Patents by Inventor Keith Allan Moreland

Keith Allan Moreland 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).

  • Multifunction latch for a combine
    Patent number: 6735929
    Abstract: A mechanism for attaching a harvesting assembly to a combine having a multicoupler which connects hydraulic lines on the combine with hydraulic lines on the harvesting assembly as two halves of the multicoupler are brought together, and a latching mechanism which mechanically couples the harvesting assembly to the combine, the latching mechanism being operatively connected with the multicoupler to shift between latched and unlatched modes as the multicoupler is shifted between connected and unconnected modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Bradley James Watts, Klaus Ernst Becker, Scott Robert Bowers, Michael Dwain Benhart, Ronald Leo Sheedy, Keith Allan Moreland, Walter Emmert
  • Multifunction latch for a combine
    Publication number: 20030172637
    Abstract: A mechanism for attaching a harvesting assembly to a combine having a multicoupler which connects hydraulic lines on the combine with hydraulic lines on the harvesting assembly as two halves of the multicoupler are brought together, and a latching mechanism which mechanically couples the harvesting assembly to the combine, the latching mechanism being operatively connected with the multicoupler to shift between latched and unlatched modes as the multicoupler is shifted between connected and unconnected modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Bradley James Watts, Klaus Ernst Becker, Scott Robert Bowers, Michael Dwain Benhart, Ronald Leo Sheedy, Keith Allan Moreland, Walter Emmert