Patents by Inventor Zachary Nichols

Zachary Nichols 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: 11925144
    Abstract: A harvesting apparatus includes a crop conditioning element coupled to a frame, and a hood moveable relative to the crop conditioning element. An actuating system moveably connects the hood to the frame. The actuating system includes a driven lever arm rotatably attached to the frame and including a first lever connection and a second lever connection positioned opposite each other across a lever rotation axis. A first pivot assembly is rotatably attached to the frame and includes a first pivot connection coupled to the first lever connection of the driven lever arm, and a second pivot connection coupled to a first lift connection of the hood. A second pivot assembly is rotatably attached to the frame and includes a third pivot connection coupled to the second lever connection of the driven lever arm, and a fourth pivot connection coupled to a second lift connection of the hood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Zachary J. Lyle, Thomas A. Nichols
  • Publication number: 20190279260
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, described herein are systems and methods for generation or selection of advertisement content or creatives (dynamic advertisements), in real-time, for use with a digital media content environment and media content streams. A media server enables streaming of media content to client media devices. An advertisement generation service can receive data or information describing, for example, a user profile associated with a user, to determine demographic data or information, and/or a metadata describing the media content played by the user within a current streaming session, and generate or select, in real-time, a dynamic advertisement for use with the streaming session. A dynamic advertisement can include a combination of background audio content (a background track), with voiceover audio content (a voiceover track), which is determined to be suitable in music style for playing within the current streaming session and/or to target the user's demographic data or information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Chris Carpita, Rachel Bittner, Zachary Nichols, Sarah Raymond