Patents by Inventor Nathan MASHEK
Nathan MASHEK 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).
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Patent number: 11892335Abstract: A system for indicating a fluid level in a fluid tank of a machine includes a plurality of lighting units and at least one indicia. The lighting units are sequentially arranged with respect to each other and configured to be sequentially activated or sequentially deactivated to correspondingly indicate a real-time level of a fluid in the fluid tank. The indicia is disposed along the lighting units to correspondingly indicate at least one threshold level of the fluid in the fluid tank. The indicia allows inference of the real-time level to recede below the at least one threshold level if a sequential deactivation of the lighting units moves past the indicia in a first direction. In addition, the indicia allows inference of the real-time level to exceed the at least one threshold level if a sequential activation of the lighting units moves past the indicia in a second direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Andrew Rafael Kopca, Lee Michael Hogan, Jared Todd Woodruff, Nathan Mashek
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Publication number: 20230221161Abstract: A system for indicating a fluid level in a fluid tank of a machine includes a plurality of lighting units and at least one indicia. The lighting units are sequentially arranged with respect to each other and configured to be sequentially activated or sequentially deactivated to correspondingly indicate a real-time level of a fluid in the fluid tank. The indicia is disposed along the lighting units to correspondingly indicate at least one threshold level of the fluid in the fluid tank. The indicia allows inference of the real-time level to recede below the at least one threshold level if a sequential deactivation of the lighting units moves past the indicia in a first direction. In addition, the indicia allows inference of the real-time level to exceed the at least one threshold level if a sequential activation of the lighting units moves past the indicia in a second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Andrew Rafael Kopca, Lee Michael Hogan, Jared Todd Woodruff, Nathan Mashek
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Patent number: 11370617Abstract: Some examples described herein include a flexible hopper for a conveyor system. The flexible hopper may include a hopper weldment attached to a frame of the conveyor, wherein the hopper weldment surrounds a charge end of the conveyor, a flexible frame configured to enable an opening of the flexible hopper to expand or contract, and/or a skirt attached to the flexible frame and configured to form an enclosure between the flexible frame and the hopper weldment.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Colton Hirman, Nathan Mashek, Nick Johnson, Ryan Hutar
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Publication number: 20200156872Abstract: Some examples described herein include a flexible hopper for a conveyor system. The flexible hopper may include a hopper weldment attached to a frame of the conveyor, wherein the hopper weldment surrounds a charge end of the conveyor, a flexible frame configured to enable an opening of the flexible hopper to expand or contract, and/or a skirt attached to the flexible frame and configured to form an enclosure between the flexible frame and the hopper weldment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Colton HIRMAN, Nathan MASHEK, Nick JOHNSON, Ryan HUTAR
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Patent number: 10589933Abstract: Some examples described herein include a flexible hopper for a conveyor system. The flexible hopper may include a hopper weldment attached to a frame of the conveyor, wherein the hopper weldment surrounds a charge end of the conveyor, a flexible frame configured to enable an opening of the flexible hopper to expand or contract, and/or a skirt attached to the flexible frame and configured to form an enclosure between the flexible frame and the hopper weldment.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Colton Hirman, Nathan Mashek, Nick Johnson, Ryan Hutar
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Publication number: 20190389660Abstract: Some examples described herein include a flexible hopper for a conveyor system. The flexible hopper may include a hopper weldment attached to a frame of the conveyor, wherein the hopper weldment surrounds a charge cud of the conveyor, a flexible frame configured to enable an opening of the flexible hopper to expand or contract, and/or a skirt attached to the flexible frame and configured to form an enclosure between the flexible frame and the hopper weldment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Colton HIRMAN, Nathan MASHEK, Nick JOHNSON, Ryan HUTAR
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Patent number: 10385523Abstract: A milling machine includes a frame, a ground-engaging rotor assembly coupled to the frame, and a rotor chamber surrounding the ground-engaging rotor assembly. The rotor chamber includes a moldboard having a top, a bottom, and two sides positioned between the top and the bottom, and the moldboard further having an open position and a closed position. The rotor chamber also includes at least one movable pin secured to the moldboard, the pin being movable by an in-line actuator between a pin extended position and a pin retracted position. Further, the rotor chamber includes a rotor chamber frame wall having an opening located to receive the pin when the pin is in the extended position and the moldboard is in the closed position, and the receiving of the pin in the rotor chamber frame wall opening secures the moldboard from movement.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Jason Bjorge, Nathan Mashek
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Publication number: 20190186088Abstract: A milling machine includes a frame, a ground-engaging rotor assembly coupled to the frame, and a rotor chamber surrounding the ground-engaging rotor assembly. The rotor chamber includes a moldboard having a top, a bottom, and two sides positioned between the top and the bottom, and the moldboard further having an open position and a closed position. The rotor chamber also includes at least one movable pin secured to the moldboard, the pin being movable by an in-line actuator between a pin extended position and a pin retracted position. Further, the rotor chamber includes a rotor chamber frame wall having an opening located to receive the pin when the pin is in the extended position and the moldboard is in the closed position, and the receiving of the pin in the rotor chamber frame wall opening secures the moldboard from movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Jason BJORGE, Nathan MASHEK