Patents by Inventor Mark Rinkel

Mark Rinkel 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: 20050133292
    Abstract: An operator control assembly for a work machine has an armrest, an operator interface, and a base common to the armrest and operator interface. The operator interface has at least one control device. An electronic control module is in communication with the operator interface and at least one component of the work machine, and is mechanically coupled to at least one of the armrest, the operator interface, and the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Geoffrey Ginzel, Mark Rinkel, Bryan Poorman
  • Publication number: 20050060127
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling work site dust conditions are provided. The method may include providing a mobile dust control machine configured to treat a dust condition within a work location. The dust control machine may be disposed distant from the work location. The method may further include monitoring a dust condition of the work location, generating a dust control signal in response to monitoring the dust condition, dispatching the mobile dust control machine to the work location in response to the dust control signal, and operating the mobile dust control machine at the work location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Jeffery Carter, Robert Herold, Kelsey Milman, Michael Payne, Mark Rinkel