Patents by Inventor Douglas Sorensen

Douglas Sorensen 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).

  • Tined-tube auger
    Patent number: 11272665
    Abstract: A combine comprising a feeder housing, and an auger for receiving harvested crop. The auger includes an auger tube rotatable around an auger axis, and a tined-tube positioned inside the auger tube and rotatable around a tined-tube axis that is offset from the auger axis, the tined-tube including fingers extending from the tined-tube and protruding through the auger tube to convey the harvested crop to the feeder housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Douglas Sorensen
  • Conveyor belt tensioning device for an agricultural machine
    Patent number: 11266070
    Abstract: A header for a combine harvester includes a conveyor belt for conveying crop material in a conveyance direction, and an adjusting device for adjusting a tension of the conveyor belt. The adjusting device includes a link that is movable with respect to a frame member of the header. The link is movable in a direction that is either orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to a tensioning direction of the conveyor belt for adjusting the tension of the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt may be an infeed conveyor belt or a lateral conveyor belt of a draper header, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Sorensen, Jeff Thomas, Joel Cook, Brian Crow
  • CONVEYOR BELT TENSIONING DEVICE FOR AN AGRICULTURAL MACHINE
    Publication number: 20210120741
    Abstract: A header for a combine harvester includes a conveyor belt for conveying crop material in a conveyance direction, and an adjusting device for adjusting a tension of the conveyor belt. The adjusting device includes a link that is movable with respect to a frame member of the header. The link is movable in a direction that is either orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to a tensioning direction of the conveyor belt for adjusting the tension of the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt may be an infeed conveyor belt or a lateral conveyor belt of a draper header, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Sorensen, Jeff Thomas, Joel Cook, Brian Crow
  • Tined-Tube Auger
    Publication number: 20190313581
    Abstract: A combine comprising a feeder housing, and an auger for receiving harvested crop. The auger includes an auger tube rotatable around an auger axis, and a tined-tube positioned inside the auger tube and rotatable around a tined-tube axis that is offset from the auger axis, the tined-tube including fingers extending from the tined-tube and protruding through the auger tube to convey the harvested crop to the feeder housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Douglas Sorensen
  • Mounting bracket
    Patent number: D441273
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Inventors: John Malcolm O'Donnell, Brian Douglas Sorensen