Patents by Inventor Bryan Yoder

Bryan Yoder 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).

  • Publication number: 20120318597
    Abstract: A stow plate is provided for supporting a winch having a pair of drum supports, at least one tie rod extending between the pair of drum supports, a drum rotatably supported between the pair of drum supports and a motor for rotatably driving the drum. The stow plate includes a plate having at least one hook extending from a surface of the plate. At least one mounting flange extends from the plate at a spaced location from the hook, wherein the hook is adapted to be engageable with the at least one tie rod of the winch and the at least one mounting flange includes a first aperture adapted to be aligned with a second aperture associated with at least one of the pair of drum supports. A mounting pin is adapted to be removably received in the first and second apertures for securing the winch to the stow plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: WARN INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Bryan Yoder
  • Patent number: 8328675
    Abstract: A pivot assembly for a plow may include first and second subassemblies. The first subassembly may be adapted to be coupled to a frame member and rotationally fixed relative thereto. The first subassembly may include a latch mechanism displaceable between locked and unlocked positions. The second subassembly may be adapted to be coupled to the frame member and may be rotatable relative thereto. The second subassembly may include a power pivot assembly and a cam member. The power pivot assembly may be drivingly engaged with the cam member and operable to rotate the cam member in a first rotational direction to a first position where the cam member urges the latch mechanism into the unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Warn Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan Yoder
  • Publication number: 20110186314
    Abstract: A pivot assembly for a plow may include first and second subassemblies. The first subassembly may be adapted to be coupled to a frame member and rotationally fixed relative thereto. The first subassembly may include a latch mechanism displaceable between locked and unlocked positions. The second subassembly may be adapted to be coupled to the frame member and may be rotatable relative thereto. The second subassembly may include a power pivot assembly and a cam member. The power pivot assembly may be drivingly engaged with the cam member and operable to rotate the cam member in a first rotational direction to a first position where the cam member urges the latch mechanism into the unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: WARN INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Bryan Yoder
  • Patent number: 7946942
    Abstract: A pivot assembly may include first and second subassemblies. The first subassembly may be adapted to be coupled to a frame member and rotationally fixed relative thereto. The first subassembly may include a latch mechanism displaceable between locked and unlocked positions. The second subassembly may be adapted to be coupled to the frame member and may be rotatable relative thereto. The second subassembly may include a power pivot assembly and a cam member. The power pivot assembly may be drivingly engaged with the cam member and operable to rotate the cam member in a first rotational direction to a first position where the cam member urges the latch mechanism into the unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Warn Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan Yoder
  • Publication number: 20080298885
    Abstract: A pivot assembly may include first and second subassemblies. The first subassembly may be adapted to be coupled to a frame member and rotationally fixed relative thereto. The first subassembly may include a latch mechanism displaceable between locked and unlocked positions. The second subassembly may be adapted to be coupled to the frame member and may be rotatable relative thereto. The second subassembly may include a power pivot assembly and a cam member. The power pivot assembly may be drivingly engaged with the cam member and operable to rotate the cam member in a first rotational direction to a first position where the cam member urges the latch mechanism into the unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: WARN INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Bryan Yoder
  • Patent number: D555874
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Warn Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald L. Elliott, Darren K. Johnson, Bryan Yoder