Patents by Inventor Arlyn Ray Nelsen

Arlyn Ray Nelsen 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).

  • Agricultural implement component rotation alarm
    Patent number: 6690285
    Abstract: A forage harvester represents agricultural implements that include at least one rotating component which is driven through a drive train including a main clutch operable between engaged and disengaged conditions so as to selectively couple and disconnect an output of the implement power source with the rotatable component. A rotation alarm circuit is provided for causing a warning device or devices to be energized in the event that the operator leaves a seat, in which he sits for normal operation, for a predetermined minimum time period while the rotatable component is still rotating, as determined by a rotation sensor. The warning device will remain energized until the rotatable component spins down to a zero speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Rainer Richard Schäfer, Eberhard Holtkotte, Karl-Josef Willeke, Larry N. Smith, Stanley Jerome Johnson, James W. Klimes, Arlyn Ray Nelsen, Bradley W. Thorvilson, Marvin B. Wagner, Michael E. Delaney, Floyd Ernest Brown
  • Agricultural implement component rotation alarm
    Publication number: 20030169176
    Abstract: A forage harvester represents agricultural implements that include at least one rotating component which is driven through a drive train including a main clutch operable between engaged and disengaged conditions so as to selectively couple and disconnect an output of the implement power source with the rotatable component. A rotation alarm circuit is provided for causing a warning device or devices to be energized in the event that the operator leaves a seat, in which he sits for normal operation, for a predetermined minimum time period while the rotatable component is still rotating, as determined by a rotation sensor. The warning device will remain energized until the rotatable component spins down to a zero speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Rainer Richard Schafer, Eberhard Holtkotte, Karl-Josef Willeke, Larry N. Smith, Stanley Jerome Johnson, James W. Klimes, Arlyn Ray Nelsen, Bradley W. Thorvilson, Marvin B. Wagner, Michael E. Delaney, Floyd Ernest Brown