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: 20180283921
    Abstract: A system includes an agricultural metering system with 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 corresponding recesses, and a second meter roller segment having a second plurality of flutes and a corresponding second plurality of recesses. The flutes of the first meter roller segment are axially separated from the flutes of the second meter roller segment by a gap. The meter roller also includes a dividing ring disposed about the shaft and axially positioned between the first meter roller segment and the second meter roller segment. A width of the dividing ring is substantially equal to the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Joel John Octave Gervais, Dennis George Thompson, Dennis W. Chahley, Gordon Anthony Engel, Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, James Wayne Henry, Ethan Curtis Stephen Bent
  • Patent number: 10076073
    Abstract: An agricultural metering system includes multiple independently controllable sets of meter rollers. Each set of meter rollers includes at least one meter roller, each set of meter rollers is configured to rotate about a respective rotational axis, the rotational axes are generally perpendicular to a common plane, and the rotational axes are offset relative to one another in the common plane. The agricultural metering system also includes multiple meter boxes configured to receive agricultural product from 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 storage tank. In addition, the agricultural metering system includes multiple distribution lines. Each distribution line is disposed downstream from a respective set of meter rollers and configured to receive the agricultural product output from the respective set of meter rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Jack Donald Turner, Gordon Anthony Engel
  • Patent number: 10051779
    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 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    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
  • Publication number: 20180220580
    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: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Dennis W. Chahley, Gordon Anthony Engel, Jack Donald Turner, Dennis George Thompson, Gregory Jacob Erker, Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Anthony Charles Rapley
  • Patent number: 10031013
    Abstract: A system includes an agricultural metering system with 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 corresponding recesses, and a second meter roller segment having a second plurality of flutes and a corresponding second plurality of recesses. The flutes of the first meter roller segment are axially separated from the flutes of the second meter roller segment by a gap. The meter roller also includes a dividing ring disposed about the shaft and axially positioned between the first meter roller segment and the second meter roller segment. A width of the dividing ring is substantially equal to the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Joel John Octave Gervais, Dennis George Thompson, Dennis W. Chahley, Gordon Anthony Engel, Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, James Wayne Henry, Ethan Curtis Stephen Bent
  • Publication number: 20180149509
    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: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Gordon Anthony Engel, Jack Donald Turner, Joel John Octave Gervais, James Wayne Henry, Ethan Curtis Stephen Bent
  • Publication number: 20180149508
    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: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Gordon Anthony Engel, Jack Donald Turner, Joel John Octave Gervais, James Wayne Henry, Ethan Curtis Stephen Bent
  • Publication number: 20180149507
    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: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Gordon Anthony Engel, Jack Donald Turner, Joel John Octave Gervais, James Wayne Henry, Ethan Curtis Stephen Bent
  • Patent number: 9936626
    Abstract: An agricultural product distribution system includes 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: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    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: 9909914
    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: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    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
  • Publication number: 20170359946
    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: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Dennis W. Chahley, Gordon Anthony Engel, Jack Donald Turner, Dennis George Thompson, Gregory Jacob Erker, Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Anthony Charles Rapley
  • Patent number: 9804608
    Abstract: A metering system for an air cart includes a metering subassembly having a first meter module configured to meter particulate material from a storage tank of the air cart to a first section of an agricultural implement and a second meter module configured to meter the particulate material from the storage tank of the air cart to a second section of the agricultural implement. The metering system includes a controller having a processor configured to receive a prescription rate map indicative of prescribed product application rates for respective geographic regions of a field, to receive a speed of the agricultural implement, and to independently adjust the first meter module and the second meter module based at least in part on the prescription rate map and the speed to facilitate application of the particulate material at the prescribed product application rates in the respective geographic regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    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: 9801330
    Abstract: A method of configuring an agricultural metering system includes coupling one of a first meter roller cartridge frame and a second meter roller cartridge frame to a meter roller to form a meter roller cartridge. The first meter roller cartridge frame has one or more first openings having a first aggregate area, and the second meter roller cartridge frame has one or more second openings having a second aggregate area, different from the first aggregate area. The method includes engaging the meter roller cartridge with a meter box of the agricultural metering system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ethan Curtis Stephen Bent, Dennis W. Chahley, Dennis George Thompson, Gordon Anthony Engel
  • Patent number: 9756777
    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: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    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
  • Publication number: 20170118905
    Abstract: A method of configuring an agricultural metering system includes coupling one of a first meter roller cartridge frame and a second meter roller cartridge frame to a meter roller to form a meter roller cartridge. The first meter roller cartridge frame has one or more first openings having a first aggregate area, and the second meter roller cartridge frame has one or more second openings having a second aggregate area, different from the first aggregate area. The method includes engaging the meter roller cartridge with a meter box of the agricultural metering system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Ethan Curtis Stephen Bent, Dennis W. Chahley, Dennis George Thompson, Gordon Anthony Engel
  • Patent number: 9591800
    Abstract: One embodiment describes an agricultural implement. The agricultural implement includes a plurality of ground engaging opener assemblies that each excavates a trench into soil and deposits a granular product into the trench as the agricultural implement is towed though a field; and a first tool meter coupled to the agricultural implement and pneumatically coupled to a first portion of the plurality of ground engaging opener assemblies. The first tool meter instructs a pneumatic distribution system to supply the granular product to the first tool meter based at least in part on a first amount of granular product stored in the first tool meter; and pneumatically distributes the granular product to the first portion of the plurality of ground engaging opener assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Gordon Anthony Engel
  • Publication number: 20160309642
    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: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Jack Donald Turner, Gordon Anthony Engel
  • Patent number: 9462743
    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: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Jack Donald Turner, Gordon Anthony Engel
  • Publication number: 20160270288
    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: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Jack Donald Turner, Gordon Anthony Engel
  • Patent number: 9392741
    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: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Jack Donald Turner, Gordon Anthony Engel