Patents by Inventor Robert R. Carlson

Robert R. Carlson 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: 12284942
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a harvester vehicle that includes a crop processing system comprising at least an accumulator and a round module builder. The harvester vehicle has a feedback fusion system that operably provides crop processing data indicative of an estimated accumulator fill level to a crop feed rate control system. The feedback fusion system has a plurality of feedback devices that operably provide feedback signals including data indicative of two or more of: crop mass flow, module builder status, module size, and accumulator fill level. The feedback fusion system has a control module that operably receives the feedback signals and generates an accumulator fill level signal based at least upon two or more of the feedback signals. The accumulator fill level signal is indicative of the estimated fill level in the accumulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignees: Deere & Company, Iowa State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Wigdahl, Jeffrey C. Askey, Mark A. Cracraft, Robert R. Carlson, Grant W. Mandernach
  • Publication number: 20230309447
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a harvester vehicle that includes a crop processing system comprising at least an accumulator and a round module builder. The harvester vehicle has a feedback fusion system that operably provides crop processing data indicative of an estimated accumulator fill level to a crop feed rate control system. The feedback fusion system has a plurality of feedback devices that operably provide feedback signals including data indicative of two or more of: crop mass flow, module builder status, module size, and accumulator fill level. The feedback fusion system has a control module that operably receives the feedback signals and generates an accumulator fill level signal based at least upon two or more of the feedback signals. The accumulator fill level signal is indicative of the estimated fill level in the accumulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicants: Deere & Company, Iowa State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Wigdahl, Jeffrey C. Askey, Mark A. Cracraft, Robert R. Carlson, Grant W. Mandernach
  • Patent number: 5464360
    Abstract: A container for shipping and utilizing stinging insects for therapeutic purposes includes an elongated sidewall portion having uniform cross-sectional configuration along a center axis of elongation, and end closures disposed at front and rear extremities of the sidewall. One of the end closures is a mesh panel which prevents passage of insects but permits stinging therethrough. A wafer, slideably positionable within the container permits isolation of one insect and advancement of the insect to the mesh panel which may be held against the patient's skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Inventors: Robert R. Carlson, Stephanie Carlson
  • Patent number: 5027255
    Abstract: A high performance, high current, miniaturized low voltage power supply is disclosed which employs a thick copper-ceramic film primary board, a direct bonded copper secondary, flexible printed circuit power inductors, the power supply has high power leadless chip carriers, hybrid rectifier packages and various electrical circuits including application specific integrated circuits for control, a turn on protection and current sharing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1991
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Co.
    Inventors: Dan B. Zeitlin, John B. Branthover, Brian H. Smith, Andrew J. Piloto, Theresa M. Lengel, Robert R. Carlson, Jr., Lanson Y. Shum, Paul D. Hodges, Jr., Denise B. Harris