Patents by Inventor Bryan S. Datema
Bryan S. Datema 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).
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Publication number: 20170361491Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis, a drum assembly, and a control system. The drum assembly includes a drum configured to receive drum contents including at least one of ingredients and a mixture and a drive system coupled to the drum. The drive system is configured to rotate the drum to agitate the drum contents. The control system is configured to receive delivery data for the drum contents; receive at least one initial property of the drum contents; predict a delivery property for the drum contents based on the delivery data and the at least one initial property; receive en route data including at least one of mixture data, environment data, and GPS data; and update the predicted delivery property for the drum contents based on the en route data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Bryan S. Datema, Christopher K. Yakes, Cody Clifton, Zhenyi Wei
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Publication number: 20170297425Abstract: A natural gas system for a vehicle includes a fuel pod, a conduit defining a flow path, a fuel control module, and an accumulator. The fuel pod includes a fuel tank configured to store natural gas. The conduit includes a first end coupled to the fuel pod and a second end configured to be coupled to an engine. The fuel control module is disposed along the flow path and configured to regulate a flow of natural gas to the engine. The accumulator is disposed along the flow path downstream of the fuel control module. The accumulator is configured to buffer variations in the flow of natural gas such that the engine receives a consistent flow of natural gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Grant D. Wildgrube, Clint D. Glunz, Shashank Bhatia, Bryan S. Datema
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Patent number: 9694671Abstract: A natural gas system for a vehicle includes a fuel pod, a conduit defining a flow path, a fuel control module, and an accumulator. The fuel pod includes a fuel tank configured to store natural gas. The conduit includes a first end coupled to the fuel pod and a second end configured to be coupled to an engine. The fuel control module is disposed along the flow path and configured to regulate a flow of natural gas to the engine. The accumulator is disposed along the flow path downstream of the fuel control module. The accumulator is configured to buffer variations in the flow of natural gas such that the engine receives a consistent flow of natural gas.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Grant D. Wildgrube, Clint D. Glunz, Shashank Bhatia, Bryan S. Datema
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Publication number: 20150159564Abstract: A natural gas system for a vehicle includes a fuel pod, a conduit defining a flow path, a fuel control module, and an accumulator. The fuel pod includes a fuel tank configured to store natural gas. The conduit includes a first end coupled to the fuel pod and a second end configured to be coupled to an engine. The fuel control module is disposed along the flow path and configured to regulate a flow of natural gas to the engine. The accumulator is disposed along the flow path downstream of the fuel control module. The accumulator is configured to buffer variations in the flow of natural gas such that the engine receives a consistent flow of natural gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Grant D. Wildgrube, Clint D. Glunz, Shashank Bhatia, Bryan S. Datema
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Patent number: 8646965Abstract: A mixing fin assembly adapted to mix and guide materials in a rotatable mixing drum of a type used in a transit concrete mixing vehicle includes a spiral mixing fin designed to extend transversely into the drum constructed of a lightweight, moldable polymeric material which is flexible and resistant to abrasion, the mixing fin includes a plurality of conjoined sections that are fit together, preferably utilizing fin locking tabs and mating fin locking sockets. A preferred way of mounting the mixing fin into mixing drums uses a spiral fin mount rail track adapted to be fixed to the interior surface of the mixing drum. A locking tab locks the upper part of the rail track into the fin structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Bryan S. Datema, Thomas G. Lindblom, Thomas J. Harris, Clint D. Glunz, William P. Bartlett, Sr.
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Patent number: 8613543Abstract: An on-board auxiliary tank system for supplying makeup water and chemical additives to a transit concrete mixing vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a water tank having a sloped, generally concave upper section, spaced sides and a bottom designed for deployment nested beneath a mixing drum of a transit concrete mixing vehicle and defining a water compartment and a pair of elongate support block members for supporting the water tank situated beneath the sides of the tank and adapted to be attached thereto by removable latch fasteners. The block members include elements suitable for fastening the blocks to a concrete mixing vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2007Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Thomas G. Lindblom, Bryan S. Datema, Ryan J. Roudebush
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Publication number: 20130107656Abstract: A mixing fin assembly adapted to mix and guide materials in a rotatable mixing drum of a type used in a transit concrete mixing vehicle includes a spiral mixing fin designed to extend transversely into the drum constructed of a lightweight, moldable polymeric material which is flexible and resistant to abrasion, the mixing fin includes a plurality of conjoined sections that are fit together, preferably utilizing fin locking tabs and mating fin locking sockets. A preferred way of mounting the mixing fin into mixing drums uses a spiral fin mount rail track adapted to be fixed to the interior surface of the mixing drum. A locking tab locks the upper part of the rail track into the fin structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Bryan S. Datema, Thomas G. Lindblom, Thomas J. Harris, Clint D. Glunz, William P. Bartlett, SR.
