Patents by Inventor Frederick D. Griswold, Jr.

Frederick D. Griswold, Jr. 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).

  • Patent number: 4776211
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an uplift sensor for detecting uplift from a planar surface. The sensor comprises wedge-shaped bracket having an elongated member mounted therein which contacts the uplift and in response thereto depresses a hydraulic piston in a hydraulic cylinder thereby producing a hydraulic uplift signal. The sensor is provided with a spring operatively coupled between the elongated member and the mounting bracket for biasing the elongated member downwardly towards the uplift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Frederick D. Griswold, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4776750
    Abstract: An implement has ground working tools mounted thereon moved by hydraulic motors and cylinders with each of the hydraulic motors and cylinders being adjusted through a main control valve. The main control valves are, in turn, controlled by two sets of valves, one set being pilot valves manually adjustable at an operator's station on the vehicle and the second being electrohydraulic valves controlled from a remote area by radio signals received by a radio receiver on the vehicle. Safety switches are provided on the vehicle to block transmittal of the radio signals. The vehicle has a television camera mounted externally of the vehicle cab and directed internally thereof. The camera transmits images to a television screen at a remote area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Frederick D. Griswold, Jr., Bernard D. Bode
  • Patent number: 4702520
    Abstract: An armrest including a pivotal forward section containing hand controls and an adjustable second section to align with the forward section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1987
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Edwin L. Whisler, Frederick D. Griswold, Jr., Stuart L. Neagle