Patents by Inventor GREG R. LONG

GREG R. LONG 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 PREVENTING THE CLEANING OF A DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER
    Publication number: 20140250864
    Abstract: A system for preventing the cleaning of the diesel particulate filter (116) comprises an electronic control unit (200) coupled to a proximity sensor (122), the electronic control unit (200) being configured to monitor the proximity sensor (122) and to determine that there is a predetermined distance between the proximity sensor and an adjacent structure (124) before the electronic control unit (200) will regenerate the diesel particulate filter (116). A method for preventing the cleaning of the diesel particulate filter (116) comprises the steps of electronically monitoring a proximity sensor to determine a distance from the proximity sensor to an adjacent structure, electronically comparing the distance to a threshold distance, and electronically preventing the cleaning of the diesel particulate filter (116) when the distances less than the threshold distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: BRADLEY D. HEINECKE, BRIAN J. MAAS, LEE W. RANDALL, MATTHEW G. BRANCH, GREG R. LONG, ANDRZEJ KOZICKI, CHRISTOPHER PEDERSON