Patents by Inventor Barry K. Denning

Barry K. Denning 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).

  • Patent number: 4838010
    Abstract: An agricultural combine is provided with electronic controller cards for assisting in controlling and monitoring the combine. The cards are housed in an enclosure located adjacent to the operator's cab above the ground engaging wheels. The enclosure comprises a box mounted in an aperture formed in the supporting structure and a cover which can be latched to the box. The cover is provided with a number of inwardly extending fingers each having a receiving groove for holding the electronic controller cards. The fingers are arranged in pairs for engaging the cards between the fingers. Openings in the cover are located adjacent to each finger pair for providing an opening through which the electronic controller car held therein can communicate with the wiring harness of the combine. Each opinion is provided with an outwardly extending and encircling flange which engaged a rubber boot of the wiring harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Duane H. Ziegler, Dennis A. Kerckhove, Jerry W. Hansen, Barry K. Denning
  • Patent number: 4517792
    Abstract: A combine grain loss monitor system includes sensors adjacent the discharge ends of straw walkers and the upper sieve or chaffer of a cleaning shoe. The shoe sensor is carried in an assembly which is easily mounted on and dismounted from the chaffer without the use of tools. The mounting of the straw walker sensor includes a shield which protects the rear edge and underside of the sensor from damage by flying particles of grain and other material. Both mountings include a baffle designed so as to deflect grain onto the sensor working surface without snagging or holding longer pieces of material such as straw and husks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Barry K. Denning, Duane H. Ziegler