Patents by Inventor James Argenziano
James Argenziano 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).
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Patent number: 11660604Abstract: A milling machine includes a scraper door and a control system adapted to control a movement of the scraper door. The control system includes at least one actuator coupled with the scraper door. An extension of the at least one actuator allows lowering of the scraper door and a retraction of the at least one actuator allows raising of the scraper door. The control system also includes a first valve. The control system further includes a second valve. The control module is configured to receive an input signal for raising the scraper door. The control module is also configured to transmit a first signal for operating the first valve in the second position and a second signal for controlling an amount of opening of the second valve for the retraction of the at least one actuator in order to raise the scraper door.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventor: Nicholas James Argenziano
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Patent number: 11591759Abstract: A road milling machine includes a milling drum, an enclosure assembly, an actuator, and a controller. The milling drum may modify surface. The enclosure assembly includes a member moveable between a closed state and an open state. In the closed state, the member at least partially encloses the milling drum to direct materials milled by the milling drum to a conveyor. The actuator is adapted to be actuated between a first state and a second state to correspondingly move the member between the closed state and the open state. Further, the controller is configured to detect the closed state of the member; determine a lowering of the milling drum with respect to the surface; and reverse an actuation of the actuator towards the second state to offset and balance out a weight of the member based on the lowering of the milling drum.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Austin Robert Bies, Nicholas James Argenziano
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Patent number: 11585052Abstract: A milling machine may have a frame, first and second ground engagement members connected through respective, vertically adjustable leg columns to a front end of the frame, and third and fourth ground engagement members connected through respective, vertically adjustable leg columns to a rear end of the frame. Each vertically adjustable leg column includes a hydraulic cylinder connecting the frame and the associated ground engagement member. A milling drum is attached to the frame between the front and rear ends. At least one pair of the leg columns connected to the front end of the frame or the leg columns connected to the rear end of the frame includes an accumulator associated with each of the at least one pair of leg columns, a fluid conduit fluidly connecting a bore end of each of the hydraulic cylinders to the associated accumulator, and a control valve disposed in the fluid conduit and configured to control a flow of fluid between the hydraulic cylinders and the associated accumulators.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Derek Peter Nieuwsma, Nicholas James Argenziano, Jason William Muir, Timothy Jay Lindholm
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Patent number: 11391307Abstract: A hydraulic tank protection system is disclosed. The hydraulic tank protection system may include a sensor to detect a characteristic of a fluid, a fluid control device to control a flow of the fluid into or out of a reservoir of a hydraulic tank, and an electronic control module to: receive, from the sensor, information indicating the characteristic of the fluid, determine, based on the characteristic of the fluid, whether the fluid comprises a first type of fluid, and selectively provide a control signal to actuate the fluid control device to control the flow of the fluid into or out of the reservoir based on whether the fluid comprises the first type of fluid.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Nicholas James Argenziano, Nicholas Aaron Greene, Todd M. Jennings
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Publication number: 20210324589Abstract: A road milling machine includes a milling drum, an enclosure assembly, an actuator, and a controller. The milling drum may modify surface. The enclosure assembly includes a member moveable between a closed state and an open state. In the closed state, the member at least partially encloses the milling drum to direct materials milled by the milling drum to a conveyor. The actuator is adapted to be actuated between a first state and a second state to correspondingly move the member between the closed state and the open state. Further, the controller is configured to detect the closed state of the member; determine a lowering of the milling drum with respect to the surface; and reverse an actuation of the actuator towards the second state to offset and balance out a weight of the member based on the lowering of the milling drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2020Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Austin Robert Bies, Nicholas James Argenziano
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Publication number: 20210301481Abstract: A milling machine may have a frame, first and second ground engagement members connected through respective, vertically adjustable leg columns to a front end of the frame, and third and fourth ground engagement members connected through respective, vertically adjustable leg columns to a rear end of the frame. Each vertically adjustable leg column includes a hydraulic cylinder connecting the frame and the associated ground engagement member. A milling drum is attached to the frame between the front and rear ends. At least one pair of the leg columns connected to the front end of the frame or the leg columns connected to the rear end of the frame includes an accumulator associated with each of the at least one pair of leg columns, a fluid conduit fluidly connecting a bore end of each of the hydraulic cylinders to the associated accumulator, and a control valve disposed in the fluid conduit and configured to control a flow of fluid between the hydraulic cylinders and the associated accumulators.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2020Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: CATERPILLAR PAVING PRODUCTS INC.Inventors: Derek Peter NIEUWSMA, Nicholas James ARGENZIANO, Jason William MUIR, Timothy Jay LINDHOLM
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Publication number: 20210222710Abstract: A hydraulic tank protection system is disclosed. The hydraulic tank protection system may include a sensor to detect a characteristic of a fluid, a fluid control device to control a flow of the fluid into or out of a reservoir of a hydraulic tank, and an electronic control module to: receive, from the sensor, information indicating the characteristic of the fluid, determine, based on the characteristic of the fluid, whether the fluid comprises a first type of fluid, and selectively provide a control signal to actuate the fluid control device to control the flow of the fluid into or out of the reservoir based on whether the fluid comprises the first type of fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2020Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Nicholas James ARGENZIANO, Nicholas Aaron GREENE, Todd M. JENNINGS
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Publication number: 20200156079Abstract: A milling machine includes a scraper door and a control system adapted to control a movement of the scraper door. The control system includes at least one actuator coupled with the scraper door. An extension of the at least one actuator allows lowering of the scraper door and a retraction of the at least one actuator allows raising of the scraper door. The control system also includes a first valve. The control system further includes a second valve. The control module is configured to receive an input signal for raising the scraper door. The control module is also configured to transmit a first signal for operating the first valve in the second position and a second signal for controlling an amount of opening of the second valve for the retraction of the at least one actuator in order to raise the scraper door.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventor: Nicholas James Argenziano
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Publication number: 20100317469Abstract: A bat for use in the game of baseball or softball with a pattern burnt, etched or carved into the bat's handle. The pattern creates a tactile frictional contact between the player's hands and the handle in order to enhance the grip on the bat, which replaces and eliminates the need for the application of materials that enhance grip, such as pine tar. The device enhances either left or right handed players' grips; and can be used by both children as well as adults of both genders. The invention's pattern can be made of aesthetically pleasing patterns of varying shapes and sizes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Inventors: Carlo J. Comello, JR., James Argenziano
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Patent number: D606137Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2009Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Inventors: Carlo J. Comello, Jr., James Argenziano