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Patent number: 7931397Abstract: Auxiliary fluid tanks associated with transit concrete mixing and dispensing systems are disclosed which include a hydraulic reservoir tank which is adapted to be stowed inside a mixing drum support pedestal. The hydraulic fluid reservoir tank further includes a shaped outer wall defining an enclosed inner space and includes one or more fluid discharge and return connections in the outer wall. The tank is also provided with an internal baffle shape in line with the fluid return connections such that it is addressed by returning hydraulic fluid and deflects and defuses the returning hydraulic fluid so that it thoroughly mixes with cooler reservoir fluid. An auxiliary water tank can also be nested beneath the hydraulic fluid reservoir tank under the hollow support pedestal.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2007Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Thomas G. Lindblom, Bryan S. Datema
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Patent number: 7648015Abstract: A multi-section chute of a type suitable for directing mixed concrete compositions from a discharge end of a transit concrete mixer truck to a desired receiving location. The chute includes a plurality of elongate chute sections, each having a wall with a low friction concave inter-surface configuration and a convex outer configuration wherein each chute section includes a pair of longitudinal channel shapes along and integral to longitudinal edges of the wall and a central longitudinal rib, the channel shapes and the rib re-enforcing the chute section against longitudinal bending, and a fastening assembly for removably joining the plurality of chute sections together in a consecutive longitudinal arrangement and wherein the plurality of elongate chute sections further comprise cooperating nesting configurations that enable formation of a compact stable interconnecting nesting storage arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2007Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Assignee: McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin J. Gillmore, Bryan S. Datema, Randy K. Bailey, George Altounian
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Patent number: 7578379Abstract: A multi-section chute of a type suitable for directing mixed concrete compositions from a discharge end of a transit concrete mixer truck to a desired receiving location. The chute includes a plurality of elongate chute sections, each having a wall with a low friction concave inter-surface configuration and a convex outer configuration wherein each chute section includes a pair of longitudinal channel shapes along and integral to longitudinal edges of the wall and a central longitudinal rib, the channel shapes and the rib re-enforcing the chute section against longitudinal bending, and a fastening assembly for removably joining the plurality of chute sections together in a consecutive longitudinal arrangement and wherein the plurality of elongate chute sections further comprise cooperating nesting configurations that enable formation of a compact stable interconnecting nesting storage arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2007Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin J. Gillmore, Bryan S. Datema, Randy K. Bailey, George Altounian
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Publication number: 20090154287Abstract: An on-board auxiliary tank system for supplying makeup water and chemical additives to a transit concrete mixing vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a water tank having a sloped, generally concave upper section, spaced sides and a bottom designed for deployment nested beneath a mixing drum of a transit concrete mixing vehicle and defining a water compartment and a pair of elongate support block members for supporting the water tank situated beneath the sides of the tank and adapted to be attached thereto by removable latch fasteners. The block members include elements suitable for fastening the blocks to a concrete mixing vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2007Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: McNEILUS TRUCK AND MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventors: Thomas G. Lindblom, Bryan S. Datema, Ryan J. Roudebush
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Publication number: 20090050439Abstract: A multi-section chute of a type suitable for directing mixed concrete compositions from a discharge end of a transit concrete mixer truck to a desired receiving location. The chute includes a plurality of elongate chute sections, each having a wall with a low friction concave inter-surface configuration and a convex outer configuration wherein each chute section includes a pair of longitudinal channel shapes along and integral to longitudinal edges of the wall and a central longitudinal rib, the channel shapes and the rib re-enforcing the chute section against longitudinal bending, and a fastening assembly for removably joining the plurality of chute sections together in a consecutive longitudinal arrangement and wherein the plurality of elongate chute sections further comprise cooperating nesting configurations that enable formation of a compact stable interconnecting nesting storage arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2007Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin J. Gillmore, Bryan S. Datema, Randy K. Bailey, George Altounian
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Publication number: 20090050438Abstract: A multi-section chute of a type suitable for directing mixed concrete compositions from a discharge end of a transit concrete mixer truck to a desired receiving location. The chute includes a plurality of elongate chute sections, each having a wall with a low friction concave inter-surface configuration and a convex outer configuration wherein each chute section includes a pair of longitudinal channel shapes along and integral to longitudinal edges of the wall and a central longitudinal rib, the channel shapes and the rib re-enforcing the chute section against longitudinal bending, and a fastening assembly for removably joining the plurality of chute sections together in a consecutive longitudinal arrangement and wherein the plurality of elongate chute sections further comprise cooperating nesting configurations that enable formation of a compact stable interconnecting nesting storage arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2007Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: McNEILUS TRUCK AND MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventors: Benjamin J. Gillmore, Bryan S. Datema, Randy K. Bailey, George Altounian
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Publication number: 20080205188Abstract: Auxiliary fluid tanks associated with transit concrete mixing and dispensing systems are disclosed which include a hydraulic reservoir tank which is adapted to be stowed inside a mixing drum support pedestal. The hydraulic fluid reservoir tank further includes a shaped outer wall defining an enclosed inner space and includes one or more fluid discharge and return connections in the outer wall. The tank is also provided with an internal baffle shape in line with the fluid return connections such that it is addressed by returning hydraulic fluid and deflects and defuses the returning hydraulic fluid so that it thoroughly mixes with cooler reservoir fluid. An auxiliary water tank can also be nested beneath the hydraulic fluid reservoir tank under the hollow support pedestal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2007Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Thomas G. Lindblom, Bryan S. Datema
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Patent number: D737866Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Bryan S. Datema, Thomas J. Harris, Joel Urch
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Patent number: D772306Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Bryan S. Datema, Thomas J. Harris, Joel Urch