Patents Examined by Joan D Misa
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Patent number: 11252867Abstract: A lawncare apparatus includes a main body, multiple wheels supporting the main body, a cutting blade disposed in the main body, a motor driving the cutting blade, and an operating arm connected to the first end of the main body. The distance in the horizontal direction between the axial central line of the cylindrical gripping portion of the operating arm and the axes of the elongated handle of the main body along the length direction is less than 5 cm. Because of the structure mate relationship between the operating arm and the cylindrical gripping portion, the operator feels more comfortable during the transporting process, the volume of lawncare apparatus during transporting is reduced and the convenience of transporting is improved.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Chervon (HK) LimitedInventors: Toshinari Yamaoka, Fangjie Nie, Haishen Xu, Xiandian Shao
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Patent number: 11252862Abstract: A turfgrass brushing assembly and system is disclosed. A frame assembly may be configured to removably couple to a mower cutting unit, and may have a cross member and two opposing side plates. Each side plate may include an array of holes and a pivot coupling configured to pivotally couple the turfgrass brushing assembly to the mower cutting unit. Each side plate may be releasably coupled to a different end of the cross member through at least one hole of the array of holes. A brush holder assembly may be adjustably coupled to the frame assembly, and may have a brush block coupling configured to couple to a brush. An angle adjustment assembly may be coupled to the brush holder assembly and the cross member. The angle adjustment assembly may pivot to adjust a relative angle of the brush holder assembly with respect to the frame assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Inventor: Harold F. Howard
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Patent number: 11252871Abstract: A rotary sieve cleaning shoe for cleaning grain, having at least one rotary sieve with a generally cylindrical volume arranged to rotate around a longitudinal axis and having at least one beater bar within the cylinder which remains stationary when the rotary sieve rotates.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: AGCO International GmbHInventors: Paolo Basso, Fabio Racchella
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Patent number: 11246262Abstract: A lawncare apparatus includes a main body, multiple wheels supporting the main body, a cutting blade disposed in the main body, a motor driving the cutting blade, and an operating arm connected to the first end of the main body. The distance in the horizontal direction between the axial central line of the cylindrical gripping portion of the operating arm and the axes of the elongated handle of the main body along the length direction is less than 5 cm. Because of the structure mate relationship between the operating arm and the cylindrical gripping portion, the operator feels more comfortable during the transporting process, the volume of lawncare apparatus during transporting is reduced and the convenience of transporting is improved.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Chervon (HK) LimitedInventors: Toshinari Yamaoka, Fangjie Nie, Haishen Xu, Xiandian Shao
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Patent number: 11234370Abstract: Disclosed is a harvesting device for harvesting vegetable crops from the ground, which vegetable crops have a stem and a crown supported by the stem and leaves attached to the stem, said device comprising a frame, a first drive for moving the frame onward over the ground, a cutter for severing the stem, a second drive for the cutter, a stripper for stripping the leaves from the stem, and a third drive for moving the stripper vertically along the stem for in the stripper's strip position stripping the leaves from the stem.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2017Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: TUMOBA B.V.Inventor: Hendrik Willem Molenaar
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Patent number: 11229159Abstract: Devices, systems and methods having a pair of pivotable molded plastic substantially S shaped elongated arms with handle ends and opposite rake scooper ends. A user can manipulate the handle ends as tongs to pick up yard waste, such as but not limited to leaves, branches and the like, to be moved into yard waste containers, such as trashcans, leaf bags and the like. The pivot point of the pivoting arms is substantially twice as close to the handle ends than to the rake scooper ends to allow for greater leverage for picking up the yard waste. The higher pivotal point can form an approximately 3 to approximately 1 work ratio whereby spreading the handle ends of the device just approximately 11? or more apart allows for the rake scooper ends have spreads approximately 33?, for maximizing debris collection.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Inventor: Bruce Feldman
