Patents by Inventor Gordon Anthony Engel

Gordon Anthony Engel 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: 20240057516
    Abstract: An agricultural metering system includes independently controllable meter rollers, in which each meter roller is configured to rotate about a respective rotational axis. The agricultural metering system also includes meter boxes configured to receive agricultural product from a storage tank. Each meter roller is disposed within a respective meter box, and each meter roller is configured to meter the agricultural product from the storage tank. In addition, the agricultural metering system includes independently controllable motors. Each independently controllable motor is coupled to a respective meter roller, and each independently controllable motor is configured to drive the respective meter roller to rotate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Jack Donald Turner, Gordon Anthony Engel
  • Patent number: 11844300
    Abstract: An agricultural metering system includes independently controllable sets of meter rollers. Each set of meter rollers includes at least one meter roller and is configured to rotate about a respective rotational axis, and the rotational axes are generally parallel to one another and not aligned with one another. The agricultural metering system also includes meter boxes configured to receive agricultural product from a compartment of a storage tank. Each set of meter rollers is disposed within a respective meter box, and each set of meter rollers is configured to meter the agricultural product from the compartment of the storage tank. The agricultural metering system also includes distribution lines. Each distribution line is disposed downstream from a respective set of meter rollers and is configured to receive the agricultural product output from the respective set of meter rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL CANADA, LTD.
    Inventors: Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Jack Donald Turner, Gordon Anthony Engel
  • Patent number: 11556140
    Abstract: A metering system for an agricultural vehicle includes meter rollers, each including protrusions driving flow of flowable particulate material in response to rotation of the meter roller. The metering system also includes a drive shaft driven in rotation and includes transmission assemblies that each correspond to a respective meter roller. Each transmission assembly includes a respective moveable gear actuatable to engage each of a plurality of gears to establish a respective gear ratio corresponding to one of a plurality of different speeds of the respective meter roller relative to the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gordon Anthony Engel, Gregory Jacob Erker, Anthony Charles Rapley
  • Patent number: 11477934
    Abstract: An agricultural implement including a frame with a main frame section and at least one wing frame section such that the agricultural implement is configured for transitioning in between a work position and a transport position, at least one conveyance line, and at least one coupling device. The at least one coupling device includes a first coupling member attached to the first line portion and a second coupling member movably connected to the first coupling member and attached to the second line portion such that the at least one coupling device couples the first line portion and the second line portion of the at least one conveyance line in the work position and uncouples the first line portion and the second line portion of the at least one conveyance line in the transport position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gordon Anthony Engel, Dennis W. Chahley
  • Patent number: 11317558
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes an agricultural system having first and second product meters configured to meter product to first and second lines, respectively. First and second motors are coupled to the first and second product meters and configured to drive them at first and second metering rates, respectively. An air source is configured to provide first and second airflows to the first and second lines, respectively. A controller electrically coupled to the first and second motors is configured to receive first and second inputs indicative of first and second numbers of first and second outlets fluidly coupled to the first and second lines, respectively. The controller is configured to instruct the first and second motors to drive the first and second product meters at the first and second metering rates, respectively, based on the first and second inputs, and to instruct the air source to provide the first and second airflows with first and second dynamic pressures or first and second velocities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dennis W. Chahley, Gordon Anthony Engel, Jack Donald Turner, Dennis George Thompson, Gregory Jacob Erker, Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Anthony Charles Rapley
  • Patent number: 11297760
    Abstract: An agricultural implement includes a frame, a first row of row units coupled to the frame, and a second row of row units coupled to the frame. The second row of row units is positioned behind the first row of row units relative to a direction of travel, and each row unit is configured to deposit seeds into the soil. The agricultural implement also includes a row of fertilizer applicators coupled to the frame and positioned between the first row and the second row of row units relative to the direction of travel. Each fertilizer applicator is laterally positioned between one row unit of the first row and one row unit of the second row that is laterally adjacent to the one row unit of the first row, and each fertilizer applicator is configured to direct displaced soil laterally toward the one row unit of the second row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gordon Anthony Engel
  • Patent number: 11266055
    Abstract: An air seeder cart has a fill auger pivotally mounted to the frame of the air seeder cart and moveable to position the fill auger for filling seed hoppers. The swivel joint for the air seeder has a brake assembly biased by a spring to prevent movement in the absence of an input. A remotely positioned lever and cable assembly unlock the brake assembly for movement to a new position upon an operator input to the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jack Turner, Gordon Anthony Engel
