Patents by Inventor Trace Dustin Landers

Trace Dustin Landers 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: 8291551
    Abstract: A clamp assembly is provided for clamping tubular parts to a vehicle frame. The clamp assembly includes a first housing attached to a vehicle frame member and a second housing for attaching to the first housing. A first clamp member is received by the first housing. The first clamp member has recesses formed in an outer surface thereof for receiving tubular parts, and has grooves spaced apart from the outer surface for receiving other tubular part. The first clamp member includes a guide member which is received by a slot formed in the first housing. The first clamp member also includes a post which projects therefrom. A second clamp member is compressed between the second housing and the first clamp member, and the second tubular parts are held between the first clamp member and the second clamp member. The second clamp member includes a bore which receives the post. The first and second housings enclose the clamp members and the tubular parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Bruss, James Allen Newhouse, Trace Dustin Landers
  • Publication number: 20100314908
    Abstract: A ROPS-capable cab frame beltline support member for a vehicle cab frame which includes left and right rear corner posts. The beltline support member extends between the rear corner posts and is spaced apart above the lower ends of the posts. The support member includes first and second parts welded together. The support member includes a central portion, a left end fixed to the left rear corner post and a right end fixed to the right rear corner post. The central portion is offset rearwardly with respect to its left and right ends. The first part includes a midportion, a left flange portion and a right flange portion. The midportion has a C-shaped cross sectional shape. The midportion of the first part has a wider upper side, a back plate and a narrower lower side. The second part includes flanged ends and an elongated member having a first edge which engages an inner surface of the first part, and having a side surface which engages an edge of the first part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Lee Wood, JR., Trace Dustin Landers, Wayne Douglas Mugge, Charles Nicholas Warren
  • Publication number: 20100269313
    Abstract: A clamp assembly is provided for clamping tubular parts to a vehicle frame. The clamp assembly includes a first housing attached to a vehicle frame member and a second housing for attaching to the first housing. A first clamp member is received by the first housing. The first clamp member has recesses formed in an outer surface thereof for receiving tubular parts, and has grooves spaced apart from the outer surface for receiving other tubular part. The first clamp member includes a guide member which is received by a slot formed in the first housing. The first clamp member also includes a post which projects therefrom. A second clamp member is compressed between the second housing and the first clamp member, and the second tubular parts are held between the first clamp member and the second clamp member. The second clamp member includes a bore which receives the post. The first and second housings enclose the clamp members and the tubular parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Bruss, James Allen Newhouse, Trace Dustin Landers
  • Patent number: D517096
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Trace Dustin Landers, Thomas Howard Ward, Stephen Henry Kaminski
  • Patent number: D603881
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Thomas Wenceslas Tamplain, III, Jeffrey James Simoneaux, Marco Driest, Thomas C. Boe, Richard Jon Smith, Trace Dustin Landers, Bruce Kevin Fryk, Timothy Scott Hunt, Octavio Humberto Rodriguez Arellano
  • Patent number: D604750
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Richard Jon Smith, Marco Driest, Jeffrey James Simoneaux, Thomas Wenceslas Tamplain, III, Trace Dustin Landers, Bruce Kevin Fryk, Timothy Scott Hunt, Thomas C. Boe, Octavio Humberto Rodriguez Arellano