Patents by Inventor Daniel Harry Killion

Daniel Harry Killion 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).

  • Patent number: 9464391
    Abstract: A conveyor system is disclosed for use with a cold planer having a milling drum. The conveyor system may have a primary conveyor configured to receive material from the milling drum, a first motor configured to drive the primary conveyor, a secondary conveyor configured to receive material from the primary conveyor, and a second motor configured to drive the primary conveyor. The conveyor system may also have a controller configured to selectively adjust a speed of the second motor independent of a speed of the first motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Harry Killion, Craig Martin Steffen
  • Publication number: 20160060828
    Abstract: A conveyor system is disclosed for use with a cold planer having a milling drum. The conveyor system may have a primary conveyor configured to receive material from the milling drum, a first motor configured to drive the primary conveyor, a secondary conveyor configured to receive material from the primary conveyor, and a second motor configured to drive the primary conveyor. The conveyor system may also have a controller configured to selectively adjust a speed of the second motor independent of a speed of the first motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Harry KILLION, Craig Martin Steffen
  • Publication number: 20130158802
    Abstract: A crawler track machine such as a cold planar milling machine may incorporate a steering system having multiple steering modes including coordinated steering modes as well as an improved crab mode. Orientations of front and rear pairs of crawler tracks may be managed via a linear actuator control system adapted to dynamically adjust lengths of front and rear tie rods. In one disclosed embodiment, the machine may include at least a coordinated four-track steering mode, an independent front track steering mode, and a crab mode. The crab mode may involve use of automated linear actuators on the tie rods to assure that all tracks remain substantially parallel to one another, and may involve the use of lookup tables to coordinate actuator movements in response to individual parallel track angle demands as a function of steering inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR PAVING PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Wayne Miller, John Eron Jorgensen, Daniel Harry Killion