Patents by Inventor Joseph R. Best

Joseph R. Best 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: 20230013518
    Abstract: A cutter bar skid shoe for a header of an agricultural harvester. The cutter bar skid shoe includes a skid plate having an upper surface, a lower surface, a fore end and an aft end. The cutter bar skid shoe further includes a cutter knife clip integral with and extending forwardly of the fore end of the skid plate for engaging a cutter knife blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Mitchell Blank, Joel T. Cook, Joseph R. Best, David V. Dobbins
  • Publication number: 20190277331
    Abstract: A power shaft assembly for a work vehicle including a power shaft defining a longitudinal axis and having an outer surface and a housing surrounding the power shaft. The housing includes an inner surface, a first end with a first opening, and a second end with a second opening. The housing extends along the longitudinal axis of the power shaft from the first end to the second end. The housing defines an inner space in between the power shaft and the inner surface of the housing. The power shaft assembly also includes at least one axial fan radially within the housing and affixed to the outer surface of the power shaft. The at least one axial fan is configured to draw a fluid from the second opening of the housing and expel the fluid out through the first opening of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Herbert M. Farley, Joseph R. Best, Dan L. Garland