  • Publication number: 20210386009
    Abstract: A method for adjusting operating parameters of an agricultural implement during a product-dispensing operation may include monitoring a location of the agricultural implement while performing a product-dispensing pass across a field. The method may further include determining that the agricultural implement will encounter an operating parameter boundary prescribing a change in an operating parameter of the agricultural implement. Moreover, the method may include determining a transition boundary along the product-dispensing pass based at least in part on a propagation delay for the prescribed change, where the agricultural implement will cross the transition boundary before the operating parameter boundary. Additionally, the method may include initiating the change in the operating parameter when the agricultural implement reaches the transition boundary such that the prescribed change in the operating parameter is complete when the agricultural implement reaches the operating parameter boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Gordon Anthony Engel, Anthony Charles Rapley
  • Patent number: 11140805
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a seeding implement control system includes a controller including a memory and a processor. The controller is configured to receive a first signal indicative of a target extension length of an actuator. The actuator is configured to control a ground engaging tool of a row unit. The actuator is also configured to position a lower surface of a blade of the ground engaging tool a target distance above a soil surface while the actuator is extended to the target extension length. The controller is further configured to store the target extension length in a memory device of the controller. The controller is configured to instruct the actuator to transition to the target extension length in response to receiving a second signal indicative of transitioning the ground engaging tool to a disengaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gordon Anthony Engel, Russell Altman, Trevor Kowalchuk
  • Publication number: 20210251131
    Abstract: An agricultural metering system includes independently controllable sets of meter rollers. Each set of meter rollers includes at least one meter roller and is configured to rotate about a respective rotational axis, and the rotational axes are generally parallel to one another and not aligned with one another. The agricultural metering system also includes meter boxes configured to receive agricultural product from a compartment of a storage tank. Each set of meter rollers is disposed within a respective meter box, and each set of meter rollers is configured to meter the agricultural product from the compartment of the storage tank. The agricultural metering system also includes distribution lines. Each distribution line is disposed downstream from a respective set of meter rollers and is configured to receive the agricultural product output from the respective set of meter rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Jack Donald Turner, Gordon Anthony Engel
  • Patent number: 11071246
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system for monitoring fluid conduit connections of an agricultural machine may include a first fluid conduit having a first coupling device, a second fluid conduit having a second coupling device, and a third fluid conduit having a third coupling device. Each of the second and third coupling devices may, in turn, include an identification device. A controller of the system may be configured to receive an input from the identification device of one of the second fluid conduit or the third fluid conduit when the respective second coupling device or third coupling device is coupled to the first coupling device. Furthermore, the controller may be configured to identify the one of the second fluid conduit or the third fluid conduit as a connected fluid conduit based on the received input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jack D. Turner, Gordon Anthony Engel
  • Patent number: 11026364
    Abstract: An agricultural metering device with a variable geometry meter roller is provided. The agricultural metering device includes a meter roller having a plurality of flutes. An aggregate cross sectional area of the flutes increases along a longitudinal axis of the meter roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Jack Donald Turner, Gordon Anthony Engel
  • Patent number: 10986768
    Abstract: A method, system and an apparatus minimize over-seeding and disruption of previously placed seed in an overlap area, when applying an agricultural product to a field with an agricultural product delivery arrangement having row units, by dispensing a predetermined first product amount equal to one hundred percent of a desired application to the field in a first pass through the entire field including the overlap area, and then dispensing a second product amount in a subsequent pass through the overlap area without raising row units out of the soil during the subsequent pass. The second product amount is determined as a function of a percentage the predetermined first product amount applied to the overlap area during the first pass that is disturbed by operative engagement of the row units with the soil during the subsequent pass over the overlap area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gordon Anthony Engel
  • Patent number: 10834867
    Abstract: An agricultural metering system includes multiple meter boxes and multiple meter rollers, in which each meter roller is disposed in a respective meter box. The agricultural metering system also includes multiple meter roller sleeves, in which each meter roller sleeve is disposed about a respective meter roller, and each meter roller sleeve is configured to move relative to the respective meter roller to selectively cover a first portion of the respective meter roller and a second portion of the respective meter roller. In addition, the agricultural metering system includes a control bar coupled to the meter roller sleeves. The control bar is configured to collectively move the meter roller sleeves relative to the meter rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Jack Donald Turner, Gordon Anthony Engel
