Patents by Inventor BEAU DOWNEY

BEAU DOWNEY 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: 11528846
    Abstract: A harvester includes a main frame supported on a ground surface for transport along the ground surface, an inlet for receiving a crop, and a separator for separating the crop into a first portion and a second portion. The separator includes a hood having an outlet, and a fan operable to generate an airflow through the outlet. The hood of the separator is movable relative to the main frame between a transport position and a harvest position. In the transport position, the hood is positioned at a first height above the ground surface. In the harvest position, the hood is positioned at a second height, greater than the first height, above the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Matthew Hansen, Dusk Mixon, John Dighton, Jeffrey Simoneaux, Eric Richard, Beau Downey, Marcie Words, Andrew Brauning, Blain Cazenave
  • Publication number: 20200137958
    Abstract: A harvester includes a main frame supported on a ground surface for transport along the ground surface, an inlet for receiving a crop, and a separator for separating the crop into a first portion and a second portion. The separator includes a hood having an outlet, and a fan operable to generate an airflow through the outlet. The hood of the separator is movable relative to the main frame between a transport position and a harvest position. In the transport position, the hood is positioned at a first height above the ground surface. In the harvest position, the hood is positioned at a second height, greater than the first height, above the ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew Hansen, Dusk Mixon, John Dighton, Jeffrey Simoneaux, Eric Richard, Beau Downey, Marcie Words, Andrew Brauning, Blain Cazenave
  • Patent number: 10194589
    Abstract: A feed section for a multi-row sugarcane harvester comprises a first feed train configured to advance a first mat of sugarcane received from a first row of sugarcane, a second feed train configured to advance a second mat of sugarcane received from a second row of sugarcane, and a third feed train. The first and second feed trains merge into the third feed train. Each of the first feed train and the second feed train comprises a first feed roller and a second feed roller, each of which has an axis of rotation. With respect to the first feed train, the axes of rotation of the first and second feed rollers are positioned at different acute angles relative to a fore-aft axis of the feed section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Kent M. Almeida, Beau Downey
  • Publication number: 20180177130
    Abstract: A feed section for a multi-row sugarcane harvester comprises a first feed train configured to advance a first mat of sugarcane received from a first row of sugarcane, a second feed train configured to advance a second mat of sugarcane received from a second row of sugarcane, and a third feed train. The first and second feed trains merge into the third feed train. Each of the first feed train and the second feed train comprises a first feed roller and a second feed roller, each of which has an axis of rotation. With respect to the first feed train, the axes of rotation of the first and second feed rollers are positioned at different acute angles relative to a fore-aft axis of the feed section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: KENT M. ALMEIDA, BEAU DOWNEY