Patents by Inventor Ronald D. Wilson
Ronald D. Wilson 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).
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Patent number: 12270161Abstract: A paving machine can include a frame; a screed coupled to the frame, the screed including one or more screed plates; one or more movable extender mechanisms located at a back end of each screed plate and configured to extend and retract up and down beneath the screed plate; and a controller configured to extend the one or more extender mechanisms a pre-determined distance before the screed begins a paving operation and to retract the one or more extender mechanisms after the screed has begun the paving operation.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Chad M. Thiesse, Bradley D Anderson, Ryan T. Thiesse, Ronald D. Wilson, Rick L. Mings, Bryan J. Downing, Anthony Paul Steinhagen, Mathew J. Hedrington
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Patent number: 12104335Abstract: A paving machine includes a tractor portion, a screed assembly, a lifting assembly configured to move the screed assembly from a raised position to a lowered position, an operator interface configured to receive input from an operator, and a control module. The tractor portion includes a plurality of tractor sensors configured to detect the presence of an object in a detection zone. The screed assembly is configured to be towed behind the tractor portion, and includes a plurality of screed sensors configured to detect the presence of an object in a detection zone.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Chad M. Thiesse, Anthony Paul Steinhagen, Ricky Leon Mings, Ronald D. Wilson, Bryan J. Downing, Mathew Hedrington
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Patent number: 12031278Abstract: A screed assembly is disclosed. The screed assembly has a screed frame that includes a main screed. Attached to the main screed is a drop arm that is used to attach the screed assembly to a work machine. An actuator device of the screed assembly adjust the main screed from a neutral position to a nulled position by rotating the main screed around an axis of the pivot pin. The screed assembly may further include a controller that determines whether the main screed is in the neutral position and adjust the main screed to the nulled position by sending a null adjustment signal to the actuator device, and the actuator device moving the main screed from the neutral position to the nulled position in response to the null adjustment signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Chad M. Thiesse, Anthony Paul Steinhagen, Ronald D. Wilson, Bryan J. Downing, Ricky Leon Mings, Mathew Hedrington
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Publication number: 20230097444Abstract: A paving machine can include a frame; a screed coupled to the frame, the screed including one or more screed plates; one or more movable extender mechanisms located at a back end of each screed plate and configured to extend and retract up and down beneath the screed plate; and a controller configured to extend the one or more extender mechanisms a pre-determined distance before the screed begins a paving operation and to retract the one or more extender mechanisms after the screed has begun the paving operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Chad M. Thiesse, Bradley D. Anderson, Ryan T. Thiesse, Ronald D. Wilson, Rick L. Mings, Bryan J. Downing, Anthony Paul Steinhagen, Mathew J. Hedrington
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Publication number: 20220412019Abstract: A screed assembly is disclosed. The screed assembly has a screed frame that includes a main screed. Attached to the main screed is a drop arm that is used to attach the screed assembly to a work machine. An actuator device of the screed assembly adjust the main screed from a neutral position to a nulled position by rotating the main screed around an axis of the pivot pin. The screed assembly may further include a controller that determines whether the main screed is in the neutral position and adjust the main screed to the nulled position by sending a null adjustment signal to the actuator device, and the actuator device moving the main screed from the neutral position to the nulled position in response to the null adjustment signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2021Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Chad M. THIESSE, Anthony Paul Steinhagen, Ronald D. Wilson, Bryan J. Downing, Ricky Leon Mings, Mathew Hedrington
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Publication number: 20220403607Abstract: A paving machine includes a tractor portion, a screed assembly, a lifting assembly configured to move the screed assembly from a raised position to a lowered position, an operator interface configured to receive input from an operator, and a control module. The tractor portion includes a plurality of tractor sensors configured to detect the presence of an object in a detection zone. The screed assembly is configured to be towed behind the tractor portion, and includes a plurality of screed sensors configured to detect the presence of an object in a detection zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Chad M. Thiesse, Anthony Paul Steinhagen, Ricky Leon Mings, Ronald D. Wilson, Bryan J. Downing, Mathew Hedrington
