Patents by Inventor Robert Vincent Shannon, Jr.

Robert Vincent Shannon, Jr. 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).

  • Agricultural working vehicle with air scoop for air intake system
    Patent number: 7507270
    Abstract: A working vehicle, such as an agricultural combine, includes a vehicle body and an internal combustion engine carried by the vehicle body. The internal combustion engine includes a heat exchanger. An air scoop has an inlet positioned near a top of the vehicle body and facing in an upward direction, and an outlet positioned in association with the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Brian Joseph Maas, Alan David Sheidler, Robert Vincent Shannon, Jr., Yong Ho Park, Mark Michael Chaney, Gary Stone Keys, II
  • Airfoil for an axial separator cleaning air blast duct
    Patent number: 6796897
    Abstract: An airfoil is placed in ductwork that directs airflow from a combine cooling fan the pneumatically blast dust, chaff and other debris off the top of a separator unit. The airfoil comprises a leading edge, a trailing edge located downstream from the leading edge, a thickness, and a chord extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge. The airfoil is adapted to encourage airflow downward toward to outlet of the ductwork and to discourage air from swirling back toward the inlet of the ductwork.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Max Lovett, Walter Roemmler-Walz, Michael Goelzer, Dieter Ochssner, Robert Vincent Shannon, Jr.