Patents by Inventor Jose Batz-Alvarado

Jose Batz-Alvarado 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).

  • Publication number: 20240138396
    Abstract: An agricultural sprayer includes a frame and a boom assembly supported on the frame, with the boom assembly extending in a lateral direction between a first end and a second end. Furthermore, the agricultural sprayer includes a plurality of nozzles supported on the boom assembly and spaced apart from each other along the lateral direction, with the plurality of nozzles configured to dispense an agricultural fluid onto underlying plants or soil. Additionally, the agricultural sprayer includes an actuator configured move at least a portion of the boom assembly relative to the frame. Moreover, the agricultural sprayer includes an operator input device moveable along a range of motion such that a position of the operator input device along the range of motion is indicative of a selected speed at which the actuator is to move the at least the portion of the boom assembly relative to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Nathan Paul Brooks, Jose Batz-Alvarado
  • Publication number: 20240138395
    Abstract: An agricultural system can include a product application system. A user interface can be operably coupled with the product application system. One or more sensors can be configured to capture data indicative of an object proximate to the user interface. A computing system can be communicatively coupled to the product application system and the one or more sensors. The computing system can be configured to detect an object based on the data from the one or more sensors and generate instructions for one or more components of the product application system to operate in an operational condition based on the detection of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Nathan Paul Brooks, Jose Batz-Alvarado, Steven Winkel
  • Publication number: 20220264863
    Abstract: An agricultural sprayer includes an actuator configured to adjust the position of a boom assembly of the sprayer relative to a frame of the sprayer. A computing system is configured to determine the operating parameter of the sprayer at a current time based on received sensor data. Moreover, the computing system is configured to anticipate when the boom assembly will move relative to the frame in a fore/aft direction at a future time based on the determined operating parameter, with the fore/aft direction being parallel to a direction of travel of the agricultural sprayer. In addition, when it is anticipated that the boom assembly will move, the computing system is configured to control the operation of the actuator before the future time such that movement of the boom assembly relative to the frame is reduced at the future time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: David Hafvenstein, Jose Batz-Alvarado, Nathan Paul Brooks, Jeremy A. Amundson
  • Publication number: 20220268300
    Abstract: The agricultural sprayer includes a frame and a tank supported on the frame, with the tank configured to store an agricultural fluid. Furthermore, the sprayer includes a boom assembly coupled to the frame and a plurality of nozzles supported on the boom assembly. Additionally, the sprayer includes first and second actuators configured to adjust the position of the boom assembly relative to the frame and an actuator control valve configured to control a flow of fluid to the first and second actuators. Moreover, the sprayer includes a first fluid conduit fluidly coupled between the first actuator and the actuator control valve and a second fluid conduit fluidly coupled between the second actuator and the actuator control valve. In addition, the sprayer includes a stabilization valve configured to selectively occlude the fluid from flowing between the first and second actuators via the first and second fluid conduits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: David Hafvenstein, Jose Batz-Alvarado, Nathan Paul Brooks, Jeremy A. Amundson