Patents by Inventor Jeremy J. Tate
Jeremy J. Tate 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: 11499470Abstract: The technology disclosed herein relates to a grounds maintenance vehicle. The grounds maintenance vehicle has an engine and an engine shroud defining a cooling volume around the engine. The shroud defines a shroud intake. An engine oil conduit extends from the engine and a heat exchanger is coupled to the engine oil conduit.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: EXMARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY INCORPORATEDInventors: Jeremy J. Tate, Derek L. Dragoo
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Patent number: 11382263Abstract: An articulating mower deck system. The system is adapted to disable power to a blade associated with the wing deck section before the wing deck section begins to lift—from an operating position toward a folded position—yet does not interfere with blade operation when the wing deck section floats relative to a center deck section during normal operation of the deck. Articulating decks of modular construction are also provided, allowing assembly of multiple deck widths with a minimum of modular deck sections.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Exmark Manufacturing Company, IncorporatedInventors: Jeremy J. Tate, Michael E. Allen
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Publication number: 20210340898Abstract: The technology disclosed herein relates to a grounds maintenance vehicle. The grounds maintenance vehicle has an engine and an engine shroud defining a cooling volume around the engine. The shroud defines a shroud intake. An engine oil conduit extends from the engine and a heat exchanger is coupled to the engine oil conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2020Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Jeremy J. Tate, Derek L. Dragoo
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Publication number: 20210114673Abstract: A debris management vehicle is disclosed that has a vehicle frame and a fan assembly coupled to the vehicle frame. The fan assembly has a rotor axis oriented obliquely to a horizontal plane. A nozzle defines a nozzle inlet and a nozzle outlet. The nozzle inlet is in fluid communication with an outlet of the fan assembly. The nozzle outlet is rotatable about a nozzle axis that is orthogonal to the horizontal plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Benjamin Allan Street, Jeremy J. Tate
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Publication number: 20190254228Abstract: An articulating mower deck system. The system is adapted to disable power to a blade associated with the wing deck section before the wing deck section begins to lift—from an operating position toward a folded position—yet does not interfere with blade operation when the wing deck section floats relative to a center deck section during normal operation of the deck. Articulating decks of modular construction are also provided, allowing assembly of multiple deck widths with a minimum of modular deck sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2018Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Jeremy J. Tate, Michael E. Allen
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Patent number: 9750172Abstract: A turf implement has a frame that carries a rotatable turf slicing reel. A height adjustment lever pivots in opposite directions on the frame to raise and lower the slicing reel relative to the turf. A slot on the frame has a plurality of spaced notches. The adjustment lever carries a pin that is received in the slot and in any one of the notches to provide a desired adjusted position for the slicing reel height. A clamp is provided having a quick release locking lever that is selectively rotated between a locked position in which the clamp is in a tightly compressed condition relative to the frame to hold the adjustment lever in the desired adjusted position and an unlocked position in which the clamp is in a loosely expanded condition to permit the adjustment lever to be moved to change the desired adjusted position.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Exmark Mfg. Co., Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey J. Moore, Jeremy J. Tate
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Patent number: 9591796Abstract: A walk aerator comprises a housing supported by a plurality of wheels that include a pair of drive wheels. The drive wheels are pivotally mounted to the housing to permit the housing to move between operational and transport positions thereof. A control is used to so move the housing with the control having a hand grip whose height above the ground is easily adjustable to accommodate users of different effective heights. A foot guard maintains a relatively constant disposition relative to the ground whether the housing is in its operational or transport position. The housing of the aerator has a vent system and an air gap relative to a prime mover deck which cool a traction drive system contained within the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Exmark Mfg. Co., Inc.Inventors: Christian S. C. Bryant, Alex W. Buhr, Timothy D. Andre, Jeremy J. Tate
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Publication number: 20160135352Abstract: A walk aerator comprises a housing supported by a plurality of wheels that include a pair of drive wheels. The drive wheels are pivotally mounted to the housing to permit the housing to move between operational and transport positions thereof. A control is used to so move the housing with the control having a hand grip whose height above the ground is easily adjustable to accommodate users of different effective heights. A foot guard maintains a relatively constant disposition relative to the ground whether the housing is in its operational or transport position. The housing of the aerator has a vent system and an air gap relative to a prime mover deck which cool a traction drive system contained within the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2016Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Christian S.C. Bryant, Alex W. Buhr, Timothy D. Andre, Jeremy J. Tate
