Patents by Inventor Dan Killpack

Dan Killpack 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).

  • Air entrainment device, systems, methods, and apparatus
    Patent number: 11937533
    Abstract: A planter includes a seed a delivery system for delivering seed from one or more hoppers to one or more row units of the planter. The seed delivery system includes a number of seed entrainers. The seed entrainers receive seed from the one or more hoppers. The seed is combined with a fluid, such as air, which moves the seed through the seed entrainer and towards one or more row units of the planter. The entrainer includes one or more outlets, with the outlets corresponding to different row units, and the outlets can be varied based upon the need of seed delivery for the planter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Blackwell, Dan Killpack, Dalton McDowell, Matthew Wilhelmi
  • AIR ENTRAINMENT DEVICE, SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20220087095
    Abstract: A planter includes a seed a delivery system for delivering seed from one or more hoppers to one or more row units of the planter. The seed delivery system includes a number of seed entrainers. The seed entrainers receive seed from the one or more hoppers. The seed is combined with a fluid, such as air, which moves the seed through the seed entrainer and towards one or more row units of the planter. The entrainer includes one or more outlets, with the outlets corresponding to different row units, and the outlets can be varied based upon the need of seed delivery for the planter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Blackwell, Dan Killpack, Dalton McDowell, Matthew Wilhelmi
  • Air entrainment device, systems, methods, and apparatus
    Patent number: 11212957
    Abstract: A planter includes a seed a delivery system for delivering seed from one or more hoppers to one or more row units of the planter. The seed delivery system includes a number of seed entrainers. The seed entrainers receive seed from the one or more hoppers. The seed is combined with a fluid, such as air, which moves the seed through the seed entrainer and towards one or more row units of the planter. The entrainer includes one or more outlets, with the outlets corresponding to different row units, and the outlets can be varied based upon the need of seed delivery for the planter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Blackwell, Dan Killpack, Dalton McDowell, Matthew Wilhelmi
  • AIR ENTRAINMENT DEVICE, SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200146205
    Abstract: A planter includes a seed a delivery system for delivering seed from one or more hoppers to one or more row units of the planter. The seed delivery system includes a number of seed entrainers. The seed entrainers receive seed from the one or more hoppers. The seed is combined with a fluid, such as air, which moves the seed through the seed entrainer and towards one or more row units of the planter. The entrainer includes one or more outlets, with the outlets corresponding to different row units, and the outlets can be varied based upon the need of seed delivery for the planter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Blackwell, Dan Killpack, Dalton McDowell, Matthew Wilhelmi