Patents by Inventor Patrick T. DEAN

Patrick T. DEAN 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).

  • Active force/vibration feedback control method and apparatus for a movable machine
    Patent number: 10316492
    Abstract: A movable machine including a chassis, a tool coupled to the chassis, an operator control carried by the chassis and a controller. The controller is communicatively coupled to the operator control. The controller being configured to send a force feedback and/or a vibration feedback to the operator control thereby conveying information to the operator. The information is not related to a load encountered by the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Gary R. Kassen, Duqiang Wu, Aditya Singh, Uli Melchinger, Navneet Gulati, Patrick T. Dean
  • ACTIVE FORCE/VIBRATION FEEDBACK CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A MOVABLE MACHINE
    Publication number: 20170218600
    Abstract: A movable machine including a chassis, a tool coupled to the chassis, an operator control carried by the chassis and a controller. The controller is communicatively coupled to the operator control. The controller being configured to send a force feedback and/or a vibration feedback to the operator control thereby conveying information to the operator. The information is not related to a load encountered by the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Gary R. KASSEN, Duqiang WU, Aditya SINGH, Uli MELCHINGER, Navneet GULATI, Patrick T. DEAN