Patents by Inventor Frank Calvin Dupire

Frank Calvin Dupire 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).

  • System and method for changing a lid height of a harvester
    Patent number: 9137948
    Abstract: A harvester includes a crop receiver configured to receive agricultural material. The crop receiver includes a lid to cover a portion of the crop receiver. The harvester also includes a frame assembly coupled to the lid of the crop receiver. The harvester includes an actuator coupled to the frame assembly and configured to be controlled to adjust a vertical height of the lid. The harvester also includes a sensor coupled to the frame assembly and configured to indicate whether the lid is positioned at a first vertical height or a second vertical height. The harvester includes control circuitry coupled to the sensor and configured to instruct the actuator to move the lid of the crop receiver between the first vertical height and the second vertical height based at least partly on an indication from the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Paula Jean Minuto Meagher, Steven Carson Young, Frank Calvin Dupire, Steven E. Gaedy, Bruce Allen Hadley
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHANGING A LID HEIGHT OF A HARVESTER
    Publication number: 20140025264
    Abstract: A harvester includes a crop receiver configured to receive agricultural material. The crop receiver includes a lid to cover a portion of the crop receiver. The harvester also includes a frame assembly coupled to the lid of the crop receiver. The harvester includes an actuator coupled to the frame assembly and configured to be controlled to adjust a vertical height of the lid. The harvester also includes a sensor coupled to the frame assembly and configured to indicate whether the lid is positioned at a first vertical height or a second vertical height. The harvester includes control circuitry coupled to the sensor and configured to instruct the actuator to move the lid of the crop receiver between the first vertical height and the second vertical height based at least partly on an indication from the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Paula Jean Minuto Meagher, Steven Carson Young, Frank Calvin Dupire, Steven E. Gaedy, Bruce Allen Hadley