Patents by Inventor Benjamin Lovett

Benjamin Lovett 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: 8695315
    Abstract: A draper header has a transverse main frame supporting center, left side and right side belt conveyors and including a plurality of transversely spaced knife support members that extend forwardly beneath the belt conveyors from right and left lower rear main frame members and have forward ends on which a transversely extending knife is supported. Each belt conveyor includes a frame disposed within an endless belt and having a rear side hinged to a respective lower rear main frame member for pivoting upwardly between operating and belt-changing positions. Brackets are removably fixed across the length of the knife and have rear edges extending above front edges of the belts when the conveyors are in their operating positions. At least one height adjuster is mounted between the main frame and each conveyor frame for moving each conveyor to its belt-changing position once the associated brackets are removed from the knife.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Steve Coon, Benjamin Lovett, Shane Anderson
  • Publication number: 20070251202
    Abstract: A header for an agricultural machine has left and right belt conveyor assemblies, each of the left and right assemblies comprising two adjacent conveyors. Each of the two adjacent conveyors have adjacent rollers that are mounted on sliding mounts. This arrangement permits a single motor to drive the two rollers. It also permits the mounts to slide and equalize the tension in both belts of the adjacent conveyors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Bruce Coers, Benjamin Lovett
  • Publication number: 20070204585
    Abstract: An agricultural harvesting machine includes a feeder housing and a cutting platform attached to the feeder housing. The cutting platform includes a frame, an accumulator carried by the frame, a plurality of float arms movably coupled with the frame, and a plurality of float cylinders. Each float cylinder is coupled between the frame and a respective float arm. A shut-off valve is fluidly connected between the accumulator and at least one float cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventors: Benjamin Lovett, Bruce Coers
  • Publication number: 20070012495
    Abstract: A working vehicle such as an agricultural combine includes a vehicle body and an internal combustion engine carried by the vehicle body. An engine compartment at least partially encloses the internal combustion engine. An air exhaust chimney has an inlet in fluid communication with the engine compartment, and an outlet positioned near a top of the vehicle body and facing in an upward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Robert Shannon, Mark Chaney, Shankar Narayana, Benjamin Lovett, Patrick Stebly, Gary Keys, Alan Sheidler, Yong Park
  • Publication number: 20050016138
    Abstract: A vortex-type filter assembly comprising a housing, a removable inlet module, and a removable outlet module. The housing comprises an inlet portion, a filtration chamber, and an outlet portion. The inlet module separates the inlet portion from the filtration chamber, and has one or more vortex generating inlet passages. The outlet module separates the filtration chamber from the outlet portion, and has one or more outlet passages. There is one outlet passage cooperating with every one inlet passage for filtering debris from the fluid. One or both of inlet module and the outlet module may be removed to facilitate servicing of the filter assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Alan Sheidler, Benjamin Lovett, Yong Park