Patents by Inventor Ellis Junior Smith

Ellis Junior Smith 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).

  • Hydraulic system diverter mechanism for single lever control of a utility vehicle
    Publication number: 20030010196
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for a utility vehicle includes provision for controlling two hydraulic implements or tools alternately with a single control lever. The hydraulic system includes a first hydraulic implement and a second hydraulic implement both hydraulically flow-connected to a diverter valve. A source of pressurized hydraulic fluid is connected to a selective control valve, operated by a control lever, and the selective control valve is hydraulically flow-connected to the diverter valve. The diverter valve is selectively operated to connect the control valve to either the first or to the second hydraulic implements. An implement-select actuator is signal-connected to the diverter valve and configured for alternately operating the first and second hydraulic implements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Ellis Junior Smith, Christopher Thomas McCord, David Laverne Sprinkle