Patents by Inventor JOHN S FOLTZ

JOHN S FOLTZ 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).

  • Patent number: 11264693
    Abstract: Systems and methods for mounting antennas to a vehicle provide for reducing a height by which the antennas extend from a vehicle while maintaining the antennas as the furthest extending component in a vertical direction from the vehicle. The systems and methods also maintain antennas towards an interior of the vehicle, such as inward of a leading edge of the vehicle, in order to reduce risk of damage, displacement, or both of the antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Casey J. Hart, Amy C. Carlson, John S. Foltz, Nilesh T. Kumbhar
  • Publication number: 20210175599
    Abstract: Systems and methods for mounting antennas to a vehicle are disclosed. Particularly, systems and methods for mounting geopositioning antennas to work vehicles are disclosed. The systems and methods provide for reducing a height by which the antennas extend from a vehicle while maintaining the antennas as the furthest extending component in a vertical direction from the vehicle. The systems and methods also maintain antennas towards an interior of the vehicle, such as inward of a leading edge of the vehicle, in order to reduce risk of damage, displacement, or both of the antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Casey J. Hart, Amy C. Carlson, John S. Foltz, Nilesh T. Kumbhar
  • Publication number: 20200181869
    Abstract: A work vehicle comprises a frame. At least one ground engaging device is coupled to the frame and configured to support the frame above a surface. A boom assembly is coupled to the frame and configured to move from a lowered position to a raised position. An attachment coupler is coupled to a distal portion of the boom assembly. At least one tilt cylinder coupled to the boom assembly and the attachment coupler. A boom lock is coupled to at least one of the frame and the boom assembly. The boom lock is configured to move from an unlocked position where the boom assembly is movable to a locked position where the boom assembly is locked to the frame in the lowered position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: BRETT GRAHAM, ALEX VANDEGRIFT, CHRISTOPHER MEYER, JOHN MAHRENHOLZ, NILESH T KUMBHAR, JOHN S FOLTZ
  • Patent number: D922366
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Brett S. Graham, Nilesh T. Kumbhar, Scott J. Cassidy, John S. Foltz, Casey J. Hart, Benjamin J. Morrison, Alex R. Vandegrift, Amy C. Carlson