Patents by Inventor Leonardo Reis Menezes

Leonardo Reis Menezes 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).

  • Publication number: 20240057500
    Abstract: An adjustable toolbar system for an agricultural implement including a linkage assembly configured to be positioned between a main frame of a toolbar and a row unit, an actuator configured to couple to the main frame of the toolbar and to the linkage assembly, a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a down pressure applied by the row unit to a soil surface during planting operations, and a controller configured to output control signals to the actuator based on the signal to adjust the down pressure applied by the row unit to the soil surface during the planting operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Regis Carlos Pereira da Silva, Leonardo Reis Menezes
  • Publication number: 20230036782
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a new adjustment system for mounting and fixing the supports of the planting row units on the toolbars of agricultural implements, which is designed to eliminate possible gaps realized during the assembly and fixing the planting row units on the toolbar. More particularly, the adjustment system is applied to the mounting guides (20a) of the toolbar (20) and is formed by at least one upper mounting assembly (26) and at least one lower mounting assembly (28), which comprise upper (30) and lower (32) support blocks that are associated with said support (24) by fasteners (34), at least one of said support blocks (30, 32) having at least one opening (36) for accommodating an eccentric bushing (38) whose the passing hole (38a) is displaced from the center of said bushing (38).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Regis Carlos Pereira da Silva, Felipe Brum Da Silva, Eduardo Copetti, Leonardo Reis Menezes, Ricardo Diniz Alves
  • Publication number: 20220377958
    Abstract: A tow head for agricultural implements, particularly those intended for the distribution of seeds, composts, fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, or fungicides in the field, is designed to promote a structural reinforcement that heightens resistance and, accordingly, improve the conditions of operation of these agricultural equipment. More particularly, a tow head for agricultural implements is formed by a telescopic center bar from which angularly designed sidebars are projected from the coupling end, and which are connected to the respective side wings of the structural chassis of the agricultural implement, and the sidebars are endowed with a reinforcement that is fixed along at least part of the longitudinal length of each sidebar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Monte Lee DeKam, Austin Joseph McLuckie, Kregg Jerome Raducha, Leonardo Reis Menezes, Carlos Henrique Spiacci Correia
  • Patent number: 11419255
    Abstract: A system that includes a wheel carrier system. The wheel carrier system includes a first wheel that couples to a first shaft. A first connector couples the first shaft to a central shaft. A second wheel couples to a second shaft. A second connector couples the second shaft to the central shaft. The first wheel and the second wheel independently rotate and move vertically. A first wheel carrier arm couples to a wheel carrier frame. A first link rotates a ground engaging tool system with respect to the wheel carrier frame to transition the ground engaging tool system from a lowered position to a raised position. An actuator simultaneously rotates the first wheel carrier arm from a first position to a second position and the ground engaging tool system from the lowered position to the raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Monte DeKam, Kregg J. Raducha, Leonardo Reis Menezes, Austin Joseph McLuckie
  • Publication number: 20210127548
    Abstract: A system that includes a wheel carrier system. The wheel carrier system includes a first wheel that couples to a first shaft. A first connector couples the first shaft to a central shaft. A second wheel couples to a second shaft. A second connector couples the second shaft to the central shaft. The first wheel and the second wheel independently rotate and move vertically. A first wheel carrier arm couples to a wheel carrier frame. A first link rotates a ground engaging tool system with respect to the wheel carrier frame to transition the ground engaging tool system from a lowered position to a raised position. An actuator simultaneously rotates the first wheel carrier arm from a first position to a second position and the ground engaging tool system from the lowered position to the raised position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Monte DeKam, Kregg J. Raducha, Leonardo Reis Menezes, Austin Joseph McLuckie
  • Publication number: 20210059099
    Abstract: A system that includes a wheel carrier system. The wheel carrier system includes a wheel carrier arm that couples to a wheel and to a wheel carrier frame. A link rotates a ground engaging tool system with respect to a row unit to transition the ground engaging tool system from a lowered position to a raised position. An actuator that simultaneously rotates the first wheel carrier arm from a first position to a second position and the ground engaging tool system from the lowered position to the raised position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Leonardo Reis Menezes, Carlos Henrique Spiacci Correia