Patents by Inventor Garin R. Ingalls

Garin R. Ingalls 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).

  • ACTIVELY VARIABLE SWATH GATE POSITION
    Publication number: 20240049639
    Abstract: An agricultural machine system includes: a mower-conditioner machine including a mower-conditioner machine frame, a plurality of conditioner rolls coupled with the mower-conditioner machine frame, and a pivotable swath gate coupled with the mower-conditioner machine frame; a control system operatively coupled with the mower-conditioner machine frame, the control system including: a controller system configured for: determining a swath gate position adjustment based at least in part on a conditioner speed of the plurality of conditioner rolls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Fay, II, Garin R. Ingalls, Kevin Cordes
  • Agricultural header with swath gate for spreading and converging crop material
    Patent number: 11856884
    Abstract: A header includes: a header frame; a cutter carried by the header frame; a roll disposed rearwardly of the cutter and configured to convey cut crop material rearwardly in a crop flow stream; a swath gate coupled to the header frame and movable between a spreading position and a converging position; a spreader coupled to the swath gate and configured to laterally spread the crop flow stream as the crop flow stream flows across the spreader; and a converger coupled to the swath gate and configured to converge the crop flow stream toward a centerline of the swath gate as the crop flow stream flows across the converger. The spreader and the converger are configured to not be in the crop flow stream at the same time, depending on the position of the swath gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Frederick Ritchey, Jeffrey B. Fay, II, Scott Wangsgard, Terry S. Moyer, Kevin Cordes, Jeffrey A. Eavenson, Garin R. Ingalls
  • AGRICULTURAL HEADER WITH SWATH GATE FOR SPREADING AND CONVERGING CROP MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20220322605
    Abstract: A header includes: a header frame; a cutter carried by the header frame; a roll disposed rearwardly of the cutter and configured to convey cut crop material rearwardly in a crop flow stream; a swath gate coupled to the header frame and movable between a spreading position and a converging position; a spreader coupled to the swath gate and configured to laterally spread the crop flow stream as the crop flow stream flows across the spreader; and a converger coupled to the swath gate and configured to converge the crop flow stream toward a centerline of the swath gate as the crop flow stream flows across the converger. The spreader and the converger are configured to not be in the crop flow stream at the same time, depending on the position of the swath gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Frederick Ritchey, Jeffrey B. Fay, II, Scott Wangsgard, Terry S. Moyer, Kevin Cordes, Jeffrey A. Eavenson, Garin R. Ingalls