Patents Examined by Tara Mayo
  • Patent number: 11711991
    Abstract: A cylindrical device includes semi-helically oriented teeth, knives, or blades radially outward from an outer surface of the cylindrical device or rotor. Each tooth, knife, or blade is part of a row of teeth, knives, or blades. Each row is oriented with an offset angle such that the spirally orientation completes angular offset of about 90° or less. The knives may have sharpened edges that are oriented to cut on different planes as the cylindrical device rotates. The knives may be held in place by holders that have configurations to oriented the knives at certain angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventor: Mark G. Bowling
  • Patent number: 11713551
    Abstract: An improved scraping edge for use on a plow blade employing at least one resilient scraping edge section for contact with a surface to be plowed and mounting holes to attach the scraping edge section to the plow blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Pro-Tech Manufacturing and Distribution, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Guggino, Barry Sherman, Thomas B. Maier, James Maier, David Mack, Tim L. Gerkensmeyer, Tom Lennox
  • Patent number: 11707010
    Abstract: A system for monitoring the operational status of ground-engaging tools of an agricultural implement. The system includes a frame and an assembly including an attachment structure configured to be coupled to the frame and a ground-engaging tool pivotably coupled to the attachment structure at a pivot point. The system further includes a shear pin at least partially extending through both the attachment structure and ground-engaging tool to prevent pivoting of the ground-engaging tool about the pivot point. Additionally, the system includes a sensor configured to detect a load applied through a pivot member extending through at least one of the frame or assembly at any pivot point between the frame and the ground engaging tool. The system further includes a controller, communicatively coupled to the sensor, configured to determine a change in the working condition of the shear pin based on the detected load applied through the pivot member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Joshua David Harmon, Christopher A. Foster
  • Patent number: 11707006
    Abstract: A land clearing attachment for a tractor device includes semi-helically oriented teeth, knives, or blades radially outward from an outer surface of a rotor. Each tooth, knife, or blade is part of a row of teeth, knives, or blades. Each row is oriented with an offset angle such that the spirally orientation completes angular offset of about 90° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventor: Mark G. Bowling
  • Patent number: 11707008
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for adjusting a working depth of a plough implement, the plough implement comprising a plurality of ground engaging tools for penetrating and moving soil and a depth adjustment apparatus configured to adjust a working depth of at least one of the ground engaging tools, wherein the method comprises receiving control-data indicative of at least one of an operation the plough implement or a field condition of a field across which the plough implement is moved; and automatically controlling an operation of the depth adjustment apparatus in a manner that adjusts a working depth of the at least one ground engaging tool on the basis of the control-data received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Hertzog, Bengt Per-Inge Linderson, Per Dennis Wallin, Carl Ola Fredrik Nilsson, Robert Svensson, Rickard Karl Gustav Nåhdin
  • Patent number: 11707009
    Abstract: A cultivator includes at least one cultivator row unit, each of the at least one cultivator row unit having a support assembly for securing the cultivator row unit to a tool bar, a shank, an earth working tool operatively connected to the shank, and at least one assembly for providing discrete incremental adjustment for at least one of (a) an angle of the earth working tool, (b) a depth of the earth working tool, and (c) a gauge wheel depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: ACCURA FLOW, LLC
    Inventor: Isaac Martin, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11702833
