Patents by Inventor Nathan Hedlund

Nathan Hedlund 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).

  • Safety valve for an automated milker unit backflushing and teat dip applicator system
    Patent number: 11723341
    Abstract: A system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit and applying dip to a dairy animal, the system includes a main control, an air supply, a water supply, a backflush fluid supply, a dip supply, a stall control for receiving the air, water, backflush fluid and dip supplies, and a safety valve that is adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit to control backflush and dip fluids being fed to the milker unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel
  • Milker unit short milk tube with milk claw end connector
    Patent number: 11632931
    Abstract: A milker unit short milk tube having a downstream milk claw connection end having a position and release device joined to and extending away from the downstream milk claw connection end; a controlled flexible portion disposed in an upstream direction from the position and release device; a reinforced portion disposed in upstream direction from the controlled flexible portion; and an interior milking claw inlet sealing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Hedlund
  • SAFETY VALVE FOR A DAIRY SYSTEM COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20230117201
    Abstract: A system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit and applying dip to a dairy animal, the system includes a main control, an air supply, a water supply, a backflush fluid supply, a dip supply, a stall control for receiving the air, water, backflush fluid and dip supplies, and a safety valve that is adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit to control backflush and dip fluids being fed to the milker unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel
  • Safety valve for a dairy system component
    Patent number: 11540484
    Abstract: A system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit and applying dip to a dairy animal, the system includes a main control, an air supply, a water supply, a backflush fluid supply, a dip supply, a stall control for receiving the air, water, backflush fluid and dip supplies, and a safety valve that is adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit to control backflush and dip fluids being fed to the milker unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Gea Farm Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel
  • Milker unit short milk tube with milk claw end connector
    Patent number: 11516990
    Abstract: A milker unit short milk tube having a downstream milk claw connection end; a position and release device joined to and extending away from the downstream milk claw connection end; a controlled flexible portion disposed in an upstream direction from the position and release device; a reinforced portion disposed in upstream direction from the controlled flexible portion; and an interior milking claw inlet sealing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Hedlund
  • Anti-twist liner and shell for a dairy animal teat cup assembly
    Patent number: 11510389
    Abstract: A milker unit teat cup assembly for dairy animals having a shell and liner combination that resists twisting by the liner barrel relative to the shell using a recess in the liner that is spaced apart from the longitudinal axis in the liner and engaged by a key in the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Gea Farm Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Hedlund, Terry Thornton
  • SAFETY VALVE FOR AN AUTOMATED MILKER UNIT BACKFLUSHING AND TEAT DIP APPLICATOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220142111
    Abstract: A system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit and applying dip to a dairy animal, the system includes a main control, an air supply, a water supply, a backflush fluid supply, a dip supply, a stall control for receiving the air, water, backflush fluid and dip supplies, and a safety valve that is adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit to control backflush and dip fluids being fed to the milker unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel
  • SAFETY VALVE FOR AN AUTOMATED MILKER UNIT BACKFLUSHING AND TEAT DIP APPLICATOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220110291
    Abstract: A system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit and applying dip to a dairy animal, the system includes a main control, an air supply, a water supply, a backflush fluid supply, a dip supply, a stall control for receiving the air, water, backflush fluid and dip supplies, and a safety valve that is adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit to control backflush and dip fluids being fed to the milker unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel
  • MILKER UNIT SHORT MILK TUBE WITH MILK CLAW END CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20210051912
    Abstract: A milker unit short milk tube having a downstream milk claw connection end having a position and release device joined to and extending away from the downstream milk claw connection end; a controlled flexible portion disposed in an upstream direction from the position and release device; a reinforced portion disposed in upstream direction from the controlled flexible portion; and an interior milking claw inlet sealing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Nathan Hedlund
  • SAFETY VALVE FOR A DAIRY SYSTEM COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20210051914
    Abstract: A system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit and applying dip to a dairy animal, the system includes a main control, an air supply, a water supply, a backflush fluid supply, a dip supply, a stall control for receiving the air, water, backflush fluid and dip supplies, and a safety valve that is adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit to control backflush and dip fluids being fed to the milker unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel
  • MILKER UNIT SHORT MILK TUBE WITH MILK CLAW END CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20210051913
    Abstract: A milker unit short milk tube having a downstream milk claw connection end; a position and release device joined to and extending away from the downstream milk claw connection end; a controlled flexible portion disposed in an upstream direction from the position and release device; a reinforced portion disposed in upstream direction from the controlled flexible portion; and an interior milking claw inlet sealing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Nathan Hedlund
  • Safety valve for a dairy system component
    Patent number: 10874084
    Abstract: A system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit and applying dip to a dairy animal, the system includes a main control, an air supply, a water supply, a backflush fluid supply, a dip supply, a stall control for receiving the air, water, backflush fluid and dip supplies, and a safety valve that is adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit to control backflush and dip fluids being fed to the milker unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel
  • Anti-Twist Liner and Shell for a Dairy Animal Teat Cup Assembly
    Publication number: 20200396954
    Abstract: A milker unit teat cup assembly for dairy animals having a shell and liner combination that resists twisting by the liner barrel relative to the shell using a recess in the liner that is spaced apart from the longitudinal axis in the liner and engaged by a key in the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Nathan Hedlund, Terry Thornton
  • Short milk tube with protective vent for a dairy animal milker unit
    Patent number: 10785952
    Abstract: A short milk tube for extending between a milker teat cup and liner assembly and a milker unit and the short milk tube includes a vent seat having an outwardly extending protective vent plug lip, and a stiffener at least partially surrounding the vent seat to control bending of the short milk tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Hedlund
  • SAFETY VALVE FOR A DAIRY SYSTEM COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20180235173
    Abstract: A system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit and applying dip to a dairy animal, the system includes a main control, an air supply, a water supply, a backflush fluid supply, a dip supply, a stall control for receiving the air, water, backflush fluid and dip supplies, and a safety valve that is adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit to control backflush and dip fluids being fed to the milker unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel
  • SAFETY VALVE FOR AN AUTOMATED MILKER UNIT BACKFLUSHING AND TEAT DIP APPLICATOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180220616
    Abstract: A system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit and applying dip to a dairy animal, the system includes a main control, an air supply, a water supply, a backflush fluid supply, a dip supply, a stall control for receiving the air, water, backflush fluid and dip supplies, and a safety valve that is adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit to control backflush and dip fluids being fed to the milker unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel
  • Safety valve for an automated milker unit backflushing and teat dip applicator system
    Patent number: 9930863
    Abstract: A system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit and applying dip to a dairy animal, the system includes a main control, an air supply, a water supply, a backflush fluid supply, a dip supply, a stall control for receiving the air, water, backflush fluid and dip supplies, and a safety valve that is adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit to control backflush and dip fluids being fed to the milker unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Torgerson, Nathan Hedlund, Matthew J. Stuessel
  • Vent protecting stiffener for a dairy animal milker unit tube
    Patent number: D830649
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Hedlund
  • Milker unit short milk tube milk claw end connector
    Patent number: D910249
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Hedlund
  • Milker unit short milk tube milk claw end connector
    Patent number: D1022350
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Hedlund