Patents by Inventor Tracey D. Meiners

Tracey D. Meiners 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).

  • Publication number: 20130277943
    Abstract: A hitch system for automatically hitching a tractor to a trailing implement is provided. The hitch system may allow an operator that is in a cab of the tractor to remotely connect and electrical system and/or a hydraulic system of a tractor an implement to each other and to remotely secure a hitch pin that connects a tongue of the implement to a drawbar of the tractor. The hitch system may include implement and tractor connector bank assemblies that are respectively provided on the implement and tractor. The tractor connector bank assembly may be moveable in multiple directions for allowing the tractor connector bank assembly to be remotely controlled from the cab of the tractor to align and move into engagement with the implement connector bank assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Keith W. Wendte, Tracey D. Meiners, Charles B. Merriken, Brian R. Krug, Garrett R. Rausch, Bruce R. Vahling
  • Patent number: 8535120
    Abstract: A blade sharpening system is provide that includes a base and a pendulous arm having a first end rotatably coupled to the base by a pivot joint. The blade sharpening system also includes a sharpener suspended by the pendulous arm and configured to engage a generally circular agricultural implement blade while mounted on the agricultural implement. The pendulous arm is configured to enable movement of the sharpener to accommodate lateral variations in blade profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. Zemenchik, Ivan Rieke, Mark Hoffman, Ross L. Gingrich, Ben G. Zimmerman, Alan R. Martin, Tracey D. Meiners, Michael G. Kovach, Paul Hurtis
  • Publication number: 20120052775
    Abstract: A blade sharpening system is provided that includes a sharpening assembly including a sharpener configured to engage a generally circular agricultural implement blade while mounted on the agricultural implement. The blade sharpening system also includes a rail configured to support the sharpening assembly and to facilitate movement of the sharpening assembly along the rail. The blade sharpening system further includes a mounting feature coupled to the rail and configured to engage a structural member of the agricultural implement to support the rail and sharpening assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Tracey D. Meiners, Ross L. Gingrich, Ben G. Zimmerman, Alan R. Martin, Paul Hurtis
  • Publication number: 20120052776
    Abstract: A blade sharpening system is provide that includes a base and a pendulous arm having a first end rotatably coupled to the base by a pivot joint. The blade sharpening system also includes a sharpener suspended by the pendulous arm and configured to engage a generally circular agricultural implement blade while mounted on the agricultural implement. The pendulous arm is configured to enable movement of the sharpener to accommodate lateral variations in blade profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. Zemenchik, Ivan Rieke, Mark Hoffman, Ross L. Gingrich, Ben G. Zimmerman, Alan R. Martin, Tracey D. Meiners, Michael G. Kovach, Paul Hurtis