Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Dillman

Jeffrey Dillman 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).

  • Planter assembly with selectively actuated output
    Patent number: 8275526
    Abstract: An actuating system for a planting device. The actuating system has an electric motor that provides an actuating force for a seed shaft. A pneumatic acting member is connected to a source of compressed air through a valve and positioned to engage the electric motor to actuate the electric motor. The source of compressed air and electric motor can thus be connected to a controller that operates the source of compressed air and the electric motor in order to provide selective actuation to control planting of the planting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Trimble Navigation Limited
    Inventor: Jeffrey Dillman
  • ACTUATING DEVICE FOR A DRIVE ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20080161160
    Abstract: An actuating device for a drive arrangement having a drive transmission operatively connected to a metering structure where a clutch is mounted adjacent to drive transmission, an actuating device is positioned to selectively engage the clutch such that the rotational force transferred from the drive transmission to the metering structure is selectively deactivated when the actuating member engages the clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventor: Jeffrey Dillman