Patents Examined by Matthew D Troutman
  • Patent number: 10294637
    Abstract: A tooth for attachment to the lip of a bucket of a working machine via an adaptor, having a cavity for receiving a portion of the adaptor, the cavity extending between first and second opposed outer working surfaces (12, 14) from an open end (104) to a bottom end (105); the cavity (103) delimited by an inner wall (102) having first and second facing inner walls (106, 107), and opposing side walls (108), interconnecting the first and second inner walls (106, 107). The cavity defines a back portion (BP) along the Y axis and between the plane spanned by the X and Z axes and the open end of the cavity, a front portion (FP) along the Y axis and between the plane spanned by the X and Z axes and the bottom end of the cavity; and a stepped portion (SP), interconnecting the back portion and the front portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment AB
    Inventors: Francisco Perez Soria, Fermin Sanchez Guisado, Javier Rol Corredor, Jorge Triginer Boixeda
  • Patent number: 10285321
    Abstract: A sleeve type bushing/bearing is assembled/pressed into a pivoting frame structure. This bearing runs on a spindle tube which is bolted rigidly to a support arm structure. The support arm structure supports the outside diameter of the spindle tube and well as clamping to the end face of the spindle tube. This support eliminates most of the shear load from being applied at the joint face to the bolt outside diameter. The larger outside diameter of the spindle tube can support more shear force through the joint allowing greater functional pressure to be applied through the joint without failure. The Joint can be easily assembled and disassembled in multiple configurations and for replacement of worn parts if needed and includes a sleeve type bearing which is maintenance free and requires no greasing or other lubrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Timothy R. Blunier
  • Patent number: 10285322
    Abstract: An agricultural implement including a stacking toolbar assembly. The stacking toolbar assembly includes a center toolbar, a center support beam, at least one pivot beam rotatably coupled to the center support beam at a first joint, at least one wing toolbar moveably coupled to the at least one pivot beam at a second joint, and an actuating system. The actuating system includes at least one first actuator coupled to the center support beam and the at least one pivot beam, and at least one second actuator coupled to the at least one pivot beam and the at least one wing toolbar. The at least one wing toolbar is moveable from a work position in which the at least one wing toolbar is substantially laterally aligned with the center toolbar and a transport position in which the at least one wing toolbar is stacked above the center toolbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Cale N. Boriack, Buweneke A. Fernando
  • Patent number: 10273637
    Abstract: A method of applying building a pavement structure using a polymer modified hot-applied tack coat is disclosed. This polymer modified tack coat is non-adhesive at ambient temperatures, and, thus, also non tracking. The tack is applied while hot, but cools quickly. The subsequent application of hot mix asphalt results in a superior bond between the asphalt layer and the tack layer. It is particularly well suited to bonded friction course applications since it removes the necessity of specialized spray paving machinery and allows the use of conventional asphalt distributors and pavers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Blacklidge Emulsions, Inc.
    Inventor: Roy Brittany Blacklidge
  • Patent number: 10273663
    Abstract: A shroud collar for protecting an edge of a work tool is disclosed. The shroud collar may have a first side plate. The first side plate may have a first lower leg and a first upper leg spaced apart from the first lower leg. The shroud collar may have a second side plate spaced apart from the first plate. The second side plate may have a second lower leg and a second upper leg spaced apart from the second lower leg. The shroud collar may also have an upper crossbar connected to the first side plate and the second side plate. The upper crossbar may be configured to be connectable to the work tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Phillip John Kunz
  • Patent number: 10265593
    Abstract: A ground hold cutter includes a mechanical actuator, a housing shaft, and an arm housed within the housing shaft and coupled to the mechanical actuator. The arm is configured to extend and retract relative to the housing shaft. The ground hole cutter further includes a cylindrical cutter coupled to the arm and configured to engage a ground surface. In addition, the ground hole cutter includes a power supply and a controller. The controller is coupled to the power supply, and configured to control extension and retraction of the arm by actuating the mechanical actuator such that the extension and retraction of the arm engages the cutting component to cut a hole in the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Kevin Froemming
