Patents by Inventor John Paul Honermann
John Paul Honermann 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: 11904830Abstract: A cleaning system for an agricultural sprayer may include a sprayer boom, a plurality of nozzle assemblies provided in association with the sprayer boom and configured to dispense an agricultural product during a spraying operation of the agricultural sprayer, a first cleaning fluid tank configured to hold a first cleaning fluid, and a nozzle assembly fluid circuit fluidly coupling the plurality of nozzle assemblies and the first cleaning fluid tank. Moreover, the cleaning system may include a cleaning station supported on the sprayer boom, the cleaning station comprising a first valve. Additionally, the cleaning system may include a first cleaning fluid circuit fluidly coupling the first valve and the first cleaning fluid tank. The first valve is configured to supply the first cleaning fluid therethrough when the first valve is in an open position.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Richard Arden Moen, William A. Roach, Kevin Hammer, John Paul Honermann
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Patent number: 11635160Abstract: The invention provides an articulated joint in a pneumatic conveying system of a boom of an agricultural dry product applicator. The joint allows adjacent product-conveying tubes and respective joint components to articulate with respect to each other while maintaining a seal for pneumatically conveying product. Joint components may be separated from each other when the boom is folded while articulating with respect to each other without disengaging or creating potential leaks at segment junctures while the boom is extended. The articulated joint includes a rigid socket having a first socket section and a second socket section providing support to a compressible seal having a first seal section and a second seal section. The first seal section is inserted into the second socket section to create an airtight seal in between the first seal section and the second socket section even when boom tube segments flex during use.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLCInventors: Nicholas R. Pederson, John Paul Honermann
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Patent number: 11617298Abstract: An agricultural product delivery applicator for delivering particulate product to a field. The applicator includes a supply compartment to hold the product and a pneumatic conveying system. The system includes an airflow source to provide an airflow, and a delivery line operably connected to the airflow source and to the supply compartment. The delivery line includes a supply line and a plurality of distribution lines. The system further includes a distributor coupling the supply line with the plurality of distribution lines, a plurality of distributor outlets providing outlet channels for the distributor, and a motor mount disposed away from the aperture along an axis and supported by one or more of the plurality of distributor outlets. A motor is disposed on a delivery lines side of the distributor and fastened to the motor mount.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLCInventors: Rex LeRoy Ruppert, Nicholas R. Pederson, Charles O'Connell, Jeffrey Scot Martin, John Paul Honermann
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Patent number: 11485588Abstract: The invention provides a pneumatic conveying system having a series of supply lines with at least portions of the lines being wear resistant to extend the useful lifespan of an agricultural product delivery applicator. The wear resistant supply line(s) may be made from a hard material and have a curve(s) defined by angled or mitered segments that are welded or otherwise joined to collectively provide the curve(s) The wear resistant supply lines may be at least partially reinforced by way of, for example, welded or other build up wear resistant material(s) at high wear zones of the supply lines.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLCInventors: Rex LeRoy Ruppert, John Paul Honermann
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Publication number: 20220266311Abstract: A cleaning system for an agricultural sprayer may include a sprayer boom, a plurality of nozzle assemblies provided in association with the sprayer boom and configured to dispense an agricultural product during a spraying operation of the agricultural sprayer, a first cleaning fluid tank configured to hold a first cleaning fluid, and a nozzle assembly fluid circuit fluidly coupling the plurality of nozzle assemblies and the first cleaning fluid tank. Moreover, the cleaning system may include a cleaning station supported on the sprayer boom, the cleaning station comprising a first valve. Additionally, the cleaning system may include a first cleaning fluid circuit fluidly coupling the first valve and the first cleaning fluid tank. The first valve is configured to supply the first cleaning fluid therethrough when the first valve is in an open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Richard Arden Moen, William A. Roach, Kevin Hammer, John Paul Honermann
