Patents by Inventor Eric Holton

Eric Holton 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: 20200010022
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an interface mount for a work vehicle includes a first mounting arm and a second mounting arm. The first mounting arm includes a mounting portion disposed at a first end of the first mounting arm and configured to mount to a base bracket, and a first mating portion disposed at a second end of the first mounting arm, wherein the first mounting arm includes a bend disposed between the first end and the second end. The second mounting arm includes a second mating portion disposed at a first end of the second mounting arm, wherein the first mating portion and the second mating portion have substantially similar contours, and the first mating portion is configured to be coupled to the second mating portion via an adjustable slotted interface, and an interface mounting portion disposed at a second end of the second mounting arm and configured to receive an interface unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Lorenzo Gomez, Eran Salzman, Bryan Lee Nannet, Eric Holton, Jermaine Andre Ealy
  • Patent number: 10427617
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an interface mount for a work vehicle includes a first mounting arm and a second mounting arm. The first mounting arm includes a mounting portion disposed at a first end of the first mounting arm and configured to mount to a base bracket, and a first mating portion disposed at a second end of the first mounting arm, wherein the first mounting arm includes a bend disposed between the first end and the second end. The second mounting arm includes a second mating portion disposed at a first end of the second mounting arm, wherein the first mating portion and the second mating portion have substantially similar contours, and the first mating portion is configured to be coupled to the second mating portion via an adjustable slotted interface, and an interface mounting portion disposed at a second end of the second mounting arm and configured to receive an interface unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Lorenzo Gomez, Eran Salzman, Bryan Lee Nannet, Eric Holton, Jermaine Andre Ealy
  • Patent number: 10174485
    Abstract: A system for providing reconfigurable input devices for a work vehicle may generally include a plurality of input devices configured to receive operator inputs associated with controlling the operation of a plurality of components. Each input device may include a light source. In addition, the system may include a controller communicatively coupled to the input devices. The controller may be configured to store an input device assignment for each of the components that assigns each input device to a respective one of the components. The controller may also be configured to transmit a control signal to each input device that causes the light source of each input device to produce colored light, wherein a specific color of the colored light produced by the light source of each input device provides a visual indicator of the input device assignment for each of the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Franz Josef Silber, Eran Salzman, Eric Holton, Markus Putz
  • Publication number: 20180170274
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an interface mount for a work vehicle includes a first mounting arm and a second mounting arm. The first mounting arm includes a mounting portion disposed at a first end of the first mounting arm and configured to mount to a base bracket, and a first mating portion disposed at a second end of the first mounting arm, wherein the first mounting arm includes a bend disposed between the first end and the second end. The second mounting arm includes a second mating portion disposed at a first end of the second mounting arm, wherein the first mating portion and the second mating portion have substantially similar contours, and the first mating portion is configured to be coupled to the second mating portion via an adjustable slotted interface, and an interface mounting portion disposed at a second end of the second mounting arm and configured to receive an interface unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Lorenzo Gomez, Eran Salzman, Bryan Lee Nannet, Eric Holton, Jermaine Andre Ealy
  • Publication number: 20180142446
    Abstract: A system for providing reconfigurable input devices for a work vehicle may generally include a plurality of input devices configured to receive operator inputs associated with controlling the operation of a plurality of components. Each input device may include a light source. In addition, the system may include a controller communicatively coupled to the input devices. The controller may be configured to store an input device assignment for each of the components that assigns each input device to a respective one of the components. The controller may also be configured to transmit a control signal to each input device that causes the light source of each input device to produce colored light, wherein a specific color of the colored light produced by the light source of each input device provides a visual indicator of the input device assignment for each of the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Franz-Josef Silber, Eran Salzman, Eric Holton, Markus Putz