Patents by Inventor Jonathan E. Drum

Jonathan E. Drum 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: 11554689
    Abstract: A seating arrangement includes a base, a seat mounted to the base, the seat having a width extending from a first side to a second side and a length extending in a forward direction from a rear side to a front side. The seating arrangement further includes a backrest positioned adjacent the rear side of the seat. The seating arrangement further includes a cushion length adjustment (CLA) coupled to the seat at the front side. The CLA has a width bisected by a centerline. A first side of the CLA is at least partially defined by a first curved surface extending downward in the forward direction and extending downward toward the base away from the centerline. A second side of the CLA is at least partially defined by a second curved surface extending downward in the forward direction and extending downward toward the base away from the centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Brian M. Huenink, Gregory O. Mcconoughey, Jonathan E. Drum
  • Publication number: 20220063449
    Abstract: A seating arrangement includes a base, a seat mounted to the base, the seat having a width extending from a first side to a second side and a length extending in a forward direction from a rear side to a front side. The seating arrangement further includes a backrest positioned adjacent the rear side of the seat. The seating arrangement further includes a cushion length adjustment (CLA) coupled to the seat at the front side. The CLA has a width bisected by a centerline. A first side of the CLA is at least partially defined by a first curved surface extending downward in the forward direction and extending downward toward the base away from the centerline. A second side of the CLA is at least partially defined by a second curved surface extending downward in the forward direction and extending downward toward the base away from the centerline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Brian M. Huenink, Gregory O. Mcconoughey, Jonathan E. Drum
  • Patent number: 10088915
    Abstract: A handle is adapted to receive one or more fingers or a portion of the hand. A set of sensors is mounted on or near the surface of the handle. Each sensor associated with a different region of the handle. A detector is arranged to detect contact of one or more of the sensors, by one or more fingers or a portion of a hand, to generate an observed touch-point map for the handle for a respective sampling interval. A controller can generate a gain or control response ratio in the electrical signals outputted in response to the observed touch-point map matching or being substantially similar to a reference touch-point map, where the electrical signals are derived from movement or displacement of the handle by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Jonathan E. Drum
  • Publication number: 20180004310
    Abstract: A handle is adapted to receive one or more fingers or a portion of the hand. A set of sensors is mounted on or near the surface of the handle. Each sensor associated with a different region of the handle. A detector is arranged to detect contact of one or more of the sensors, by one or more fingers or a portion of a hand, to generate an observed touch-point map for the handle for a respective sampling interval. A controller can generate a gain or control response ratio in the electrical signals outputted in response to the observed touch-point map matching or being substantially similar to a reference touch-point map, where the electrical signals are derived from movement or displacement of the handle by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventor: Jonathan E. Drum
  • Publication number: 20150101440
    Abstract: A multifunction control for a work vehicle provides a control lever mounted control grip forming a hand rest, pommel and control face. The hand rest is ergonomically contoured to support an under side of a vehicle operator's hand in a neutral position. The operator can position the control front to back and laterally with the hand in a relaxed state. The operator can move the control in one lateral direction by contacting the pommel with a finger and in the opposite direction by contacting the control face, or guard thereon, with a thumb. One or more control switches can be mounted on the control face in reach of the thumb and also at a frontal location in reach of a finger. The switches can be activated without straining or repositioning the hand on the hand rest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Stephen E. Bonneau, Lucas J. Wallace, Ronald J. Huber, Giovanni A. Wuisan, Jonathan E. Drum, Donald W. Kruger, Ryan N. Detweiler, Harry E. Rawlins, IV, Jason C. Lahey
  • Patent number: D725681
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Stephen E. Bonneau, Lucas J. Wallace, Ronald J. Huber, Giovanni A. Wuisan, Jonathan E. Drum, Donald W. Kruger, Ryan N. Detweiler, Harry E. Rawlins, IV, Jason C. Lahey
  • Patent number: D844514
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Christoph Wagner, Sebastian Himpel, Thorsten Hagner, Nicolas Staack, Jonathan E. Drum