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Patent number: 11259459Abstract: An agricultural product delivery applicator for delivering particulate product to a field. The applicator includes a supply compartment to hold the product and a pneumatic conveying system. The system includes an airflow source to provide an airflow, and a delivery line operably connected to the airflow source and to the supply compartment. The delivery line includes a supply line and a plurality of distribution lines. The system further includes a distributor coupling the supply line with the plurality of distribution lines, a motor disposed on the distribution lines side of the distributor, a shaft assembly rotatable by the motor, and a bearing supporting the shaft assembly on the supply line side of the distributor. The applicator further includes a metering system operably connected between the supply compartment and the pneumatic conveying system. The metering system meters product with the airflow to result in a mixed flow of airflow and product.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Rex LeRoy Ruppert, Nicholas R. Pederson, Charles O'Connell, Jeffrey Scot Martin, John Paul Honermann
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Publication number: 20210292107Abstract: The invention provides a pneumatic conveying system having a series of supply lines with at least portions of the lines being wear resistant to extend the useful lifespan of an agricultural product delivery applicator. The wear resistant supply line(s) may be made from a hard material and have a curve(s) defined by angled or mitered segments that are welded or otherwise joined to collectively provide the curve(s) The wear resistant supply lines may be at least partially reinforced by way of, for example, welded or other build up wear resistant material(s) at high wear zones of the supply lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Rex LeRoy Ruppert, John Paul Honermann
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Publication number: 20210282312Abstract: An agricultural product delivery applicator for delivering particulate product to a field. The applicator includes a supply compartment to hold the product and a pneumatic conveying system. The system includes an airflow source to provide an airflow, and a delivery line operably connected to the airflow source and to the supply compartment. The delivery line includes a supply line and a plurality of distribution lines. The system further includes a distributor coupling the supply line with the plurality of distribution lines, a plurality of distributor outlets providing outlet channels for the distributor, and a motor mount disposed away from the aperture along an axis and supported by one or more of the plurality of distributor outlets. A motor is disposed on a delivery lines side of the distributor and fastened to the motor mount.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Rex LeRoy Ruppert, Nicholas R. Pederson, Charles O'Connell, Jeffrey Scot Martin, John Paul Honermann
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Publication number: 20210282314Abstract: An agricultural product delivery applicator for delivering particulate product to a field. The applicator includes a supply compartment to hold the product and a pneumatic conveying system. The system includes an airflow source to provide an airflow, and a delivery line operably connected to the airflow source and to the supply compartment. The delivery line includes a supply line and a plurality of distribution lines. The system further includes a distributor coupling the supply line with the plurality of distribution lines, a motor disposed on the distribution lines side of the distributor, a shaft assembly rotatable by the motor, and a bearing supporting the shaft assembly on the supply line side of the distributor. The applicator further includes a metering system operably connected between the supply compartment and the pneumatic conveying system. The metering system meters product with the airflow to result in a mixed flow of airflow and product.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Rex LeRoy Ruppert, Nicholas R. Pederson, Charles O'Connell, Jeffrey Scot Martin, John Paul Honermann
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Publication number: 20210172550Abstract: The invention provides an articulated joint in a pneumatic conveying system of a boom of an agricultural dry product applicator. The joint allows adjacent product-conveying tubes and respective joint components to articulate with respect to each other while maintaining a seal for pneumatically conveying product. Joint components may be separated from each other when the boom is folded while articulating with respect to each other without disengaging or creating potential leaks at segment junctures while the boom is extended. The articulated joint includes a rigid socket having a first socket section and a second socket section providing support to a compressible seal having a first seal section and a second seal section. The first seal section is inserted into the second socket section to create an airtight seal in between the first seal section and the second socket section even when boom tube segments flex during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Nicholas R. Pederson, John Paul Honermann
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Patent number: 10368537Abstract: A guide system for use with breakaway cables of a sprayer boom of an agricultural sprayer is provided that may include multiple guides for the cables. One of the guides may provide a barrier to physical contact between the cables and the other guide or other potential pinch points to eliminate instances of breakaway cable pinching. This may be done by way of a guide tube through which the cable extends, with the guide tube preventing physical contact between the cable and a pair of rollers of a roller guide.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Jade Abner, John Paul Honermann
