Patents by Inventor J. Levi Taylor

J. Levi Taylor 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).

  • Push-steer implement hitch
    Patent number: 8109531
    Abstract: A system for push-steering an implement includes a pair of links, each link connecting the implement to a front portion of a motorized vehicle. Each link of the pair of connected links between the motorized vehicle and the implement is non parallel to each other. In response to the motorized vehicle traveling at a first predetermined steering angle, a traction element developed between at least two wheels of the implement and the driving surface rotatably urges one link toward a predetermined offset angle in a rotational direction opposite of the first predetermined steering angle. The pair of links simultaneously rotatably urges the implement to be steered toward a second predetermined steering angle in the same rotational direction as the first predetermined steering angle. The predetermined offset angle and second predetermined steering angle define a substantially stable position in response to the first predetermined steering angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Inventors: Edward H. Priepke, David M. DeChristopher, J. Levi Taylor
  • Push-Steer Implement Hitch
    Publication number: 20080223591
    Abstract: A system for push-steering an implement includes a pair of links, each link connecting the implement to a front portion of a motorized vehicle. Each link of the pair of connected links between the motorized vehicle and the implement is non parallel to each other. In response to the motorized vehicle traveling at a first predetermined steering angle, a traction element developed between at least two wheels of the implement and the driving surface rotatably urges one link toward a predetermined offset angle in a rotational direction opposite of the first predetermined steering angle. The pair of links simultaneously rotatably urges the implement to be steered toward a second predetermined steering angle in the same rotational direction as the first predetermined steering angle. The predetermined offset angle and second predetermined steering angle define a substantially stable position in response to the first predetermined steering angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Edward H. Priepke, David M. DeChristopher, J. Levi Taylor
  • Windguard for round baler including float arms
    Patent number: 6962041
    Abstract: A single floating windguard that pivots at the front and the middle of the tine section causing the tines to maintain contact with the crop at all times as it moves over the pickup and across the stuffer assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: J. Levi Taylor, Kevin M. Smith, John R. McClure
  • Windguard for round baler
    Patent number: 6877304
    Abstract: A pickup for an agricultural implement, the pickup including dual floating windguards that pivot and float causing the tines to maintain contact with the crop at all times as it moves over the pickup and across the stuffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Kevin M. Smith, J. Levi Taylor