Patents Examined by Tara Mayo
  • System and method for identifying plugging of ground engaging tools based on lifting pressure
    Patent number: 11445654
    Abstract: A system for identifying plugging within an agricultural implement is provided. The system includes a ground engaging tool configured to be supported by the agricultural implement. A fluidic actuator is coupled to the ground engaging tool. The fluidic actuator is operable to adjust the ground engaging tool between a lifted position and a ground engaging position. A pressure sensor is configured to measure a pressure of fluid supplied to the fluidic actuator. A controller is communicatively coupled to the pressure sensor. The controller is configured to receive, from the pressure sensor, a signal that corresponds to the pressure of fluid supplied to the fluidic actuator. The controller is further configured to determine when the ground engaging tool is plugged based at least in part on the signal from the pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kevin M. Smith, Trevor Stanhope, Joshua David Harmon, James W. Henry
  • System and method for preventing material accumulation relative to ground engaging tools of an agricultural implement
    Patent number: 11445656
    Abstract: A system for preventing material accumulation relative to an agricultural implement may include a ground engaging tool supported on an agricultural implement and a controller configured to determine a presence of excessive residue across a forward portion of the field forward of the ground engaging tool based at least in part residue data associated with an amount of residue across a forward portion of the field. The controller may initiate a control action associated with adjusting an operating parameter of the ground engaging tool such that the amount of residue incorporated into the field by the ground engaging tool is reduced across a section of the field having excessive residue to reduce a likelihood of material accumulation relative to the ground engaging tool as it passes across the section of the field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Kevin M. Smith
  • Device for removal of sediment from inside piles
    Patent number: 11446715
    Abstract: Device for removal of sediment from inside piles being at least partly immersed in water, comprising an outer guiding unit arranged to be temporarily positioned on the top of a pile. The outer guiding unit envelopes at least one inner dredging unit being arranged to be lowered from within the outer guiding unit, the inner dredging unit at its lower end exhibiting movable jet nozzles arranged to loosen sediment. The inner dredging unit furthermore comprises a central passage which is connected to a discharge hose arranged to transport loosened sediment therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Jarala AS
    Inventor: Tom Jacobsen
  • Agricultural implements for cultivating agricultural work areas
    Patent number: 11439053
    Abstract: An agricultural implement for cultivating an agricultural work area includes a main frame which is transferable between an operating position and a transfer position. A first subframe is connected to the main frame, and the first subframe is transferable between an operating position and a transfer position. A main frame hydraulic cylinder and a first subframe hydraulic cylinder move the main frame and the first subframe between their corresponding positions. In order to provide correct and repeatable positioning of the first subframe hydraulic cylinder, a volume of a first chamber of the main frame hydraulic cylinder is substantially equal to a volume of the first chamber of the first subframe hydraulic cylinder when the first subframe is in its operating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Pawel Chwialkowski
  • Roller assembly for smoothing granular media
    Patent number: 11439052
    Abstract: A roller assembly for smoothing an expanse of granular media such as golf bunker sand, snow, horse race track dirt, or other media. The assembly has one or more rollers having a longitudinal axis. Each roller includes wires spaced from the axis to define a roller surface. Each wire is resiliently flexible to distort inwardly in response to force of contact on, and to recover during release of force from, the granular media as the roller rotates about the axis on the granular media. A shaft extends along the axis of the roller assembly between the arms of a yoke with a handle extending therefrom. As the roller surface traverses the media, at least some of the media is flung outwardly of the roller, smoothing the expanse. The roller assembly may be manually operated or may be towed behind a towing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Momentus Golf, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Sorenson, Steven M. Tipton
  • Film deployer, improved trash whipper and improved planter
    Patent number: 11432478
    Abstract: The present invention provides a ground engaging film roller 30.2 having a generally horizontal axis of rotation and an outer circumference for engaging ground, the roller having opposed outer ends 30.21 of a larger circumference than the circumference of portions 30.22 located between the opposed ends. The present invention also provides a film deployment system having a ground engaging film roller as described above, which is rotationally mounted to a frame 30.1, the ground engaging film roller 30.2 receiving film from above and to a front location of the roller, and passing between a film locating roller 30.3 and the ground engaging roller 30.2, the ground engaging roller 30.2 shaping the ground it engages by forming a channel in ground at the opposed ends 30.21 of the roller 30.2 for the film to be located as it leaves engagement with the ground engaging roller 30.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: NORSEMAN MACHINERY IMPORTS PTY LTD
    Inventor: Michael Freeman
  • Boring machine provided with four boring bodies
