Patents by Inventor Toby Frelich

Toby Frelich 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).

  • Guard Assembly and Related Methods
    Publication number: 20090154995
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a guard assembly and its individual guards for protecting a conveyor system, such as the center conveyor frame. Related methods of installing or removing the individual guards and the guard assembly are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Glenn Schneider, Toby Frelich
  • Machine having cooling system and method
    Publication number: 20090056651
    Abstract: A machine includes a body having a cooling air inlet and a cooling air outlet, and having an engine compartment therein. A second compartment is positioned vertically above and fluidly connected with the engine compartment. At least one open-air operator station is positioned on a deck of the body, and a cooling system draws cooling air in a flow path through the engine compartment, into the second compartment and exhausts the cooling air in a forward direction away from the operator station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Toby Frelich, Andrew J. Krolnik
  • Paving machine having adjustable ballast system and method
    Patent number: 7497641
    Abstract: A paving machine includes a frame having a hopper, a screed and a conveyor to transfer paving material between the hopper and the screed. A ballast system of the paving machine includes an actuator configured to adjust a movable ballast such as a liquid ballast to switch the paving machine between ballast states corresponding to different operating configurations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventor: Toby Frelich