Patents by Inventor David C. Boeding

David C. Boeding 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: 4180133
    Abstract: An automatic guidance system for towed vehicles is disclosed comprising a marker, a position sensor, an electronic operational amplifier circuit, an electrical servo controlled hydraulic valve, and a hydraulically controlled swinging draw bar hitch. The position sensor comprises a follower to follow the furrow mark in the ground made by the marker on the preceding pass of the farm implement over the ground and variable resistors mounted on the followers electrically connected to the amplifier circuit. The electrical servo controlled hydraulic valve is driven by the operational amplifier circuit in response to the varying output voltages received from the variable resistors responding to the position of the follower. The position of the towed implement relative to the furrow mark is adjusted by the action of the hydraulically controlled swinging draw bar responding to the operation of the electrical servo controlled hydraulic valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1979
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Collogan, David C. Boeding, Michael P. Hermanson, Stanley P. Wellman