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Patent number: 10010026Abstract: An adhesively bonded frame section for an agricultural sprayer boom is provided. One agricultural sprayer boom section includes a first support member and a second support member disposed adjacent to the first support member. The boom section also includes a side plate adhesively bonded to a first lateral side of the first support member, and to a first lateral side of the second support member to couple the first support member to the second support member.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: John Paul Honermann, Scott David Reese
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Publication number: 20170202129Abstract: A guide system for use with breakaway cables of a sprayer boom of an agricultural sprayer is provided that may include multiple guides for the cables. One of the guides may provide a barrier to physical contact between the cables and the other guide or other potential pinch points to eliminate instances of breakaway cable pinching. This may be done by way of a guide tube through which the cable extends, with the guide tube preventing physical contact between the cable and a pair of rollers of a roller guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2016Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Jade Abner, John Paul Honermann
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Publication number: 20150122911Abstract: An adhesively bonded frame section for an agricultural sprayer boom is provided. One agricultural sprayer boom section includes a first support member and a second support member disposed adjacent to the first support member. The boom section also includes a side plate adhesively bonded to a first lateral side of the first support member, and to a first lateral side of the second support member to couple the first support member to the second support member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2015Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: John Paul Honermann, Scott David Reese
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Patent number: 8939383Abstract: An adhesively bonded frame section for an agricultural sprayer boom is provided. One agricultural sprayer boom section includes a first support member and a second support member disposed adjacent to the first support member. The boom section also includes a side plate adhesively bonded to a first lateral side of the first support member, and to a first lateral side of the second support member to couple the first support member to the second support member.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2011Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: John Paul Honermann, Scott David Reese
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Patent number: 8888427Abstract: A system for preventing rotation of fasteners is provided that includes secondary locking devices. The system may include multiple fasteners that extend parallel to each other and may be arranged in a generally circular pattern. Multiple secondary locks may be arranged concentrically outside of the fasteners and have radially extending teeth so that teeth of adjacent secondary locks engage each other for preventing rotation of the fasteners. The secondary fasteners may have central openings that are larger than the fasteners to allow for substantial back-and-forth rotational movement, which may be between about 5 to 20 degrees of travel, of the secondary locks upon the fasteners before being stopped by the engagements of the secondary locks and fasteners. Inner and outer peripheral surfaces of the secondary locks may have different axes of symmetry which may allow the secondary lock teeth to be arranged asymmetrically relative to the fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Rex L. Ruppert, John Paul Honermann, Charles D. O'Connell
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Patent number: 8827180Abstract: An agricultural sprayer boom assembly is provided that includes a center section having a first frame configured to support left and right wing sections of the agricultural sprayer boom assembly. The agricultural sprayer boom assembly also includes a mast having a second frame coupled to the first frame, and configured to support the first frame during operation and transport. The first and second frames are aligned with one another along a direction of travel.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: John Paul Honermann, Dane Kallevig, Scott David Reese
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Patent number: 8777125Abstract: An operator interface assembly is provided that includes a frame having a first end configured to rotatably couple to a first lateral frame tube of an agricultural vehicle, and a second end configured to transition between a raised position adjacent to a second lateral frame tube of the agricultural vehicle and a lowered position beneath the second lateral frame tube via rotation of the frame about the first end. The operator interface assembly also includes a fluid inlet coupled to the frame, and configured to provide fluid to the agricultural vehicle. In addition, the operator interface assembly includes a valve coupled to the frame, and configured to control fluid flow from the fluid inlet to the agricultural vehicle. The fluid inlet and the valve are positioned adjacent to the second end of the frame, and directed laterally outward with respect to the agricultural vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: John Paul Honermann, Scott David Reese
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Patent number: D727459Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: John Paul Honermann, Carl Hagele
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Patent number: D841056Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: William A. Roach, Rex L. Ruppert, John Paul Honermann