Patents by Inventor Steven Timothy Rieck

Steven Timothy Rieck 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).

  • Stalk roll with coating
    Patent number: 7992371
    Abstract: A stalk roll for an agricultural harvester row unit comprising a plurality of longitudinal extending knife edges about its circumference, in which one of the leading and trailing sides of the knife edges is coated with a first wear resistant coating over substantially its entire length, and in which the other of the leading and trailing sides is coated with a second wear resistant coating over at least one of a front portion thereof and a rear portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Steven Timothy Rieck, Timothy Franklin Christensen
  • Harvester Head With Adhesive Attached Back Sheet
    Publication number: 20100281835
    Abstract: A harvester head (14) comprising at least first, and second panels (28, 30) of sheet metal that are disposed to direct a lateral flow of outcrop material toward, a feederhouse (18), and an adhesive layer (52) that fixes the first and second panels together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Akhil Rajendra Tipnis, Steven Timothy Rieck
  • Drive assembly and drive system for a combine head
    Patent number: 7694500
    Abstract: A drive assembly for a combine head includes a hub and a bearing received over a portion of the hub. The bearing defines a rotational axis of the hub. A plane passes radially through the bearing relative to the axis. A sprocket is coupled to the hub and is coaxial with the bearing. The sprocket has a plurality of teeth located around a perimeter of the sprocket, the plurality of teeth being located so that the plane passes radially through the plurality of teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Matthew David Arnold, Steven Timothy Rieck, Eric Hans Stone, Michael Bennet Downey, Troy Allen Kost, Joseph Albert Teijido
  • Sprockets And Chains For A Row Unit
    Publication number: 20100071336
    Abstract: A row unit gathering chain has a number of links that is an integral multiple of the number of teeth on the sprocket on which it is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Timothy Franklin Christensen, Steven Timothy Rieck
  • Stalk Roll With Coating
    Publication number: 20100043371
    Abstract: A stalk roll for an agricultural harvester row unit comprising a plurality of longitudinal extending knife edges about its circumference, in which one of the leading and trailing sides of the knife edges is coated with a first wear resistant coating over substantially its entire length, and in which the other of the leading and trailing sides is coated with a second wear resistant coating over at least one of a front portion thereof and a rear portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Steven Timothy Rieck, Timothy Franklin Christensen
  • Auger stripper assembly for a combine corn head
    Patent number: 7520117
    Abstract: An auger stripper assembly for a combine head has first and second auger stripper fixed to a wall of the combine head, wherein one auger stripper is disposed above the other auger stripper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Steven Timothy Rieck, John Chadwick Yagow, Michael Wayne Mossman
  • Cast stalk roll with reduced diameter sections having splines
    Patent number: 7469524
    Abstract: A stalk roll for a harvester includes a cast elongate body formed integral with a plurality of elongate cast cutting edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Steven Timothy Rieck, Robert Dwane Cobert
  • Drive assembly and drive system for a combine head
    Publication number: 20070197327
    Abstract: A drive assembly for a combine head includes a hub and a bearing received over a portion of the hub. The bearing defines a rotational axis of the hub. A plane passes radially through the bearing relative to the axis. A sprocket is coupled to the hub and is coaxial with the bearing. The sprocket has a plurality of teeth located around a perimeter of the sprocket, the plurality of teeth being located so that the plane passes radially through the plurality of teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Matthew David Arnold, Steven Timothy Rieck, Eric Hans Stone, Michael Bennet Downey, Troy Allen Kost, Joseph Albert Teijido
  • Cast Stalk Roll
    Publication number: 20070193241
    Abstract: A stalk roll for a harvester includes a cast elongate body formed integral with a plurality of elongate cast cutting edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Steven Timothy Rieck, Robert Dwane Cobert
  • Auger stripper assembly for a combine corn head
    Publication number: 20070186529
    Abstract: An auger stripper assembly for a combine head has first and second auger stripper fixed to a wall of the combine head, wherein one auger stripper is disposed above the other auger stripper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Steven Timothy Rieck, John Chadwick Yagow, Michael Wayne Mossman