Patents by Inventor Thor Anderson

Thor Anderson 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: 11890782
    Abstract: Mixing systems that include a mixer housing and one or more disk assemblies for mixing and processing materials is disclosed. The disks rotate to mix an additive into the material and to carry agglomerated solids toward a discharge of the mixing system. The disks may have a plurality of fingers or lobes which extend from a central portion of the disks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Andy Strobel, Nathan Meyer, Thor Anderson, Conner Converse, James W. Skinner
  • Patent number: 11753351
    Abstract: A compost turning apparatus mountable on a loader for turning composting materials may include a mobile base having a frame with inboard, outboard, and bridging portions defining a windrow tunnel through which a windrow of composting materials are passed. The inboard portion may be configured to mount on the loader. The apparatus may include a rotor extending across the windrow tunnel, and the rotor may include a rotor shaft and paddles on the rotor shaft. A rotor drive assembly on the mobile base may rotate the rotor using a motor hydraulically-connectable to a hydraulic power system of the loader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Kooima Ag, Inc.
    Inventors: Thor Anderson, Joel A. Negus, Nolan Den Boer, Greg Dejager
  • Publication number: 20210379797
    Abstract: Mixing systems that include a mixer housing and one or more disk assemblies for mixing and processing materials is disclosed. The disks rotate to mix an additive into the material and to carry agglomerated solids toward a discharge of the mixing system. The disks may have a plurality of fingers or lobes which extend from a central portion of the disks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Andy Strobel, Nathan Meyer, Thor Anderson, Conner Converse, James W. Skinner
  • Publication number: 20210087784
    Abstract: Systems for reducing or preventing pluggage of spoil material in an excavation vacuum apparatus are disclosed. The pluggage prevention system of the excavation vacuum apparatus may trigger one or more mitigation operations (e.g., addition of water through spray nozzles) to loosen the build-up of spoil material and/or to at least partially shut down the excavation vacuum apparatus to prevent more material being fed to the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Thor Anderson, Jacob Keeley, Conner Converse, Andrew Strobel, Brandon Lane Storm
  • Patent number: 10617061
    Abstract: A compost turning apparatus may include a towable mobile base being elongated in a longitudinal direction and having a lateral direction. The mobile base may comprise a frame, a tongue mounted on the frame, one or more transport wheels mountable in a transport setup and an operational setup, one or more support wheels mounted on the frame, and a drive wheel mounted on the frame. The apparatus may also include a rotor mounted on the mobile base to rotate about an axis oriented substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the mobile base. The rotor may have a plurality of paddles arranged in circumferential rows, with various paddle positions and paddle orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Kooima Ag, Inc.
    Inventors: Thor Anderson, Kelly R. Konz, Joel A. Negus, Greg Dejager, Nolan Den Boer, Brent Maassen
  • Publication number: 20190104686
    Abstract: A compost turning apparatus may include a towable mobile base being elongated in a longitudinal direction and having a lateral direction. The mobile base may comprise a frame, a tongue mounted on the frame, one or more transport wheels mountable in a transport setup and an operational setup, one or more support wheels mounted on the frame, and a drive wheel mounted on the frame. The apparatus may also include a rotor mounted on the mobile base to rotate about an axis oriented substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the mobile base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: THOR ANDERSON, KELLY R. KONZ, JOEL A. NEGUS, GREG DEJAGER, NOLAN DEN BOER, BRENT MAASSEN
  • Publication number: 20100203493
    Abstract: A learning component instruction development/design environment system is provided. The system includes; web servers operatively connected to communication and streaming media servers, application servers, a component and media repository and a database. The system is configured to perform one or more of the following methods; a method of editing a learning sequence in a computer based instructional development/design environment, a method of interacting with a learning sequence, and a method of analyzing a sequence session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Per Anderson, Thor Anderson