    Patent number: 11427985
    Abstract: The invention provides a boring machine (10) for making a trench (T) in soil (S), the machine comprising a frame (12) that extends along a longitudinal direction (A), said frame (12) carrying a boring device (20) provided with four rotary boring members driven by four motors about axes of rotation that are stationary relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventors: Régis Bernasinski, Pascal Rodriguez, Michel Coudry, Bertrand Steff De Verninac
  • Wheel carrier system
    Patent number: 11419255
    Abstract: A system that includes a wheel carrier system. The wheel carrier system includes a first wheel that couples to a first shaft. A first connector couples the first shaft to a central shaft. A second wheel couples to a second shaft. A second connector couples the second shaft to the central shaft. The first wheel and the second wheel independently rotate and move vertically. A first wheel carrier arm couples to a wheel carrier frame. A first link rotates a ground engaging tool system with respect to the wheel carrier frame to transition the ground engaging tool system from a lowered position to a raised position. An actuator simultaneously rotates the first wheel carrier arm from a first position to a second position and the ground engaging tool system from the lowered position to the raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Monte DeKam, Kregg J. Raducha, Leonardo Reis Menezes, Austin Joseph McLuckie
  • Reverse tram interlock
    Patent number: 11414830
    Abstract: The present Application discloses a trenching device with two operational modes, Mode 1 and mode 2. In Mode 1, the trenching lever is disengaged, the device does not trench, but only functions as a transporting unit in a forward direction with a maximum speed. In Mode 2, the trenching lever is engaged, the device starts trenching, but stops functioning as a transporting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: The Toro Company
    Inventors: Gerard G. Betz, II, Ryan W. Cunningham, James Kuemper, Michael H. Benedict
  • Self-propelled buoyant energy converter and method for deploying same
    Patent number: 11408390
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for deploying, stationing, and translocating buoyant wind- and wave-energy converters and/or other buoyant structures or devices, as well as farms of same. Also disclosed is a novel apparatus and/or machine comprising a farm of buoyant wave energy converters deployed by said method and/or configured to be deployed by said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Lone Gull Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Garth Alexander Sheldon-Coulson, Brian Lee Moffat
  • Implement operating apparatus
    Patent number: 11382253
    Abstract: An implement operating apparatus has a U-shaped drive frame supported on drive wheels, each pivotally mounted about a vertical wheel pivot axis. A steering control selectively pivots each drive wheel. A power source is connected through a drive control to rotate the drive wheels in either direction. First and second implements are configured to perform implement operations and to rest on the ground and when the drive frame is maneuvered to an implement loading position with respect to each implement, the implement is connectable to the drive frame and movable to an operating position supported by the drive frame. When the implement is in the operating position, the steering and drive controls are operative to move and steer the drive frame and implement along a first travel path or a second travel path oriented generally perpendicular to the first travel path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: DOT Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Norbert Beaujot
  • Agricultural plough and method for operating
    Patent number: 11382254
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an agricultural plough arrangement comprising an agricultural work vehicle and a plough implement connected to the agricultural work vehicle and comprising at least one ground engaging tool. At least one actuator mechanism is configured to move the plough implement laterally with respect to the agricultural work vehicle, wherein a control unit is provided that is to: receive field-data indicative of conditions of a field across which the agricultural plough arrangement is being moved; automatically determine an actuator-control-signal for the actuator mechanism based on the field-data, wherein the actuator-control-signal is for moving the plough implement laterally with respect to the agricultural work vehicle on the basis of the field-data received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    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
  • Implement hitch with variable vertical load
    Patent number: 11369053
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for adjusting the downward vertical force applied to the vehicle frame. In this way, an operator can adjust or distribute a vertical downward force that an attached implement applies to the frame of a vehicle towing the implement. A front end of a vertical load member can be pivotably coupled to the vehicle frame at a point in front of the rear axle of the vehicle, and a rear end of the vertical load member can be coupled to a hitch attachment assembly, coupled with a towed implement, at a rear end of the vertical load member. An actuator can be pivotably coupled with the vertical load member rearward of the vehicle axle, and to the vehicle frame. The vertical load member can be raised and lowered using the actuator, which raises and lowers the hitch assembly at the rear, and pivots the vertical load member at the front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Peter A. Kosmicki, Benjamin J. Heimbuch, Lee R. Rients, Kendall L. Giesmann
  • Power lift for an agricultural tractor
    Patent number: 11357154
