Patents by Inventor Richard Lee Forest

Richard Lee Forest 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: 8146704
    Abstract: A control system for a construction vehicle, such as a motor grader, is provided. The control system includes a plurality of joysticks supported by an operator seat assembly of the motor grader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Martin Lavern Ruhter, Brian Joseph Zimmer, Donald Walter Kruger, Neil Vincent Harber, Brent Allen Smith, Julien Le Vely, Josh Dean Graeve, Jed Douglas Polzin, Richard Lee Forest
  • Publication number: 20090223735
    Abstract: A control system for a construction vehicle, such as a motor grader, is provided. The control system includes a plurality of joysticks supported by an operator seat assembly of the motor grader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: Deere and Company
    Inventors: Martin Lavern Ruhter, Brian Joseph Zimmer, Donald Walter Kruger, Neil Vincent Harber, Brent Allen Smith, Julien Le Vely, Josh Dean Graeve, Jed Douglas Polzin, Richard Lee Forest
  • Patent number: 7063912
    Abstract: A fuel cell assembly includes a manifold having a plurality of fuel cell connecting zones. At least some of the zones have differing characteristics such as area and arrangement of electrical connections and inlet and outlet ports corresponding to differing electrical power capacities. The assembly also includes one or more fuel cell stacks. At least some of the stacks have differing electrical power capacities, differing characteristics corresponding to the differing characteristics of the manifold zone, and corresponding differing arrangements of electrical connections and inlet and outlet ports. These differing characteristics are designed so that a fuel cell stack of a particular capacity can be connected only to a manifold zone corresponding to such capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Carl Thomas Vuk, Richard Lee Forest
  • Publication number: 20040086758
    Abstract: A fuel cell assembly includes a manifold having a plurality of fuel cell connecting zones. At least some of the zones have differing characteristics such as area and arrangement of electrical connections and inlet and outlet ports corresponding to differing electrical power capacities. The assembly also includes one or more fuel cell stacks. At least some of the stacks have differing electrical power capacities, differing characteristics corresponding to the differing characteristics of the manifold zone, and corresponding differing arrangements of electrical connections and inlet and outlet ports. These differing characteristics are designed so that a fuel cell stack of a particular capacity can be connected only to a manifold zone corresponding to such capacity. A block-off plate is provided for coupling to a manifold zone where it is desired not to place a fuel cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: Deere & Company, a Delaware corporation
    Inventors: Carl Thomas Vuk, Richard Lee Forest
  • Patent number: 6212864
    Abstract: Crop severing and gathering structure is pivotally connected to the forward end of a cotton row unit housing adjacent a row receiving area. A cutter severs the lower portion of cotton plants offset from the row receiving area of the row unit. A conveyer includes a pair of opposed belts with gripping features which embrace the lower portions of the stems of the cotton plants and move the severed plants in a generally upright position into the row of standing plants that is entering the row receiving area. The severed cotton plants intertwine with the standing row at the front of the housing as the conveyor moves the plants against one side of the row. The standing row with intertwined plants enters the row receiving area, and tandem picking drums located on the same side of the row as the severing and gathering structure remove cotton from both the standing row and the severed plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Russell Jerrell Harden, Jerrell William Harden, Floyd Pascal Hicks, Billy Paul Brown, Timothy Arthur Deutsch, Richard Lee Forest
  • Patent number: D406594
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Gordon Edward Miller, Larry A. Sliker, Donald Rodney Flatau, Andrew Edward Modzik, Jr., Richard Lee Forest
  • Patent number: D412712
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Gordon Edward Miller, Larry A. Sliker, Donald Rodney Flatau, Andrew Edward Modzik, Jr., Richard Lee Forest