    Abstract: Drainage systems for draining precipitation and/or other water from an area to be drained may include a geographical area and a flowing water body As flowing water in the flowing water body adjacently traverses a conduit discharge opening of a drain conduit which communicates with the geographical area and discharges into the water body, the flowing water may induce negative fluid pressure in the drain conduit through the conduit discharge opening. The negative fluid pressure may draw drainage water from the ground at the geographical area through the drain conduit into the flowing water body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventor: Ronny C Cook
  • Patent number: 11700780
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a garden implement that includes a handle, at least one tool member having a pair of flanges extending therefrom, each flange includes a flange bore and a pinion segment that share a common center, the pair of flanges have opposing parallel surfaces that each include the pinion segment, the opposing parallel flange surfaces are spaced apart by a first distance. Also included is at least a first fixing member coupled between the pair of flanges and the handle. The first fixing member includes a boss projecting along a longitudinal axis, the boss has parallel surfaces spaced apart by the first distance, a boss bore, and a curved rack segment projecting from the boss and configured to mesh with at least a portion of the pinion segment. Also included is a fixing shaft insertably received in at least one flange bore and the boss bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Botaniworld, LLC
    Inventors: Angus Junkin, Michael Flaherty
  • Patent number: 11696522
    Abstract: Agricultural device for soil processing with two sets of working rollers comprising a supporting frame, which comprises a central part, a left wing and a right wing, wherein the left and right wing are rotatably attached to the central part, at least two rows of working units attached to the supporting frame, wherein the working units are arranged in regular distances in every row, a left set of rollers attached to the left wing and a right set of rollers attached to the right wing, wherein the sets of rollers are divided into front rollers and rear rollers and provided with attachments and discs, wherein the discs on the sets are located between these attachments. The number of discs of rear rollers differs exactly by one disc from the number of discs of front rollers, wherein the distances between individual discs are the same along the whole width of the agricultural device, and wherein the discs of front rollers are located in the same plane as the working units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: BEDNAR FMT s.r.o.
    Inventors: Jakub Sigut, Pavel Syrovatka, Jan Bednar
  • Patent number: 11684001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plough implement comprising a main frame supporting a plurality of first ground engaging tools, wherein the plough implement comprises a depth adjustment apparatus for moving a first ground engaging tool of the plurality of first ground engaging tools with respect to the main frame to enable adjustment of a working depth of the first ground engaging tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Hertzog, Bengt Per-Inge Linderson, Per Dennis Wallin, Carl Ola Fredrik Nilsson, Robert Svensson, Rickard Karl Gustav Nåhdin
  • Patent number: 11674355
    Abstract: Pipelines with a control system and forced circulation of fluids through the annulus between an inner barrier and an outer cover of a pipe use a system configured to force circulation of fluids through the annulus. The pipe includes segments (T1, T2, T3, TN) joined together by means of connectors, wherein each segment of the pipe has an injector pipe (I1, I2, I3, IN) for injecting fluid into the annulus at a first end of the segment, and a return pipe (R1, R2, R3, RN) for removing fluid from the annulus at a second end of the segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS
    Inventors: Marcos Carpigiani De Almeida, George Carneiro Campello, Jonatas Ribeiro, Rafael Guimarães De Mello Sobreira, Walter Carrara Loureiro Junior, Marcelo Torres Piza Paes
  • Patent number: 11674278
    Abstract: A snow removal blade has a rolling body, a snow-removal knife connected to a bottom portion of the rolling body, a plurality of nozzles for delivering a melting liquid on the snow left on the road surface by the snow-removal knife, and a member for mixing together and pressing the residual snow and the melting liquid, which is arranged behind the snow-removal knife in a direction of advance of the snow removal blade, the snow-removal knife and the mixing and pressing member delimiting between them a channel for lateral outlet of the snow, arranged in which are the delivery nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: GILETTA S.p.A.
