Patents by Inventor Elliott E. Plumer

Elliott E. Plumer 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).

  • Method and apparatus for providing autoguidance for multiple agricultural machines
    Patent number: 6205381
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing autoguidance for a plurality of agricultural machines. Each agricultural machine has a work implement attached to it. The method includes the steps of determining a reference path by a first agricultural machine, communicating the location of the reference path to each remaining agricultural machine, and determining a plurality of desired paths parallel to the reference path by each of the plurality of agricultural machines. Each plurality of desired paths is determined as a function of the width of the corresponding work implement for each respective agricultural machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Darin S. Motz, Michael D. Staub, Elliott E. Plumer