    Inventor: Kevin Froemming
  • Patent number: 10264721
    Abstract: An agricultural implement includes: a chassis; a hitch connected to the chassis; and a harrow carried by the chassis. The harrow includes: a tine frame having at least one clamp tab; and at least one tine clamped to the tine frame by the at least one clamp tab, the at least one tine including a clamped portion with a pair of opposite ends and a pair of vertically descending teeth, each of the vertically descending teeth being connected to a respective end of the clamped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Douglas C. Serrurier
  • Patent number: 10251325
    Abstract: A vertical tilling implement to be pulled behind and agricultural vehicle having a number of gangs of fluted-concave disc blades, rolling baskets, and wheels connected to a main frame. As the vertical tilling implement is pulled, the fluted-concave disc blades move the soil in a direction lateral to the side of the blades as well as up. Meanwhile, the rolling bars aid in leveling the seedbed and crushing the remaining large pieces of soil. The vertical tilling implement reduces the amount of subsoil compaction and cuts through heavy residue making it ideal for use in the fall or in the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Michael George Kovach, Tracey Duane Meiners, Dean Alan Knobloch, Gaylen James Kromminga, Gregory S. Smart
  • Patent number: 10251323
    Abstract: An agricultural tillage implement is provided with a soil finishing system that includes a multi-bar harrow and a down pressure-controlled finishing tool that are arranged with respect to each other to enhance soil tilth and leveling, including reducing residual shank grooves in tilled soil, to improve seed bed preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Dean A. Knobloch, Rick L. Gerber
  • Patent number: 10240319
    Abstract: A ground scraper (10) including: a bowl (12) for holding excavated ground material; a cutting edge (14) mounted at a mouth of the bowl (12) for excavating the ground material; an apron (26) pivotally mounted to the bowl (12) for closing the mouth of the bowl (12); and a hitch assembly (28) including a draft tube (32) and a pair of draft arms (34) extending from the draft tube (32) and pivotally coupled to the bowl (12). Each draft arm (34) including a first portion (36) angled with respect to a second portion (38).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Loriden PTY Ltd.
    Inventor: Gregory Charles McLean
  • Patent number: 10231373
    Abstract: A drawbar apparatus is provided for coupling an earth-working tool to a frame of an agricultural implement. The drawbar apparatus comprises a drawbar. The drawbar comprises a first portion coupled to the frame and a second portion. A joint comprises a first bracket comprising a protrusion. The protrusion defines a first aperture. The first bracket is coupled to one of the second portion of the drawbar and the earth-working tool. A second bracket defines a channel configured to receive the protrusion. The channel defines a second aperture on a first side of the channel and a third aperture on a second side of the channel. The second bracket is coupled to the other of the second portion of the drawbar and the earth-working tool. A fastener is positioned through the first aperture, the second aperture, and the third aperture. The protrusion is configured to move laterally in the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Robert T. Casper, Bryan D. Blauwet, Richard J. Connell, Jeremy D. Krantz, John M. Schweitzer
  • Patent number: 10214879
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tooth (1) for attachment to the lip of a bucket of a working machine, such as an excavator or loader, via an adaptor, the tooth (1) comprising a cavity (103) for receiving a portion of said adaptor, the cavity (103) extending between said first and second opposed outer working surfaces (12, 14) from an open end (104), at said attachment end of the tooth, to a bottom end (105); the cavity (103) being delimited by an inner wall (102); said inner wall (102) comprising first and second internally facing inner walls (106, 107), being the internal surfaces associated with said first outer working surface and said second working outer surface (12,14), respectively, and opposing side walls (108), interconnecting said first and second inner walls (106, 107), the cavity defining a back portion (BP) extending along the Y axis, the back portion being at least partially located between the plane spanned by the X and Z axis and the open end (104) of the cavity, a front portion (FP) exte
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: METALOGENIA RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGIES S.L.
