Patents by Inventor Jay E. Oakes

Jay E. Oakes 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).

  • Hydraulic lock for the swingable tongue of a towed machine
    Patent number: 4196917
    Abstract: A pull-type mobile harvesting machine includes a header supported on a main frame and an arch-like tongue swingably connected to the main frame and extending forward over the header for pivoting connection to a tractor. A double-acting hydraulic steering cylinder controlled from the tractor is connected between the frame and tongue for swinging the tongue relative to the frame while the machine is advancing so that the machine is displaced laterally selectively between a range of operating positions, offset relative to the tractor, and transport positions, generally immediately behind the tractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1980
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Jay E. Oakes, Wilbur M. Davis