Patents by Inventor Ricky Dean Madson

Ricky Dean Madson 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: 7481287
    Abstract: A vehicle cooling package has a fan shroud mounted to a heat exchanger assembly. A diverter plate is mounted adjacent to the shroud and spaced therefrom with a fan interposed therebetween. A diverting surface of the shroud and the diverter plate are angled from the axis of the fan when the shroud and plate are assembled to the vehicle. A vehicle hood has upper and side surfaces each having air discharge apertures corresponding with the space between the diverting surface and the diverter plate when the hood is closed. The diverting surface and the diverter plate both extend fully to the hood assembly when the hood is closed. The angles of the diverting surface and the diverter plate closely match a natural discharge angle of the fan, so that air is discharged from the fan at a high velocity from under the hood through the air discharge apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Ricky Dean Madson, Andy Blaine Appleton, Clinton Lane Lafferty, Ronnie Franklin Burk, Dennis Aaron Bowman, Thomas Frederick Tock, Paul Thomas Bruss, Charles Nicholas Warren, Scott Keith Farlow, Matthew Robert Oliver