Patents by Inventor Dan Brueck

Dan Brueck 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).

  • Automatically adjustable snowthrower chute
    Patent number: 10392761
    Abstract: A snowthrower includes a body, a chute rotatable relative to the body among multiple chute positions, wherein the chute is configured to discharge snow from the snowthrower, a motor for rotating the chute, a user input device, and an electronic control unit configured to control the motor to automatically rotate the chute from a first chute position on a first side of a zero degree chute position aligned with the forward direction of travel of the snowthrower to a second chute position on a second side of the zero degree chute position upon actuation of the user input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Jason J. Raasch, Robert Koenen, Dan Brueck
  • AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTABLE SNOWTHROWER CHUTE
    Publication number: 20170058471
    Abstract: A snowthrower includes a body, a chute rotatable relative to the body among multiple chute positions, wherein the chute is configured to discharge snow from the snowthrower, a motor for rotating the chute, a user input device, and an electronic control unit configured to control the motor to automatically rotate the chute from a first chute position on a first side of a zero degree chute position aligned with the forward direction of travel of the snowthrower to a second chute position on a second side of the zero degree chute position upon actuation of the user input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Jason J. Raasch, Robert Koenen, Dan Brueck
  • Automatically adjustable snowthrower chute
    Patent number: 9493920
    Abstract: A snowthrower includes a body, a chute rotatable relative to the body among a plurality of chute positions, wherein the chute is configured to discharge snow from the snowthrower, a motor for rotating the chute, a user input device configured to set a preferred chute bearing, and an electronic control unit configured to control the motor to automatically rotate the chute to an appropriate chute position to maintain the chute at the preferred chute bearing without additional input from the user input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Jason J. Raasch, Robert Koenen, Dan Brueck
  • AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTABLE SNOWTHROWER CHUTE
    Publication number: 20150128459
    Abstract: A snowthrower includes a body, a chute rotatable relative to the body among a plurality of chute positions, wherein the chute is configured to discharge snow from the snowthrower, a motor for rotating the chute, a user input device configured to set a preferred chute bearing, and an electronic control unit configured to control the motor to automatically rotate the chute to an appropriate chute position to maintain the chute at the preferred chute bearing without additional input from the user input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason J. Raasch, Robert Koenen, Dan Brueck
  • Automatically adjustable snowthrower chute
    Patent number: 8938894
    Abstract: A snowthrower includes a body, a chute rotatable relative to the body among multiple chute positions, wherein the chute is configured to discharge snow from the snowthrower, a motor for rotating the chute, a chute position detector configured to detect a current chute position, a compass sensor configured to detect a snowthrower bearing, and an electronic control unit configured to, in a compass guidance operating mode, control the motor to move the chute to an appropriate chute position to maintain the chute at a preferred chute bearing in response to a comparison of the snowthrower bearing detected by the compass sensor and the current chute position detected by the chute position detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Jason J. Raasch, Robert Koenen, Dan Brueck
  • AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTABLE SNOWTHROWER CHUTE
    Publication number: 20140013633
    Abstract: A snowthrower includes a body, a chute rotatable relative to the body among multiple chute positions, wherein the chute is configured to discharge snow from the snowthrower, a motor for rotating the chute, a chute position detector configured to detect a current chute position, a compass sensor configured to detect a snowthrower bearing, and an electronic control unit configured to, in a compass guidance operating mode, control the motor to move the chute to an appropriate chute position to maintain the chute at a preferred chute bearing in response to a comparison of the snowthrower bearing detected by the compass sensor and the current chute position detected by the chute position detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Jason J. Raasch, Robert Koenen, Dan Brueck