Patents by Inventor H. Mark Hanna

H. Mark Hanna 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: 10391503
    Abstract: A system and method for predicting a future wind direction and speed and, based thereon, determining a future wind-driven drift and providing the information to an operator or automatically acting to adapt application parameters to better control the wind-driven drift of a fluid during application of the fluid to land or crops by an agricultural machine. A processor receives machine and meteorological data, uses a model to predict the future wind direction and speed, and accesses a drift distance database to determine and visually depict the future wind-driven drift of the fluid. A sensitive area database stores information about sensitive areas bordering the target area, which may also be displayed, to facilitate controlling the wind-driven drift with regard to the sensitive areas. The mathematical model may be a kernel filter, an autoregressive model, an autoregressive integrated moving average model, or a hybrid model which incorporates features of different models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: H. Mark Hanna, Matthew Schramm, John Peterson, Jeffrey Michael Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20180054983
    Abstract: A system and method for predicting a future wind direction and speed and, based thereon, determining a future wind-driven drift and providing the information to an operator or automatically acting to adapt application parameters to better control the wind-driven drift of a fluid during application of the fluid to land or crops by an agricultural machine. A processor receives machine and meteorological data, uses a model to predict the future wind direction and speed, and accesses a drift distance database to determine and visually depict the future wind-driven drift of the fluid. A sensitive area database stores information about sensitive areas bordering the target area, which may also be displayed, to facilitate controlling the wind-driven drift with regard to the sensitive areas. The mathematical model may be a kernel filter, an autoregressive model, an autoregressive integrated moving average model, or a hybrid model which incorporates features of different models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicants: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., AGCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: H. MARK HANNA, MATTHEW SCHRAMM, JOHN PETERSON, JEFFREY MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN
  • Patent number: 7410107
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and system for distributing gas and/or liquid phase substance from an inlet to multiple outlets with reduced variations and distribution. The apparatus includes a body having an inlet and a plurality of outlets. In one aspect, a rotatable impeller is positioned between inlet and plurality of outlets. The impeller includes a spiral fluid pathway relative to direction of substance through the inlet so that the substance passes through the impeller and is distributed to the outlets through a spinning impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Mark Hanna, Paul M. Boyd
  • Patent number: 6997400
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and system for distributing gas and/or liquid phase substance from an inlet to multiple outlets with reduced variations and distribution. The apparatus includes a body having an inlet and a plurality of outlets. In one aspect, a rotatable impeller is positioned between inlet and plurality of outlets. The impeller includes a spiral fluid pathway relative to direction of substance through the inlet so that the substance passes through the impeller and is distributed to the outlets through a spinning impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Mark Hanna, Paul M. Boyd