Patents by Inventor Jon Richard Patton

Jon Richard Patton 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).

  • Hydrostatic control - pivot steering
    Patent number: 3983901
    Abstract: A pivot steering vehicle having a pair of hydrostatically operated driving wheels; and motors for driving those wheels which are driven by variable speed, reversible pumps; a control system is provided, having valve means for controlling the pressure applied to the pumps for controlling the speed and direction of the pumps; and cam means is provided which, in response to turning movements of the steering wheel, reduces the speed of the inside driving wheel, and after a predetermined point in the turning movements of the steering wheel, reverses the direction of that wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1976
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventors: Jon Richard Patton, Ronald Loren Sisson
  • Hydrostatic control - pivot steering
    Patent number: 3971453
    Abstract: A pivot steering vehicle having a pair of hydrostatically operated driving wheels; and motors for driving those wheels which are driven by variable speed, reversible pumps; a control system is provided, having valve means for controlling the pressure applied to the pumps for controlling the speed and direction of the pumps; and cam means is provided which, in response to turning movements of the steering wheel, reduces the speed of the inside driving wheel, and after a predetermined point in the turning movements of the steering wheel, reverses the direction of that wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1974
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1976
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventors: Jon Richard Patton, Ronald Loren Sisson