Patents by Inventor Kevin Douglas McKEE

Kevin Douglas McKEE 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: 9345194
    Abstract: A farm vehicle includes a crop gathering mechanism to convey harvested crop material to a crop flow path passing internally through at least part of the vehicle. The vehicle includes a vehicle data bus and a plurality of control modules operatively connected to the vehicle data bus and configured to monitor information on the vehicle data bus and to act according to such information. An electronic operator module is configured to monitor the states of operator controls and to broadcast information on the vehicle data bus specifying such states. Additionally, video cameras positioned within the vehicle face the crop flow path and are operably connected to a graphic display. A graphic display control module includes a processor configured to control the display of images on the graphic display for selective display of images from the video cameras based upon information from the vehicle data bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Jay David Schroeder, Daniel Lynn Renaud, John Michael King, Kevin Douglas McKee
  • Publication number: 20110072773
    Abstract: A farm vehicle includes a crop gathering mechanism to convey harvested crop material to a crop flow path passing internally through at least part of the vehicle. The vehicle includes a vehicle data bus and a plurality of control modules operatively connected to the vehicle data bus and configured to monitor information on the vehicle data bus and to act according to such information. An electronic operator module is configured to monitor the states of operator controls and to broadcast information on the vehicle data bus specifying such states. Additionally, video cameras positioned within the vehicle face the crop flow path and are operably connected to a graphic display. A graphic display control module includes a processor configured to control the display of images on the graphic display for selective display of images from the video cameras based upon information from the vehicle data bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: CNH AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Jay David SCHROEDER, Daniel Lynn RENAUD, John Michael KING, Kevin Douglas McKEE