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Publication number: 20150289435Abstract: A turf implement has a frame that carries a rotatable turf slicing reel. A height adjustment lever pivots in opposite directions on the frame to raise and lower the slicing reel relative to the turf. A slot on the frame has a plurality of spaced notches. The adjustment lever carries a pin that is received in the slot and in any one of the notches to provide a desired adjusted position for the slicing reel height. A clamp is provided having a quick release locking lever that is selectively rotated between a locked position in which the clamp is in a tightly compressed condition relative to the frame to hold the adjustment lever in the desired adjusted position and an unlocked position in which the clamp is in a loosely expanded condition to permit the adjustment lever to be moved to change the desired adjusted position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2014Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: Jeffrey J. Moore, Jeremy J. Tate
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Publication number: 20150107863Abstract: A walk aerator comprises a housing supported by a plurality of wheels that include a pair of drive wheels. The drive wheels are pivotally mounted to the housing to permit the housing to move between operational and transport positions thereof. A control is used to so move the housing with the control having a hand grip whose height above the ground is easily adjustable to accommodate users of different effective heights. A foot guard maintains a relatively constant disposition relative to the ground whether the housing is in its operational or transport position. The housing of the aerator has a vent system and an air gap relative to a prime mover deck which cool a traction drive system contained within the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: Exmark Mfg. Co., Inc.Inventors: Christian S.C. Bryant, Alex W. Buhr, Timothy D. Andre, Jeremy J. Tate, Daniel W. Dorn
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Patent number: 7908833Abstract: A mower has a frame that supports a rotary cutting deck. The frame includes a pair of side rails that each extend from a front end in advance of the cutting deck to a rear end substantially behind the cutting deck. The front ends of the side rails support a pair of front caster wheels. The rear ends of the side rails have a raised, upwardly extending arch at which a hydraulic pump/motor assembly is mounted. The pump/motor assembly has an L-shaped configuration with the motor being located towards the bottom of the arch and outboard of the side rail and with the pump extending upwardly and inwardly from the motor to be located inboard of the side rail and within the vertical profile of the arch. The hydraulic motors drive a pair of rear drive wheels to propel the frame over the ground. A cross frame extends between the motors in the pump/motor assemblies to join the assemblies together. The deck is propelled from the frame by a plurality of struts extending between the cross frame and the deck.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2010Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Exmark Mfg. Co., Inc.Inventors: Gary L. Nicholson, John A. Swanson, Jeremy J. Tate, Steven C. Finkner
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Publication number: 20100139232Abstract: A mower has a frame that supports a rotary cutting deck. The frame includes a pair of side rails that each extend from a front end in advance of the cutting deck to a rear end substantially behind the cutting deck. The front ends of the side rails support a pair of front caster wheels. The rear ends of the side rails have a raised, upwardly extending arch at which a hydraulic pump/motor assembly is mounted. The pump/motor assembly has an L-shaped configuration with the motor being located towards the bottom of the arch and outboard of the side rail and with the pump extending upwardly and inwardly from the motor to be located inboard of the side rail and within the vertical profile of the arch. The hydraulic motors drive a pair of rear drive wheels to propel the frame over the ground. A cross frame extends between the motors in the pump/motor assemblies to join the assemblies together. The deck is propelled from the frame by a plurality of struts extending between the cross frame and the deck.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2010Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventors: Gary L. Nicholson, John A. Swanson, Jeremy J. Tate, Steven C. Finkner
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Publication number: 20090183479Abstract: A mower has a frame that supports a rotary cutting deck. The frame includes a pair of side rails that each extend from a front end in advance of the cutting deck to a rear end substantially behind the cutting deck. The front ends of the side rails support a pair of front caster wheels. The rear ends of the side rails have a raised, upwardly extending arch at which a hydraulic pump/motor assembly is mounted. The pump/motor assembly has an L-shaped configuration with the motor being located towards the bottom of the arch and outboard of the side rail and with the pump extending upwardly and inwardly from the motor to be located inboard of the side rail and within the vertical profile of the arch. The hydraulic motors drive a pair of rear drive wheels to propel the frame over the ground. A cross frame extends between the motors in the pump/motor assemblies to join the assemblies together. The deck is propelled from the frame by a plurality of struts extending between the cross frame and the deck.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2008Publication date: July 23, 2009Inventors: Gary L. Nicholson, John A. Swanson, Jeremy J. Tate, Steven C. Finkner
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Patent number: 7553248Abstract: A drive system for use with an endless drive member, e.g., a belt. The drive system may utilize an idler pulley that, in a first position, tensions the belt sufficiently to ensure power transmission between a driving pulley and a driven pulley. The idler pulley may be also be moved to a second position. In the second position, the idler pulley may both: relax tension in the belt to terminate power transmission to the driven pulley; and contact a brake member to quickly stop idler pulley rotation. Belt tension may then stop rotation of downstream driven pulleys. As a result, disengagement of the drive system and active braking of the idler pulley (and thus the driven pulleys) may both be accomplished via a single motion of the idler pulley.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2005Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Exmark Manufacturing Company, IncorporatedInventors: Garry Busboom, Steven C. Finkner, Jeremy J. Tate