  • Publication number: 20200344942
    Abstract: An agricultural implement includes a frame, a first row of row units coupled to the frame, and a second row of row units coupled to the frame. The second row of row units is positioned behind the first row of row units relative to a direction of travel, and each row unit is configured to deposit seeds into the soil. The agricultural implement also includes a row of fertilizer applicators coupled to the frame and positioned between the first row and the second row of row units relative to the direction of travel. Each fertilizer applicator is laterally positioned between one row unit of the first row and one row unit of the second row that is laterally adjacent to the one row unit of the first row, and each fertilizer applicator is configured to direct displaced soil laterally toward the one row unit of the second row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventor: Gordon Anthony Engel
  • Patent number: 10820464
    Abstract: A seed planting unit of an agricultural implement may include a wheel support arm having an upper portion and a lower portion. A wheel may be rotatably supported by the lower portion of the wheel support arm, the wheel configured to contact the soil surface to define a penetration depth setting for the ground engaging tool relative to the soil surface. A depth stop member may be provided in operative association with one of the support structure or the wheel support arm. A depth adjustment member may be selectively movable relative to the other of the support structure or the wheel support arm to vary a relative distance between an abutment portion of the depth adjustment member configured to abut against the depth stop member and the other of the support structure or the wheel support arm to set the penetration depth setting for the ground engaging tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Trevor L. Kowalchuk, Gordon Anthony Engel
  • Patent number: 10820465
    Abstract: A seed planting unit of an agricultural implement may include a wheel support arm having an upper portion and a lower portion. A wheel may be rotatably supported by the lower portion of the wheel support arm, the wheel configured to contact the soil surface to define a penetration depth setting for the ground engaging tool relative to the soil surface. A depth stop member may be provided in operative association with one of the support structure or the wheel support arm. A depth adjustment member may be selectively axially movable relative to the other of the support structure or the wheel support arm to vary a relative distance between an abutment portion of the depth adjustment member configured to abut against the depth stop member and the other of the support structure or the wheel support arm to set the penetration depth setting for the ground engaging tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Trevor L. Kowalchuk, Gordon Anthony Engel
  • Patent number: 10813275
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an agricultural product distribution system having first and second product meters configured to meter first and second amounts of agricultural product from a product tank over first and second periods of time, respectively. The system also includes first and second motors coupled to the first and second product meters, respectively, and configured to turn the first and second product meters a first number of turns and a second number of turns, respectively, over the first and second periods of time to meter the first and second amounts of agricultural product. Further, the system includes a controller configured to receive inputs indicative of the first amount of agricultural product, the first number of turns, the second amount of agricultural product, and the second number of turns and to compare the signals to determine first and second calibration rate of the first and second product meters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dennis W. Chahley, Gordon Anthony Engel, Jack Donald Turner, Dennis George Thompson, Gregory Jacob Erker, Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Anthony Charles Rapley
  • Patent number: 10816381
    Abstract: A system includes an agricultural metering system a meter roller configured to meter product from an agricultural product storage compartment to a product distribution system via rotation of the meter roller. The meter roller includes a first meter roller segment having a first plurality of flutes and a corresponding first plurality of recesses, and a second meter roller segment having a second plurality of flutes and a corresponding second plurality of recesses. The first meter roller segment includes a first profile, the second meter roller includes a second profile, and the first profile is different from the second profile. The system also has a dividing ring axially positioned between the first meter roller segment and the second meter roller segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Gordon Anthony Engel, Jack Donald Turner, Joel John Octave Gervais, James Wayne Henry, Ethan Curtis Stephen Bent
  • Patent number: 10775219
    Abstract: A system includes an agricultural metering system a meter roller configured to meter product from an agricultural product storage compartment to a product distribution system via rotation of the meter roller. The meter roller includes a first meter roller segment having a first plurality of flutes and a corresponding first plurality of recesses, and a second meter roller segment having a second plurality of flutes and a corresponding second plurality of recesses. The first meter roller segment includes a first profile, the second meter roller includes a second profile, and the first profile is different from the second profile. The system also has a dividing ring axially positioned between the first meter roller segment and the second meter roller segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Gordon Anthony Engel, Jack Donald Turner, Joel John Octave Gervais, James Wayne Henry, Ethan Curtis Stephen Bent