Patents by Inventor Anthony Bryant Annibale

Anthony Bryant Annibale 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).

  • Autonomous cutting element for sculpting grass
    Patent number: 8666550
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a vehicle, a sensing unit, and a control unit. The vehicle is movable in a path and has a first number of cutting elements. The sensing unit detects an obstacle in the path. The control unit is connected to the first number of cutting elements and is configured to autonomously adjust a height of a second number of cutting elements of the first number of cutting elements in response to the sensing unit detecting the obstacle in the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Noel Wayne Anderson, Anthony Bryant Annibale
  • AUTONOMOUS CUTTING ELEMENT FOR SCULPTING GRASS
    Publication number: 20110166705
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a vehicle, a sensing unit, and a control unit. The vehicle is movable in a path and has a first number of cutting elements. The sensing unit detects an obstacle in the path. The control unit is connected to the first number of cutting elements and is configured to autonomously adjust a height of a second number of cutting elements of the first number of cutting elements in response to the sensing unit detecting the obstacle in the path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Noel Wayne Anderson, Anthony Bryant Annibale