Patents by Inventor Mark DePoorter

Mark DePoorter 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: 8396632
    Abstract: A grain moving system providing for single point unloading of harvesters to a grain cart. There are a plurality of harvesting machines including a first harvesting machine and a second harvesting machine. The first harvesting machine being configured to deliver grain to the grain cart. The first harvesting machine receiving grain from the second harvesting machine. The first harvesting machine being configured for the coordination of grain transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Daniel J. Burke, Alan D. Sheidler, Mark DePoorter, Jim Adamson, Santosh Chaturvedi
  • Publication number: 20120213619
    Abstract: A grain moving system providing for single point unloading of harvesters to a grain cart. There are a plurality of harvesting machines including a first harvesting machine and a second harvesting machine. The first harvesting machine being configured to deliver grain to the grain cart. The first harvesting machine receiving grain from the second harvesting machine. The first harvesting machine being configured for the coordination of grain transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Daniel J. Burke, Alan D. Sheidler, Mark DePoorter, Jim Adamson, Santosh Chaturvedi
  • Patent number: 8180534
    Abstract: A grain moving system providing for single point unloading of harvesters to a grain cart. There are a plurality of harvesting machines including a first harvesting machine and a second harvesting machine. The first harvesting machine being configured to deliver grain to the grain cart. The first harvesting machine receiving grain from the second harvesting machine. The first harvesting machine being configured for the coordination of grain transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Daniel J. Burke, Alan D. Sheidler, Mark DePoorter, Jim Adamson, Santosh Chaturvedi
  • Publication number: 20100070144
    Abstract: A grain moving system providing for single point unloading of harvesters to a grain cart. There are a plurality of harvesting machines including a first harvesting machine and a second harvesting machine. The first harvesting machine being configured to deliver grain to the grain cart. The first harvesting machine receiving grain from the second harvesting machine. The first harvesting machine being configured for the coordination of grain transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Daniel J. Burke, Alan D. Sheidler, Mark DePoorter, Jim Adamson, Santosh Chaturvedi
  • Patent number: 6835130
    Abstract: A cleanout configuration is provided for a grain compartment on a harvesting apparatus. The grain compartment has walls that form a trough, and a vertically arranged auger that is supported on an auger casting located in a sump at a bottom of the trough. Wall portions, in the form of a unitary casting with the auger casting are adjacent to the auger casting and comprise cleanout openings covered by removable covers. The openings are in a grate pattern. The unitary casting can be a bridge member, which supports all, or a substantial amount of the weight of the unitary casting and the auger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Deere & Co.
    Inventors: Glenn E. Pope, Mark DePoorter, Chad Dow
  • Publication number: 20040110549
    Abstract: A cleanout configuration is provided for a grain compartment on a harvesting apparatus. The grain compartment has walls that form a trough, and a vertically arranged auger that is supported on an auger casting located in a sump at a bottom of the trough. Wall portions, in the form of a unitary casting with the auger casting are adjacent to the auger casting and comprise cleanout openings covered by removable covers. The openings are in a grate pattern. The unitary casting can be a bridge member, which supports all, or a substantial amount of the weight of the unitary casting and the auger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Glenn E. Pope, Mark DePoorter, Chad Dow
  • Patent number: D915473
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Thorsten Hagner, Benjamin Jordan, Aaron Ritter, Benjamin J. Mueller, Michael R. Gratton, Sebastian Himpel, Eric Keen, Michael Thompson, Mark DePoorter, Felix Nagelin, Nathan R. Demski, Dean Arden Boyce, Pradipkumar J. Tanpure
  • Patent number: D936114
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Thorsten Hagner, Benjamin Jordan, Aaron Ritter, Benjamin J. Mueller, Michael R. Gratton, Sebastian Himpel, Eric Keen, Michael Thompson, Mark DePoorter, Felix Nagelin, Nathan R. Demski, Dean Arden Boyce, Pradipkumar J. Tanpure