Patents by Inventor Rod ZIMMERMAN

Rod ZIMMERMAN 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).

  • Enhanced reel mixer drive
    Patent number: 10322387
    Abstract: A system for driving a reel mixing tool, including a unit structure, a bottom output shaft, an output gearbox, a reel mixer driveshaft, a reel mixer gearbox, a flexible coupling, and a reel mixing tool, is provided. The unit structure supports the bottom output shaft which is connected to the output gearbox, the output gearbox is connected to the reel mixer driveshaft, the reel mixer driveshaft is connected to the reel mixer gearbox, the reel mixer gearbox is directly coupled to the reel mixing tool by the flexible coupling, allowing the bottom output shaft to transfer power through to the reel mixing tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: KUHN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Jacob Veeder, Jeremiah Kleiber, Pierre Courtin, Rod Zimmerman, Dana Redman, Claude McFarlane
  • ENHANCED REEL MIXER DRIVE
    Publication number: 20170225136
    Abstract: A system for driving a reel mixing tool, including a unit structure, a bottom output shaft, an output gearbox, a reel mixer driveshaft, a reel mixer gearbox, a flexible coupling, and a reel mixing tool, is provided. The unit structure supports the bottom output shaft which is connected to the output gearbox, the output gearbox is connected to the reel mixer driveshaft, the reel mixer driveshaft is connected to the reel mixer gearbox, the reel mixer gearbox is directly coupled to the reel mixing tool by the flexible coupling, allowing the bottom output shaft to transfer power through to the reel mixing tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: KUHN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Jacob VEEDER, Jeremiah KLEIBER, Pierre COURTIN, Rod ZIMMERMAN, Dana Redman, Claude MCFARLANE