Patents by Inventor Luke Wayne Carpenter

Luke Wayne Carpenter 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: 10746632
    Abstract: A system for sampling of plant product is provided that comprises a mobile platform, at least one primary bin, and a harvesting subsystem connected to the mobile platform. The harvesting subsystem harvests the plant product as the system traverses a plot and projects it across the length of the primary bin(s) against a back wall of the primary bin(s), whereby the separated plant products collides with the back wall and falls into the primary bin. The system additionally includes at least one sample volumizer connected to the back wall of each primary bin. Each sample volumizer has a specified fixed volume and receives and collects a sample of the plant product, wherein each collected sample collected has the specified fixed volume. The system further includes at least one sample receiving subsystem structured and operable to receive and collect a sample from a respective sample volumizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Danny Michael Petty, Jr., Tedman William Ahrens, Lance Eric Layton, Jamie Lee Ayers, Douglas James Brune, Jared Lee Pounds, Luke Wayne Carpenter, Chet Matthew Barber
  • Publication number: 20190368975
    Abstract: A system for sampling of plant product is provided that comprises a mobile platform, at least one primary bin, and a harvesting subsystem connected to the mobile platform. The harvesting subsystem harvests the plant product as the system traverses a plot and projects it across the length of the primary bin(s) against a back wall of the primary bin(s), whereby the separated plant products collides with the back wall and falls into the primary bin. The system additionally includes at least one sample volumizer connected to the back wall of each primary bin. Each sample volumizer has a specified fixed volume and receives and collects a sample of the plant product, wherein each collected sample collected has the specified fixed volume. The system further includes at least one sample receiving subsystem structured and operable to receive and collect a sample from a respective sample volumizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Danny Michael Petty, JR., Tedman William Ahrens, Lance Eric Layton, Jamie Lee Ayers, Douglas James Brune, Jared Lee Pounds, Luke Wayne Carpenter, Chet Matthew Barber