Patents by Inventor Robbie B. Quinn

Robbie B. Quinn 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).

  • Continuously variable transmission air intake assembly
    Patent number: 10663053
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission air intake assembly includes an air intake opening facing laterally outwardly through a one-piece body panel at a location behind an off-road utility vehicle operator station, below a cargo box underside, and in front of a rear wheel and tire. An upper intake plenum may be attached to the one-piece body panel on an inward facing side of the air intake opening. A lower intake tube has a first end extending through a floor opening in the upper intake plenum and a second end connected to a continuously variable transmission housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Robbie B. Quinn
  • CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AIR INTAKE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190186620
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission air intake assembly includes an air intake opening facing laterally outwardly through a one-piece body panel at a location behind an off-road utility vehicle operator station, below a cargo box underside, and in front of a rear wheel and tire. An upper intake plenum may be attached to the one-piece body panel on an inward facing side of the air intake opening. A lower intake tube has a first end extending through a floor opening in the upper intake plenum and a second end connected to a continuously variable transmission housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventor: Robbie B. Quinn
  • Mechanical front wheel drive roller wedging control system
    Patent number: 9719567
    Abstract: A mechanical front wheel drive roller wedging control system includes a 4WD switch in a vehicle operator station, a roller cage drag mechanism electrically activated by the 4WD switch and providing a drag on a roller cage if the 4WD switch is in an on position, and a throttle pedal switch actuated by the throttle pedal and that deactivates the roller cage drag mechanism when the throttle pedal is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Lawrence, Erhardt Wowerat, Robbie B. Quinn, Brian D. Seegert, Eric A. Howard
  • MECHANICAL FRONT WHEEL DRIVE ROLLER WEDGING CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160108976
    Abstract: A mechanical front wheel drive roller wedging control system includes a 4WD switch in a vehicle operator station, a roller cage drag mechanism electrically activated by the 4WD switch and providing a drag on a roller cage if the 4WD switch is in an on position, and a throttle pedal switch actuated by the throttle pedal and that deactivates the roller cage drag mechanism when the throttle pedal is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Lawrence, Erhardt Wowerat, Robbie B. Quinn, Brian D. Seegert, Eric A. Howard