.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 1999Date of Patent: August 7, 2001Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.Inventors: James Henshilwood, Nicholas Bernard Johnson
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Patent number: 6084094Abstract: The subject invention concerns a process for the preparation of a compound of formula (2), which comprises phenolic oxidation of a compound of formula (1) wherein X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 are independently selected from H or a protecting group for the phenolic function, e.g. acyl or trialkylsilyl; groups A.sup.1, A.sup.2, B.sup.1, B.sup.2 and Y are selected so as to render the nitrogen atom non-basic; Z is a blocking group, e.g. Br or t-butyl; and R is H, C.sub.1-20 alkyl, C.sub.3-20 aryl, C.sub.4-20 arylalkyl, and wherein the process is carried out in a two-phase liquid system comprising an aqueous base and an organic solvent having a dielectric constant below 4.8.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1997Date of Patent: July 4, 2000Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.Inventors: James Henshilwood, Nicholas Bernard Johnson