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Patent number: 11224161Abstract: An improved cutter assembly for use with a header of an agricultural harvester is provided. The assembly includes a pair of oppositely directed knife blades or cutter bars and a center knife drive. A crank shaft drives both knife blades in linear reciprocating paths with no fore and aft movement. As a consequence, harmful fore and aft vibration is eliminated. The assembly is simple and durable in design, less susceptible to vibration-induced wear and tear, and comparatively simple to manufacture and repair.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Seth Michael Bich
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Patent number: 11225764Abstract: A snow moving tool that has a handle and a curved lower shovel portion permanently affixed to an upper shovel portion so that as snow is scooped by the lower shovel portion, it is also pushed down by the upper shovel portion so that deep snow does not simply move over the top of the lower shovel portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Inventor: Joseph Wyatt
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Patent number: 11212960Abstract: A pair of reel mower cutting unit steering limiters including a pair of pivoting members that may be independently pivoted between an engaged position providing a full range of steering of a reel mower cutting unit in a first direction on a vertical yaw axis, and a disengaged position reducing the steering of the reel mower cutting unit in the first direction. The maximum steering angle may be independently adjustable in each direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Chris M. Georgoulias, Brent G. Rinholm
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Patent number: 11197420Abstract: A convertible lawnmower with a mulching mode and a discharge mode includes a housing and a mulching system. The housing includes a discharge opening. The mulching system includes a mounting ring and a shutter ring. The mounting ring is coupled substantially concentrically to the housing and includes an upper surface, a lower surface, and a sidewall that extends substantially axially therebetween. The sidewall is formed with a retaining groove and at least one installation groove. The retaining groove extends at least partially circumferentially within an inner surface of the sidewall and each installation groove extends axially from the lower surface to the retaining groove. The shutter ring is only coupled to mounting ring via the retaining groove such that the shutter ring is selectively shiftable between a mulching mode and a discharge mode.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Surender Kumar, Scott J. Kaskawitz, Christopher Kurt Zingelmann, Jr.
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Patent number: 11193256Abstract: A lock assembly for an excavator wear assembly, the lock assembly a locking pin having at least one dowel extending outwardly therefrom. The lock assembly also includes a retaining member having a seat and a cavity and a biasing member located within the cavity of the retaining member. The biasing member is adapted to exert a biasing force on the dowel to releasably retain the dowel within the seat of the retaining member.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Inventors: Miguel Guimaraes, Bruce Lilley, Quintin Nienaber, Tony Young
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Patent number: 11191215Abstract: A dynamically operated concave threshing bar system, method, and apparatus wherein one or more threshing bars within a concave can dynamically move to various positions in real-time based on one or more conditions such as the type crop being harvested and on a determination by a combine harvester's computerized system, artificial intelligence (AI) system, or upon the operators input, among others. The concave can include a concave frame having a pair of arcuate side members, a threshing bar, and an actuator coupled to the threshing bar, wherein the actuator can be configured to move the threshing bar along the arcuate side members of the concave frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Inventor: Brian G. Robertson
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Patent number: 11178814Abstract: A riding vehicle may include a blower assembly, a mower deck, and a power source. The blower assembly may be configured to direct air from an air inlet to at least one air outlet to move surface debris. The mower deck may be configured to cut a lawn formed of grass or other vegetation. The blower assembly may be configured to direct air to an interior space of the mower deck for assisted discharge of cuttings.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Inventor: Ricky A. Weihl
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Patent number: 11160207Abstract: A mower deck can include a linkage that enables adjusting the height of the mower deck with a single action. The mower deck can include a rolling mechanism support arm at each corner and a coupling mechanism that extends between the front and rear rolling mechanism support arms on each side of the mower deck. A shaft can extend between the two front rolling mechanism support arms and can be rotated via an actuator. When the shaft is rotated, the front rolling mechanism support arms will rotate in unison, and the coupling mechanisms will cause the rear rolling mechanism support arms to also rotate in unison. In this way, a single action can cause the height of the mower deck to be adjusted. Alternatively, a mower deck can include a height adjustment mechanism at each corner of the mower deck which can be controlled synchronously to adjust the height.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: FireFly Automatix, Inc.Inventors: Steven R. Aposhian, Eric E. Aston, William M. Decker, Samuel H. Drake
