Patents by Inventor Charles B. Merriken

Charles B. Merriken 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).

  • Automatic tractor hitch system for trailing implements
    Patent number: 8770612
    Abstract: A hitch system for automatically hitching a tractor to a trailing implement is provided. The hitch system may allow an operator that is in a cab of the tractor to remotely connect and electrical system and/or a hydraulic system of a tractor an implement to each other and to remotely secure a hitch pin that connects a tongue of the implement to a drawbar of the tractor. The hitch system may include implement and tractor connector bank assemblies that are respectively provided on the implement and tractor. The tractor connector bank assembly may be moveable in multiple directions for allowing the tractor connector bank assembly to be remotely controlled from the cab of the tractor to align and move into engagement with the implement connector bank assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Keith W. Wendte, Tracey D. Meiners, Charles B. Merriken, Brian R. Krug, Garrett R. Rausch, Bruce R. Vahling
  • Automatic Tractor Hitch System For Trailing Implements
    Publication number: 20130277943
    Abstract: A hitch system for automatically hitching a tractor to a trailing implement is provided. The hitch system may allow an operator that is in a cab of the tractor to remotely connect and electrical system and/or a hydraulic system of a tractor an implement to each other and to remotely secure a hitch pin that connects a tongue of the implement to a drawbar of the tractor. The hitch system may include implement and tractor connector bank assemblies that are respectively provided on the implement and tractor. The tractor connector bank assembly may be moveable in multiple directions for allowing the tractor connector bank assembly to be remotely controlled from the cab of the tractor to align and move into engagement with the implement connector bank assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Keith W. Wendte, Tracey D. Meiners, Charles B. Merriken, Brian R. Krug, Garrett R. Rausch, Bruce R. Vahling
  • Roller cap
    Patent number: D961534
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Charles B. Merriken, Harry X. Michael