Patents by Inventor BRIAN HERRINGSHAW

BRIAN HERRINGSHAW 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: 10238040
    Abstract: A harvester cleaning system may include a first cleaning zone extending in a first inclined plane and a second cleaning zone extending in a second inclined plane different than the first inclined plane. The first and second cleaning zones may include first and second sets of louvers. A single actuator is operably coupled to the first set of louvers and the second set of louvers to concurrently rotate both the first set of louvers and the second set of louvers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Michael T. Meschke, Brian Herringshaw
  • Publication number: 20180288940
    Abstract: A harvester cleaning system may include a first cleaning zone extending in a first inclined plane and a second cleaning zone extending in a second inclined plane different than the first inclined plane. The first and second cleaning zones may include first and second sets of louvers. A single actuator is operably coupled to the first set of louvers and the second set of louvers to concurrently rotate both the first set of louvers and the second set of louvers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Michael T. Meschke, Brian Herringshaw
  • Patent number: 9907230
    Abstract: A reel (108) for an agricultural harvesting head (104) has thrust bearings at the ends of its bat supports (128) that counteract sagging of the reel under the force of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Brian Herringshaw, Joshua Pierson, Jesse R Neely, Terry L Demay, Krishna S Potluri
  • Patent number: 9338943
    Abstract: A finger (118) for mounting on a of an agricultural harvesting head has a front flange (212), a rear flange (214), a web (216) connecting the front flange (212) to the rear flange (214), and struts (218) that are formed integral with the web (216) and with the rear flange (214) and that extend in a transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Herringshaw, Joshua Pierson, Jesse R Neely
  • Patent number: 9338941
    Abstract: A crop ramp (112) for an agricultural harvesting head (100) has a forward portion (212) that is generally planar and has a leading edge (200) that is configured to be fixed the rear of a reciprocating knife (110) and ahead of a leading edge (202) of a conveyor belt of the conveyor (104, 106); and a rear portion (214) that is generally planar and that is fixed to and extends rearward from the forward portion (212), wherein the rear portion (214) is configured to extend over the leading edge (202) of an endless belt of the conveyor (104, 106), where the rear portion (214) has a lower surface (216) that is generally planar and is parallel to an upper surface of the endless belt of the conveyor (104, 106) and has a trailing edge (204), where at least one recess (218) extends into the lower surface (216), where a first end of the recess is upstream of the second end of the recess (218) and wherein the first end of the recess is farther from the trailing edge (204) than the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Herringshaw, Joshua Pierson, Anthony M Hasenour, Jesse R Neely, Ladarius D Agee
  • Publication number: 20150096279
    Abstract: A finger (100) for a bat (116) of a reel of an agricultural harvesting head, wherein the finger (100) includes an alignment pin (122) that is configured to be received in a mating aperture (124) of the bat (116), the finger comprising an upper clamp portion (104) with an alignment pin (122), and wherein the alignment pin (122) comprises a material having greater wear resistance or greater tensile strength than the upper clamp portion (104).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: BRIAN HERRINGSHAW, JESSE R. NEELY, TERRY L. DEMAY, JOSHUA PIERSON
  • Publication number: 20150007544
    Abstract: A crop ramp (112) for an agricultural harvesting head (100) has a forward portion (212) that is generally planar and has a leading edge (200) that is configured to be fixed the rear of a reciprocating knife (110) and ahead of a leading edge (202) of a conveyor belt of the conveyor (104, 106); and a rear portion (214) that is generally planar and that is fixed to and extends rearward from the forward portion (212), wherein the rear portion (214) is configured to extend over the leading edge (202) of an endless belt of the conveyor (104, 106), where the rear portion (214) has a lower surface (216) that is generally planar and is parallel to an upper surface of the endless belt of the conveyor (104, 106) and has a trailing edge (204), where at least one recess (218) extends into the lower surface (216), where a first end of the recess is upstream of the second end of the recess (218) and wherein the first end of the recess is farther from the trailing edge (204) than the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: BRIAN HERRINGSHAW, JOSHUA PIERSON, ANTHONY M. HASENOUR, JESSE R. NEELY, LADARIUS D. AGEE
  • Publication number: 20140325952
    Abstract: A reel (108) for an agricultural harvesting head (104) has thrust bearings at the ends of its bat supports (128) that counteract sagging of the reel under the force of gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: BRIAN HERRINGSHAW, JOSHUA PIERSON, JESSE R. NEELY, Terry L. Demay, Krishna S. Potluri
  • Publication number: 20140318097
    Abstract: A finger (118) for mounting on a of an agricultural harvesting head has a front flange (212), a rear flange (214), a web (216) connecting the front flange (212) to the rear flange (214), and struts (218) that are formed integral with the web (216) and with the rear flange (214) and that extend in a transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: BRIAN HERRINGSHAW, JOSHUA PIERSON, JESSE R. NEELY