Patents by Inventor Eric Underwood

Eric Underwood 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: 20260096512
    Abstract: An outlet assembly for a row unit of an agricultural harvester includes an input portion configured to be coupled to a frame of the row unit. The input portion includes an inlet configured to receive agricultural product and an outlet configured to expel the agricultural product. The outlet assembly also includes an output portion having an inlet configured to receive the agricultural product from the outlet of the input portion and an outlet configured to direct the agricultural product into a duct of an air-assisted conveying system. The output portion and the input portion are at least selectively coupled to one another and configured to at least selectively rotate relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Inventors: Kyle Lester Lensch, Timothy Alan Meeks, Daniel Krieg, Eric Underwood
  • Publication number: 20250121413
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a moistener column assembly for a row unit of an agricultural header includes forming a moistener column of the moistener column assembly via an additive manufacturing process. The moistener column includes an inlet region configured to receive fluid while installed on the row unit. The moistener column includes a body formed via the additive manufacturing process that extends from the inlet region. The inlet region is disposed on a first end of the body and includes a fluid passages formed via the additive manufacturing process that extend through the body to fluid outlets formed via the additive manufacturing process. Each of the fluid passages is configured to receive the fluid from the inlet region and to expel the fluid through a respective fluid outlet of the fluid outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Eric Underwood, Daniel Krieg, Jordan Beckhusen, Michael Joseph Horejsi, Timothy Alan Meeks