Patents by Inventor Logan C. Miller

Logan C. Miller 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: 8499871
    Abstract: A position control system including an actuator having a first end, an axis and including a driving device for moving the first end of the actuator in opposed directions, the first end of the actuator configured to move a hood between an open position and a closed position. A surface is associated with the hood that is configured to interact with the first end of the actuator in response to the first end of the actuator contacting and moving the hood between the open position and the closed position. The first end of the actuator moves along the axis and remains substantially coincident with the first axis while the first end moves the hood between the open position and the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: CNH America, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Allan Renard, Eric G. Olson, Logan C. Miller
  • Patent number: 8443923
    Abstract: A vibration isolator device securing a nonmetal panel to a metal frame of a work vehicle includes a metal member affixed to a surface of the nonmetal panel, the metal member facing the metal frame. An isolator mount plate is secured to the frame in a manner permitting a predetermined adjustment between the isolator mount plate and the frame in each of two directions. A vibration isolator is positioned between the metal member and the frame. A region of the isolator mount plate is configured to receive and maintain vibration isolation between the region of the isolator mount plate and the metal member, the region of the isolator mount plate providing a predetermined adjustment between the isolator mount plate and the metal member in a third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Brosz, Logan C. Miller, Mark Allan Renard
  • Publication number: 20120235446
    Abstract: A position control system including an actuator having a first end, an axis and including a driving device for moving the first end of the actuator in opposed directions, the first end of the actuator configured to move a hood between an open position and a closed position. A surface is associated with the hood that is configured to interact with the first end of the actuator in response to the first end of the actuator contacting and moving the hood between the open position and the closed position. The first end of the actuator moves along the axis and remains substantially coincident with the first axis while the first end moves the hood between the open position and the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Mark Allan RENARD, Eric G. Olson, Logan C. Miller
  • Publication number: 20120234618
    Abstract: A vibration isolator device securing a nonmetal panel to a metal frame of a work vehicle includes a metal member affixed to a surface of the nonmetal panel, the metal member facing the metal frame. An isolator mount plate is secured to the frame in a manner permitting a predetermined adjustment between the isolator mount plate and the frame in each of two directions. A vibration isolator is positioned between the metal member and the frame. A region of the isolator mount plate is configured to receive and maintain vibration isolation between the region of the isolator mount plate and the metal member, the region of the isolator mount plate providing a predetermined adjustment between the isolator mount plate and the metal member in a third direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher Brosz, Logan C. Miller, Mark Allan Renard
  • Patent number: 8240696
    Abstract: A hitch pin assembly includes a first pin having a longitudinal axis, a first end and a second end. A second pin extends from the longitudinal axis in close proximity to the first end. A third pin extends from the longitudinal axis in close proximity to the first end. A fourth pin extends from the longitudinal axis in close proximity to the second end. The first pin is configured to be received between a hitched position and an unhitched position in a member having an upper portion, a lower portion, and a hitch area positioned between the upper portion and the lower portion. Upon installation of the second pin and the fourth pin to the first pin, travel of the first pin along the longitudinal axis is restricted in each of opposed directions so that the hitch pin assembly cannot be removed from the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Logan C. Miller, Mark Allan Renard