    Inventors: Francisco Perez Soria, Fermin Sanchez Guisado, Javier Rol Corredor, Jorge Triginer Boixeda
  • Patent number: 10212871
    Abstract: The Row Digger provides a tool that enables an operator of the Row Digger to remove dirt piles interfering with irrigation between crop field furrows and irrigation trenches. The Row Digger includes a frame capable of moving from a transportation position to an operation position. The Row Digger also includes a plurality of digger arms extending from a central hub and each terminating in a corresponding digging disc. The central hub is connected to the frame at a hub angle and is capable of rotation about a hub axis. Each digging disc is also connected to the corresponding digger arm at a disc angle. Each digging disc enters a crop furrow and utilizes the slopes of the ridges to create the rotation required about the hub axis and ensure a path of travel for the digging discs that removes the impeding dirt piles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Inventor: Blake Berbereia
  • Patent number: 10208452
    Abstract: A bucket for an implement system includes a bucket body, and a first tooth mounting member and a second tooth mounting member forming first and second corners of the bucket body. The first and second tooth mounting members may be identical to one another, and are each bilaterally symmetrical. A flared shape of a longitudinal fin of each of the tooth mounting members enables abutment against a side wall of a bucket at a plurality of orientations, enabling tooth mounting members of the same design to be used at opposite corners of the bucket for positioning digging teeth at kicked-out orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Phillip Kunz
  • Patent number: 10196789
    Abstract: A plow may include a main plow body, a plurality of trip edges hinged to the main plow body, at least one spring sharer hinged to the main plow body, and a plurality of springs each of which is configured to resist rotation of one of the plurality of trip edges and/or the at least one spring sharer. The at least one spring sharer may be configured for engagement with at least two of the plurality of trip edges, and at least one of the plurality of springs may be configured to resist rotation of at least two of the plurality of trip edges via engagement with the at least one spring sharer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Alamo Group Inc.
    Inventors: Spencer J. Null, Thomas M. Fears, Randal M. Wolf
  • Patent number: 10196787
    Abstract: A self-driven device to resurface an ice rink. The device includes a rotating brush to sweep the ice anterior to a blade used to the scrape the ice. Collected snow is moved into a hot water tank where it is melted and moved to a warm water tank for redeposit onto the skating surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Inventors: Paul J van Eijl, Dave van Eijl
  • Patent number: 10172271
    Abstract: A rotary plow (1) with pivoting support wheel (2) for mounting on a plow frame (3). The pivoting support wheel (2) is suitable for plows projecting far behind, such as multi-plowbody mounted, reversible plows or semi-mounted reversible plows with a movable rear part. Furthermore, the pivoting support wheel (2) exhibits self-steering characteristics which have different support or steering forces which act on the pivoting support wheel (2) or the plow frame (3) through the pushed or forwardly-directed arrangement of the pivot arm, and thus enables an accurate lateral guidance of the plow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: LEMKEN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Josef Siebers
  • Patent number: 10159171
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for cutting and increasing surface area of surface stubble material while contemporaneously cutting and aerating the soil. A discoidal coulter blade is configured with a plurality of circumferential teeth for cutting the surface stubble as well as reducing the downward pressure required for the blade to enter the type and depth of soil desired. The circular coulter blade is configured with a plurality of inserts oriented normal to the rotational movement of the blade as the blade cuts the soil. Each insert is shaped to aerate a specific type of soil anticipated by an operator. The inserts are positioned on the blade for desired impact with the soil and angled in placement on the blade to maintain the desired effect on the soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Prescription Tillage Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Richard L. Christie, Daniel D. Schuler, James L. Wheat
  • Patent number: 10156057
    Abstract: A rotatable hydro excavation suction wand includes an upper section having an upper end configured to be connected to a suction hose, an angled lower section secured to a lower end of the upper portion and the angled lower section having an open end, and a rotary manifold connecting the upper section to the angled lower section and configured to rotate the angled lower section as the upper section remains fixed. The suction wand also includes a pressurized line coupled to the rotary manifold, where the angled lower section is adapted to rotate causing the open end to track in a circular motion covering an area larger than a diameter of the suction wand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: VAC-TRON EQUIPMENT, LLC
    Inventor: Don M. Buckner
  • Patent number: 10150341
    Abstract: A hitch comprising: a) a first member having a first top surface, an opposing first bottom surface, a first side, an opposing second side, a first end, a distal second end, and at least one channel proximate the first end and extending from the first side through to the second side. A second channel proximate the second end and extending from first top surface to the bottom surface; and b) a second member next to the second end and having a predetermined thickness, the second member having a third end, a fourth end, and a third channel next to the fourth end. The third channel extends through the predetermined thickness. A portion of the second member is rigidly affixed to a portion of the first member, so that the second bottom surface and the first top surface are at an acute angle Ø.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Inventors: Randy Colbaugh, Bill Gentry