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Publication number: 20190264399Abstract: A material feed system for a paving machine includes a first sensor assembly, a second sensor assembly, and a controller configured to independently operate each of a left material feed mechanism and a right material feed mechanism with respect to one another and, selectively, in a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, a speed of each of a left auger, a left conveyor, a right auger, and a right conveyor is automatically adjusted. In the second mode, the speed of at least one of the left auger, the left conveyor, the right auger, and the right conveyor is manually set by an operator input, one of the left material feed mechanism and the right material tied mechanism is operated in the first mode, and the other of the left material feed mechanism and the right material feed mechanism is simultaneously operated in the second mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2018Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Jacob Ryan Ellwein, Ronald D. Wilson, Steven Paul Goutermont
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Patent number: 10385522Abstract: A material feed system for a paving machine includes a first sensor assembly, a second sensor assembly, and a controller configured to independently operate each of a left material feed mechanism and a right material feed mechanism with respect to one another and, selectively, in a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, a speed of each of a left auger, a left conveyor, a right auger, and a right conveyor is automatically adjusted. In the second mode, the speed of at least one of the left auger, the left conveyor, the right auger, and the right conveyor is manually set by an operator input, one of the left material feed mechanism and the right material feed mechanism is operated in the first mode, and the other of the left material feed mechanism and the right material feed mechanism is simultaneously operated in the second mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Jacob Ryan Ellwein, Ronald D. Wilson, Steven Paul Goutermont
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Patent number: 6556897Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program product useful for supplying the pilot of an aircraft with aircraft attitude information. During bank angles exceeding a predefined limit, the roll gyro is slaved to a roll angle estimator for improved system accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2002Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Kenneth P. Katz, James J. Lehfeldt, Joseph M. Oberg, William G. Sample, Ronald D. Wilson
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Publication number: 20020193916Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program product useful for supplying the pilot of an aircraft with aircraft attitude information. During bank angles exceeding a predefined limit, the roll gyro is slaved to a roll angle estimator for improved system accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2002Publication date: December 19, 2002Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Kenneth P. Katz, James J. Lehfeldt, Joseph M. Oberg, William G. Sample, Ronald D. Wilson
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Patent number: 6473676Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program product useful for supplying the pilot of an aircraft with aircraft attitude information in the event of full or partial failure of the gyroscopic system normally used to supply such data. The pitch angle, roll angle and heading angle estimates provided by the apparatus, method and computer program product can be displayed to the pilot thereby alleviating the requirement that the pilot mentally integrate such data from the remaining aircraft instruments.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2000Date of Patent: October 29, 2002Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth P. Katz, James J. Lehfeldt, Joseph M. Oberg, William G. Sample, Ronald D. Wilson
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Patent number: 6456905Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program product useful for supplying the pilot of an aircraft with aircraft attitude information. During bank angles exceeding a predefined limit, the roll gyro is slaved to a roll angle estimator for improved system accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2000Date of Patent: September 24, 2002Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth P. Katz, James J. Lehfeldt, Joseph M. Oberg, William G. Sample, Ronald D. Wilson
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Publication number: 20010039466Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program product useful for supplying the pilot of an aircraft with aircraft attitude information. During bank angles exceeding a predefined limit, the roll gyro is slaved to a roll angle estimator for improved system accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2000Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Kenneth P. Katz, James J. Lehfeldt, Joseph M. Oberg, William G. Sample, Ronald D. Wilson
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Publication number: 20010039467Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program product useful for supplying the pilot of an aircraft with aircraft attitude information in the event of full or partial failure of the gyroscopic system normally used to supply such data. The pitch angle, roll angle and heading angle estimates provided by the apparatus, method and computer program product can be displayed to the pilot thereby alleviating the requirement that the pilot mentally integrate such data from the remaining aircraft instruments.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2000Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Kenneth P. Katz, James J. Lehfeldt, Joseph M. Oberg, William G. Sample, Ronald D. Wilson