Patents by Inventor Kevin Shinners

Kevin Shinners 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).

  • Residue monitoring
    Patent number: 11589510
    Abstract: A residue management system or method can be implemented for an agricultural harvester that includes a residue processing system. A sensor arrangement can be in communication with one or more components of the residue processing system. The sensor arrangement can be configured to measure indicators of a mass flow rate of the crop residue through the crop residue system across a width of a stream of the crop residue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Kevin Shinners, Cyrus Nigon
  • Variable displacement engine including different cam lobe profiles
    Patent number: 10677111
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an engine including cams having different lobe profiles. In one example, cams of a first cam group drive a plurality of deactivatable cylinder valves and cams of a second cam group drive a plurality of non-deactivatable cylinder valves. The cams of the first cam group include a different lobe profile relative to cams of the second cam group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Danny Nakhle, Kevin Shinners, Robert Stephen Furby
  • RESIDUE MONITORING
    Publication number: 20200060082
    Abstract: A residue management system or method can be implemented for an agricultural harvester that includes a residue processing system. A sensor arrangement can be in communication with one or more components of the residue processing system. The sensor arrangement can be configured to measure indicators of a mass flow rate of the crop residue through the crop residue system across a width of a stream of the crop residue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin Shinners, Cyrus Nigon
  • VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT ENGINE INCLUDING DIFFERENT CAM LOBE PROFILES
    Publication number: 20190093525
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an engine including cams having different lobe profiles. In one example, cams of a first cam group drive a plurality of deactivatable cylinder valves and cams of a second cam group drive a plurality of non-deactivatable cylinder valves. The cams of the first cam group include a different lobe profile relative to cams of the second cam group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Danny Nakhle, Kevin Shinners, Robert Stephen Furby