Patents by Inventor Paul I. Craig

Paul I. Craig 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: 20170112059
    Abstract: A control system for a sugarcane harvester. The sugarcane harvester comprises lower feed rollers and upper feed rollers configured to feed cut sugarcane through the sugarcane harvester. An elevator is configured to transport sugarcane out of the sugarcane harvester at an elevator speed. The control system controls the elevator speed based on a crop mass flow through the plurality of lower and upper feed rollers. The control system comprises at least one crop mass flow feedback device providing a crop mass flow feedback signal indicative of the crop mass flow. A controller is in communication with the at least one crop mass flow feedback device and configured to lower the elevator speed when the crop mass flow feedback signal indicates a lower crop mass flow and raise the elevator speed when the crop mass flow feedback signal indicates a higher crop mass flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Paul I. Craig, John A. Dighton
  • Publication number: 20150198385
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for a work vehicle is provided that comprises a tube layer (102) made of a plurality of elongate tubes (108) that are spaced apart by gaps (112) oriented parallel to each other in a first direction; a first fin layer (100) in the form of a corrugated sheet having a plurality of corrugations, wherein the plurality of corrugations of the first fin layer (100) facing the tube layer (102) define channels (106) for passing therethrough a fluid different from the first fluid; and a first fluid guide layer (200) formed of a planar sheet that extends across and encloses the plurality of corrugations of the first fin layer (100) over substantially an entire length of the plurality of corrugations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: PAUL I. CRAIG, TODD E. VAN HAL
  • Patent number: 7875093
    Abstract: An air filter arrangement for an agricultural combine located on a panel at a side wall of the agricultural combine. The air filter arrangement includes a rotary filter mounted for rotation at a first aperture, a scoop enclosing the rotary filter and blocking substantially all air flow to the rotary filter except at a scoop inlet disposed along an upper edge of the scoop above the rotary filter, and at least one stationary filter disposed to filter air passing through a second aperture in the panel, the stationary filter being located between an upper portion of the rotary filter and the scoop inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: James Monroe Hershbarger, Paul I. Craig, Todd E. Van Hal, Nathan R. Vandike, Nathan Ogden, Garrick W. Herbst