Patents by Inventor Nathan Folger

Nathan Folger 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: 12228055
    Abstract: A sensor and housing assembly may include a sensor configured to detect a quantity of a gas in engine exhaust, and a housing including an inner upstream wall, a first inner side wall having a sensor opening for the sensor, an inner downstream wall opposite to the inner upstream wall, and a second inner side wall opposite to the first inner side wall, and having a housing inlet and a housing outlet that is opposite to the sensor opening in the first inner side wall. The sensor is positioned within the sensor opening on the first inner side wall, and a tip of the sensor protrudes through the housing outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Yi, Nathan Folger, Christopher Schell
  • Patent number: 12207590
    Abstract: An agricultural implement includes a fertilizer section. The fertilizer section includes a first interface configured to engage a three-point hitch, and a second interface configured to engage an interface of a planter section. Further, the interface of the planter section is configured to engage the three-point hitch. The second interface includes multiple plates, and each of the plates includes at least one opening configured to receive a connector to connect the second interface to the interface of the planter section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Inventors: Johnathon Raymond Dienst, Michael J. Connors, Brian John Anderson, Nathan Folger, Clayton J. Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20230320258
    Abstract: An agricultural implement includes a fertilizer section. The fertilizer section includes a first interface configured to engage a three-point hitch, and a second interface configured to engage an interface of a planter section. Further, the interface of the planter section is configured to engage the three-point hitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Johnathon Raymond Dienst, Michael J. Connors, Brian John Anderson, Nathan Folger, Clayton J. Hamilton