Patents by Inventor Bernard D. Bode

Bernard D. Bode 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: 4776750
    Abstract: An implement has ground working tools mounted thereon moved by hydraulic motors and cylinders with each of the hydraulic motors and cylinders being adjusted through a main control valve. The main control valves are, in turn, controlled by two sets of valves, one set being pilot valves manually adjustable at an operator's station on the vehicle and the second being electrohydraulic valves controlled from a remote area by radio signals received by a radio receiver on the vehicle. Safety switches are provided on the vehicle to block transmittal of the radio signals. The vehicle has a television camera mounted externally of the vehicle cab and directed internally thereof. The camera transmits images to a television screen at a remote area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Frederick D. Griswold, Jr., Bernard D. Bode