Patents by Inventor Darin Dux

Darin Dux 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: 20180317391
    Abstract: Apparatus for gathering bales that aligns itself during bale pick-up. Methods for transferring bales that use such an apparatus are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Rustin Van Bentzinger, Kent Thompson, Darin Dux
  • Patent number: 10028439
    Abstract: Apparatus for gathering bales that include a forward-looking sensor to sense the bale are disclosed. The apparatus may also include a control system that is configured to alter a portion of the apparatus to lift the bale based on output from the forward-looking sensor. Methods for transferring bales that use such an apparatus are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Rustin Van Bentzinger, Kent Thompson, Darin Dux
  • Patent number: 9560806
    Abstract: Apparatus for gathering bales that substantially match conveyor speed to ground speed. Methods for gathering bales that use such apparatus are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Forage Innovations B.V.
    Inventors: Darin Dux, Kent Thompson, Curt Graham
  • Patent number: 9554516
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods which use a conveyored loading assembly for gathering bales and, in particular, round bales such as a hay or corn stover bales.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: FORAGE INNOVATIONS B.V.
    Inventors: Kent Thompson, Darin Dux
  • Publication number: 20160128279
    Abstract: Apparatus for gathering bales that aligns itself during bale pick-up. Methods for transferring bales that use such an apparatus are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: Forage Innovations B.V.
    Inventors: Rustin Van Bentzinger, Kent Thompson, Darin Dux
  • Patent number: 9271446
    Abstract: Apparatus for gathering bales that aligns itself during bale pick-up. Methods for transferring bales that use such an apparatus are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Forage Innovations B.V.
    Inventors: Rustin Van Bentzinger, Kent Thompson, Darin Dux
  • Publication number: 20140369789
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods that include rotatable skids for engaging the surface on which forage bales rest during bale loading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Curt Graham, Kent Thompson, Darin Dux
  • Publication number: 20140003889
    Abstract: Apparatus for gathering bales that aligns itself during bale pick-up. Methods for transferring bales that use such an apparatus are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Rustin Van Bentzinger, Kent Thompson, Darin Dux
  • Publication number: 20140003887
    Abstract: Hydraulic control systems for regulating the transfer of bales in an apparatus for gathering bales and methods for transferring bales that use such control systems are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Kent Thompson, Darin Dux
  • Publication number: 20140003888
    Abstract: Apparatus for gathering bales that substantially match conveyor speed to ground speed. Methods for gathering bales that use such apparatus are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Darin Dux, Kent Thompson, Curt Graham
  • Publication number: 20140003886
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods which use a conveyored loading assembly for gathering bales and, in particular, round bales such as a hay or corn stover bales.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Kent Thompson, Darin Dux
  • Patent number: 8104701
    Abstract: A grinding machine having a mounting arrangement and an anvil. The grinding machine generally including a feed table and a grinding drum positioned within a mill box. The mounting arrangement being configured to support an end of the feed table and the anvil. The anvil including a wedge-shaped portion and having a length. The length of the anvil being configured to extend beyond sides of the mill box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Brian Smidt, Darin Dux, Scott Eberts, Duane Harthoorn
  • Patent number: 7971818
    Abstract: A grinding machine having an improved anvil mounting arrangement is provided. The mounting arrangement according to the present disclosure is configured to securely support an end of the feed table and an anvil, and also enables easy replacement of the anvil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Brian Smidt, Darin Dux, Scott Eberts, Duane Harthoorn
  • Publication number: 20090242677
    Abstract: A grinding machine having an improved anvil mounting arrangement is provided. The mounting arrangement according to the present disclosure is configured to securely support an end of the feed table and an anvil, and also enables easy replacement of the anvil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Brian Smidt, Darin Dux, Scott Eberts, Duane Harthoorn
  • Publication number: 20090072062
    Abstract: A grinding machine having a mounting arrangement and an anvil. The grinding machine generally including a feed table and a grinding drum positioned within a mill box. The mounting arrangement being configured to support an end of the feed table and the anvil. The anvil including a wedge-shaped portion and having a length. The length of the anvil being configured to extend beyond sides of the mill box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Brian Smidt, Darin Dux, Scott Eberts, Duane Harthoorn
  • Patent number: 7461802
    Abstract: A grinding machine having a mounting arrangement and an anvil. The grinding machine generally including a feed table and a grinding drum positioned within a mill box. The mounting arrangement being configured to support an end of the feed table and the anvil. The anvil including a wedge-shaped portion and having a length. The length of the anvil being configured to extend beyond sides of the mill box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Brian Smidt, Darin Dux, Scott Eberts, Duane Harthoorn
  • Publication number: 20050184178
    Abstract: A grinding machine having a mounting arrangement and an anvil. The grinding machine generally including a feed table and a grinding drum positioned within a mill box. The mounting arrangement being configured to support an end of the feed table and the anvil. The anvil including a wedge-shaped portion and having a length. The length of the anvil being configured to extend beyond sides of the mill box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Brian Smidt, Darin Dux, Scott Eberts, Duane Harthoorn
  • Patent number: 5763509
    Abstract: To form a binder from naturally occurring products or a fuel brick or pellet using the binder without extraction or purification steps, the binder utilizes proteins from the germ or endosperm of cereal grasses or from the seed of buckwheat, oil seed plants, Amaranthus or leguminous plants or from leaves or from grain stillage. The protein has a thermoplastic microstructure with linear polymers of molecular weight of at least 2,000 linked with peptide linkages of at least 50 in number. The binder is mixed with waste such as municipal waste without further processing and processed in a pelleting machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
    Inventors: Jerry D. Eastin, David Jones, Darin Dux, Harold Earl Egger