Patents by Inventor Joshua D. Bacon

Joshua D. Bacon 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: 9675010
    Abstract: A crop processing and/or conveying element for a forage chopper has a body that can be mounted on a carrier that can be set in rotation and is furnished with a hard material layer that comes into contact with crop during operation. The hard material layer is connected in a form-fitting manner to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Patrick McLawhorn, Joshua D. Bacon
  • Publication number: 20150013297
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting and or directing crop in a harvesting machine. The apparatus includes a one-part body with an axially extending recess in which a complementary hard material insert having an edge is or can be inserted. The recess contacts the hard material insert on at least three surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: JOSHUA D. BACON, Rainer Schaefer, Patrick McLawhorn
  • Publication number: 20140373501
    Abstract: A crop processing and/or conveying element for a forage chopper has a body that can be mounted on a carrier that can be set in rotation and is furnished with a hard material layer that comes into contact with crop during operation. The hard material layer is connected in a form-fitting manner to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Patrick McLawhorn, Joshua D. Bacon
  • Patent number: 8146849
    Abstract: A chopping drum for a forage harvester has a shaft. Supporting rings are mounted on the shaft one next to the other in the axial direction and extending in the radial direction. Blade holders are distributed around the outer periphery of the supporting rings, and chopping blades are mounted on the blade holders by first screws. The first screws produce a connection between blade holders one following the other in the peripheral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Joshua D. Bacon
  • Publication number: 20110240781
    Abstract: A chopping drum for a forage harvester has a shaft. Supporting rings are mounted on the shaft one next to the other in the axial direction and extending in the radial direction. Blade holders are distributed around the outer periphery of the supporting rings, and chopping blades are mounted on the blade holders by first screws. The first screws produce a connection between blade holders one following the other in the peripheral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Joshua D. Bacon
  • Patent number: 7311448
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement for a harvesting machine, including a bearing configured to couple a rotatable shaft with a chassis of the harvesting machine, a first element coupled with the shaft so as to be rotatable therewith, and a second element coupled with the chassis of the harvesting machine. Additionally, at least a portion of the second element is substantially concentrically enclosed by the first element and the first and second elements cooperate to define a contactless seal configured to substantially prevent contamination of the bearing. The shaft is coupled with a product treating element, such as a crop feeding and/or processing element that is driven or idle rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Manfred Engel, Joseph A. Teijido, Claus-Josef Vogelgesang, Fritz K. Lauer, Wolfram Elsner, Rainer Schäfer, Joshua D. Bacon