Patents by Inventor Keith James Ward

Keith James Ward 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: 8967319
    Abstract: A horizontal muffler for an agricultural vehicle is provided. One agricultural vehicle includes an exhaust system having a muffler configured to direct exhaust out of an engine and to reduce a noise of the exhaust. The agricultural vehicle also includes a steering wheel configured to control steering of the agricultural vehicle. The muffler is disposed forward of the steering wheel relative to a direction of travel of the agricultural vehicle. Moreover, the muffler extends in a substantially horizontal direction such that a flow of the exhaust through the muffler is substantially parallel to a ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Jason Keith Novacek, Daniel John Zurn, Keith James Ward, Jay Michael Larson, David Larry Tveito, Russell Victor Stoltman
  • Publication number: 20140124283
    Abstract: A horizontal muffler for an agricultural vehicle is provided. One agricultural vehicle includes an exhaust system having a muffler configured to direct exhaust out of an engine and to reduce a noise of the exhaust. The agricultural vehicle also includes a steering wheel configured to control steering of the agricultural vehicle. The muffler is disposed forward of the steering wheel relative to a direction of travel of the agricultural vehicle. Moreover, the muffler extends in a substantially horizontal direction such that a flow of the exhaust through the muffler is substantially parallel to a ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: CNH AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Jason Keith Novacek, Daniel John Zurn, Keith James Ward, Jay Michael Larson, David Larry Tveito, Russell Victor Stoltman
  • Patent number: 8683970
    Abstract: An air intake system for an off-road vehicle includes an intake conduit upstream of a segmented debris removal device and a mail filter element. A baffle is disposed in the intake conduit and extends into the incoming air stream to avoid swirl in the air stream and provide more even air flow distribution into the segments of the segmented debris removal device. The baffle may have two generally parallel elements spaced from one another to reduce mixing of air regions separated by the baffle. The baffle reduces or eliminates vortices that adversely affect air flow into the segmented debris removal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Chlystek, Kaushal Ghorpade, Keith James Ward
  • Publication number: 20130025557
    Abstract: An air intake system for an off-road vehicle includes an intake conduit upstream of a segmented debris removal device and a mail filter element. A baffle is disposed in the intake conduit and extends into the incoming air stream to avoid swirl in the air stream and provide more even air flow distribution into the segments of the segmented debris removal device. The baffle may have two generally parallel elements spaced from one another to reduce mixing of air regions separated by the baffle. The baffle reduces or eliminates vortices that adversely affect air flow into the segmented debris removal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Chlystek, Kaushal Ghorpade, Keith James Ward
  • Patent number: D700631
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Jason Keith Novacek, Daniel John Zurn, Keith James Ward, Jay Michael Larson, David Larry Tveito, Russell Victor Stoltman