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Patent number: 11160205Abstract: A lawnmower with a mulch plug with a plurality ramps for deflecting lawn clippings out of a cutting deck with more than one depth planes. The mulch plug is configured to attach to the lawnmower by one or more attachment points to block a collector opening of the lawnmower. The plurality of ramps comprises a first ramp and a second ramp on the lower plane of the cutting deck extending downward from the mulch plug. The second ramp is positioned further in the cutting rotation of the lawnmower on a trailing edge of the mulch plug. The secure attachment of the mulch plug with a plurality of ramps provides a more even distribution of grass clippings.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Christopher D. Meeks
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Patent number: 11147213Abstract: A threshing section for a combine harvester includes a rotor and a transition cone. The rotor has an axis of rotation, a downstream end, and an upstream end. The upstream end includes one or more blades for moving crop downstream in a direction of crop flow. The transition cone at least partially surrounds the upstream end of the rotor and the blades. An annular space is formed between a swept profile of the blades and an interior surface of the transition cone through which crop is introduced into the threshing section. A cross-sectional area of the annular space, which is measured in a radial direction, is substantially constant along at least a portion of a length of the swept profile.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLCInventors: Benjamin Kemmerer, Joshua Lesher
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Patent number: 11147211Abstract: A mower assembly adapted to be coupled to a hitch of a work machine. The mower assembly has a sub-frame with one or more hitch couplers adapted to be removably coupled to the hitch of the work machine, a mower arm having a first end and a second end, the first end being pivotally coupled to the sub-frame with a pivot pin, the mower arm is pivotable about the first end between a first position and a second position relative to the sub-frame, an arc-shaped rail positioned about the pivot pin for guiding the mower arm as the mower arm transitions between the first position and the second position, and a mower head mechanically coupled to the mower arm at the second end.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventor: Jason C. Eubanks
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Patent number: 11140804Abstract: An angle adjustable coulter wheel assembly includes a rotatable shank having a longitudinal axis defined by an upper portion of the shank. The longitudinal axis is oriented neither vertically or horizontally with respect to the ground when the assembly is mounted on a tillage apparatus. A coulter wheel rotatably mounted on the shank proximate a lower portion of the shank. An actuator rotates the upper portion of the shank about the longitudinal axis to cause the face of the coulter wheel to rotate about three orthogonal axes thereby changing orientation of the face of the coulter wheel with respect to the ground when the assembly is on the tillage apparatus. The coulter wheel assembly permits adjusting the angle of the coulter wheel in at least two planes permitting greater control over how much soil the coulter wheel disturbs during tilling.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Salford Group Inc.Inventors: Geof J. Gray, John Mark Averink, Jake A. Rozendaal, Frens Hoeve, Simon Goveia
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Patent number: 11134612Abstract: A lawn mower to weed trimmer attachment apparatus for simultaneously weed trimming and lawn mowing includes a pair of attachment arms each comprising an upper arm and a lower arm. The upper arm has a threaded adjustment aperture to receive an adjustment bolt to selectively engage the lower arm and fix the height of the attachment arm. A trimmer cradle is coupled to the upper arm and is configured to receive a trimmer arm of a weed trimmer. A mower tube is coupled to the lower arm. The mower tube has an attachment aperture and is configured to receive an attachment hardware set. The mower tube is configured to receive the mower arm of a lawn mower. A pair of cross braces extends between the pair of attachment arms and a support brace is coupled to the mower arm.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Inventor: Benjamin Wheeler
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Patent number: 11134611Abstract: An agricultural machine is with skids equipped with interchangeable liners. The agricultural machine is a disk mower, a swather or similar machine, resting at least partly in braced manner on the soil during its use and provided with a working element and with skids designed to slide on the soil. These skids are formed in a lower wall of the working element or are integral with this lower wall, and each skid is provided with a liner having at least one frontal end and a frontal rim on each side of this frontal end. At least one of the frontal rims of the liner of each skid has a relief, at least one part of which penetrates into an indentation formed in the corresponding skid.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Kuhn S.A.Inventor: Joel Wilhelm