    Inventor: Enzo Giletta
  • Patent number: 11665991
    Abstract: A system for monitoring the levelness of a multi-wing agricultural implement may include a central frame section, a wing section pivotably coupled to the central frame section and a field contour sensor configured to generate data indicative of a contour of an aft portion of the field located rearward of the implement relative to a direction of travel of the implement. The system may further include a controller communicatively coupled to the field contour sensor. The controller may be configured to monitor the data received from the field contour sensor and assess a levelness of the implement based at least in part on the contour of the aft portion of the field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Trevor Stanhope, Joshua David Harmon
  • Patent number: 11668060
    Abstract: An improved material pusher or containment plow employing a floating vehicle-coupling system, a wear shoe, as well as a plurality of removable scraping edge sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Pro-Tech Manufacturing and Distribution, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Guggino, Barry Sherman, Thomas B. Maier, James Maier, David Mack
  • Patent number: 11659782
    Abstract: A control system for controlling an implement that is movable between a work mode and a transport mode. The control system includes a source of hydraulic fluid, a first actuator and a second actuator. The first and second actuators are fluidly coupled to the source and disposed parallel to one another. A sensor detects movement of the first and second actuators between their retracted and fully extended positions, and a control valve is disposed in communication with the sensor and in fluid communication with the first and second actuators. As the implement moves to its transport mode, the sensor detects movement of the first and second actuators towards their fully extended positions. The control valve inhibits movement of the first and second actuators before either actuator reaches its fully extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Colter W. Kinney, Randall A. Maro, Grant J. Wonderlich, Nathan A. Mariman
  • Patent number: 11653586
    Abstract: Ground opener units for agricultural seeding machinery and the like utilise a gauge wheel and associated depth adjustment mechanism for regulating the penetration depth of the disk opener in use. An improved gauge wheel adjustment assembly comprises a spindle adapted to be rotatably supported in a spindle sleeve, the spindle having a shaft with a first end with a rectangular boss adapted for engagement with a depth adjustment handle of the disk opener and a second end with a tapered spline engagement formation. A gauge wheel support arm has a complementary tapered spline formation for engagement with the spindle second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: BPR Engineering Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Colin Wemyss
  • Patent number: 11638392
    Abstract: An agricultural implement comprising: a ground engaging tool; and an actuator mechanism (366; 466; 566). The actuator mechanism is configured to provide a bias force to the ground engaging tool such that it is biased towards a working position. The agricultural implement also includes a controller that is configured to automatically set the level of the bias force that is provided by the actuator mechanism based on control-data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Hertzog, Bengt Per-Inge Linderson, Per Dennis Wallin, Carl Ola Fredrik Nilsson, Robert Svensson, Rickard Karl Gustav Nåhdin
  • Patent number: 11632893
    Abstract: A depth-adjustment assembly for ground openers of an agricultural implement. The ground openers each include an opening disc, a gauge wheel, and a support assembly securing the ground opener to the agricultural implement. The support assembly is configured to raise and lower the ground opener with respect to the ground and/or to adjust a down-pressure of the ground opener. The depth-adjustment assembly comprises for each of the ground openers, a linkage assembly and a depth-adjustment arm configured to adjust a relative position between the opening disc and the gauge wheel. At least a portion of the linkage extends in parallel relationship with the support assembly. The depth-adjustment assembly further comprises a laterally-extending common pivot bar. Each linkage assembly is secured to the common pivot bar, such that rotation of said common pivot bar is configured to simultaneously adjust the relative position between the opening disc and the gauge wheel of each of the ground openers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Ptacek, Gregory W. Arnett, Verne A. Hubalek
  • Patent number: 11632892
    Abstract: An agricultural implement towable by an agricultural vehicle. The agricultural implement includes a frame with a front portion and a rear portion, a plurality of ground engaging tools connected to the rear portion, and a stabilization system. The stabilization system includes at least one stabilizer connected to the rear portion. The at least one stabilizer is remotely operated for selectively supporting the rear portion relative to the front portion and leveling the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Jason E. Andrews
  • Patent number: 11627693
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adjustable hoeing device (10) for removing weeds situated on a ground surface, the hoeing device (10) having a supporting frame (50), on which there is arranged at least one hoeing unit (100), which hoeing unit comprises the following:—at least one main bar (200) and at least two transverse bars (250) arranged parallel to one another, which transverse bars (250) are each mounted rotatably on the at least one main bar (200);—at least two connection bars (300), which run parallel to the at least one main bar (200) and which mechanically connect the at least two transverse bars (250) to one another;—at least two blades (500), wherein the blades (500) are arranged on the at least two transverse bars (250) at a normal distance from the main bar (200); and—at least one actuation device (400), which acts on at least two transverse bars (250) or a transverse bar (250) and the main bar (200) in order to rotate same by means of a linearly displaceable actuation arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventors: Roman Romstorfer, Philipp Holl, Hannes Hutter