    Abstract: A power lift for an agricultural tractor includes a supporting structure configured to be mounted on the agricultural tractor. A left lower link, a right lower link, and an upper link are coupled in a pivotally movable manner, wherein the left and the right lower links and the upper link include coupling elements for attachment of an agricultural attachment. The left and the right lower links are rotatably coupled to one another via a lifting shaft, the lifting shaft being aligned with a lower link pivot axis. The left and the right lower links are pivotable by an actuating element which runs between at least one of the lower links and a support point of the supporting structure jointly about the lower link pivot axis in relation to the supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Mario Patino, Martin Heitlinger
  • Agricultural implement
    Patent number: 11357155
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an agricultural implement comprising a main frame supporting a plurality of ground engaging tools, the main frame being transferable between a first configuration, in which a first plurality of ground engaging tools are in a working position, and a second configuration, in which a second plurality of ground engaging tools are in a working position. A first depth wheel is connected to the main frame and capable of adjusting a working depth of the first plurality of ground engaging tools, when the main frame is in its first configuration. A second depth wheel connected to the main frame and capable of adjusting a working depth of the second plurality of ground engaging tools, when the main frame is in its second configuration. At least the first depth wheel is pivotable in such a way that the first depth wheel moves with respect to the second depth wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Hertzog
  • System and method for adjusting the spacing between ground engaging tools of an agricultural implement
    Patent number: 11357156
    Abstract: A system for adjusting the spacing between ground engaging tools of an agricultural implement may include a plurality of ground engaging tools including a first end tool, a second end tool, and at least one intermediate tool positioned between the first and second end tools, with an adjustable ground engaging width being defined between the first and second end tools. The system may further include a biasing element positioned between each respective pair of adjacent engaging tools and configured to apply a biasing force against its respective pair of adjacent tools such that an inter-tool spacing between each respective pair of adjacent tools is maintained substantially uniform across the plurality of ground engaging tools as the ground engaging width is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Joshua David Harmon, Trevor Stanhope
  • Cultivator
    Patent number: 11350552
    Abstract: The invention relates to agricultural manual implements with teeth, particularly to operating elements of hand cultivators. The operating element 2 of the cultivator 1 contains distributed spiral teeth 3, forming an open circular profile 4 in the plan. The spiral teeth 3 are connected in the upper part to each other in the shape of a regular polygon 5, while the pointed part 6 of the spiral tooth 3 smoothly passes into its remaining cylindrical part 7. The tilt angle of the spiral teeth 3 to the horizon is ?=25-45°, the sharpening angle of the teeth is ?=20-40°, the angle of rotation of the full penetration of the tooth 3 is ?=40-120°, and the thickness of the cutting edge 7 of the spiral tooth 3 is h=1-3 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventor: Shuravko Vladimir Mikhaylovich
  • Automatic moving snow removal device
    Patent number: 11352757
    Abstract: An automatic moving snow removal device including a moving module, driving a snow blower to move; a working module, including a working motor and a snow throwing mechanism driven by the working motor, the snow throwing mechanism is driven by the working motor to collect accumulated snow and inclusions on the ground and throw out of the snow throwing mechanism; and a control module, configured to control a rotary speed of the working motor to cause a speed when the inclusions depart from the snow throwing mechanism is not higher than 41 m/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: POSITEC POWER TOOLS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Don Zhendong Gao, Ka Tat Kelvin Wong, Shiping Jiao, Xiahong Zha, Fengli Zhao, Xianfeng Li
  • Attachment assembly for agricultural implements
    Patent number: 11343954
    Abstract: An attachment assembly for connecting an agricultural implement to a tractor. The attachment assembly comprises a tractor-side frame configured to extend from a rear of the tractor, and an implement-side frame configured to be removably attached to the implement. The implement-side frame is configured to rotate with respect to the tractor-side frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Erik Thorsell
  • Inclined cut GBS leg
    Patent number: 11339549
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gravity based structure 5 with a topside 2 on at least one hollow concrete platform leg 1 with a platform leg wall and a circular cross section. The at least one platform leg, includes an upper leg portion (4) cut off from a lower leg portion 3. The lower leg portion 3 has an upper sloped cut surface 10 inclined at an angle in the range of 1°-10° off a horizontal axis. The upper leg portion 4 has an upper leg sloped cut surface inclined at the same angle as the lower leg sloped cut surface 10 of the lower leg portion 3 whereby the angles are complementary, the sloped cut surfaces forming an inner and an outer obtuse cone with a common vertical longitudinal axis. Furthermore, the invention relates to method of forming a conical cut through a concrete platform leg of a GBS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Quanta Associates, L.P.
    Inventor: Harald Ramfjord