Patents by Inventor NATHAN A. VOLKERT

NATHAN A. VOLKERT 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: 20230132898
    Abstract: A system for removing material from a work tool of a work vehicle, the system comprising the work vehicle including the work tool, an operator control coupled with the work vehicle, a first movement actuators movably coupling a first end portion of the work tool, a second movement actuator movable coupling a second end portion of the work tool, with a cleaning sequence comprising the steps of actuating the first movement actuator causing the first end portion of the work tool to move in a first direction, actuating the second movement actuator causing the second end portion of the work tool to move in a second direction, actuating the first movement actuator causing the first end portion of the work tool to move in the second direction, and actuating the second movement actuator causing the second end portion of the work tool to move in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Harry E. Rawlins, Nathan A. Volkert, Blake A. Stork
  • Patent number: 11591774
    Abstract: A system and method for compensating reduced track speed because of engine droop for a work machine is disclosed. The system may comprise a frame, an attachment coupled to the frame, a ground-engaging mechanism adapted to support the frame, an engine, a motor, a track speed sensor, an engine speed sensor, and a controller. The engine may drive the ground-engaging mechanism and attachment. The engine may be coupled through a variable speed transmission to the ground-engaging mechanism and the attachment. They variable speed transmission may include a hydrostatic circuit. The controller may be adapted to send an increased transmission command signal based on a drop in the engine speed signal when the work machine engages an increased load. The increased transmission command signal may increase a motor speed to cause an increase in track speed to compensate at least a portion of the reduced track speed from the engine speed droop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Carl J. Koenig, Blake A. Stork, Bradley C. Dauderman, Nathan A. Volkert
  • Publication number: 20210404149
    Abstract: A system and method for compensating reduced track speed because of engine droop for a work machine is disclosed. The system may comprise a frame, an attachment coupled to the frame, a ground-engaging mechanism adapted to support the frame, an engine, a motor, a track speed sensor, an engine speed sensor, and a controller. The engine may drive the ground-engaging mechanism and attachment. The engine may be coupled through a variable speed transmission to the ground-engaging mechanism and the attachment. They variable speed transmission may include a hydrostatic circuit. The controller may be adapted to send an increased transmission command signal based on a drop in the engine speed signal when the work machine engages an increased load. The increased transmission command signal may increase a motor speed to cause an increase in track speed to compensate at least a portion of the reduced track speed from the engine speed droop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: CARL J. KOENIG, BLAKE A. STORK, BRADLEY C. DAUDERMAN, NATHAN A. VOLKERT