Patents by Inventor Roy A. Gillette

Roy A. Gillette 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).

  • Hydraulic hose routing for tractor-mounted backhoe
    Patent number: 4775286
    Abstract: An improved swingable tractor-backhoe interconnection for a tractor-mounted backhoe having a pair of vertically-spaced articulation means along the axis forming an axially-aligned void space therebetween, a preferably free-floating center yoke in the void space with two vertical rows of openings securing hydraulic hoses in two adjacent rows, and a pair of side yokes on the tractor, one for each row of hoses, positioned on opposite sides of the center plane and spaced from the axis and center plane such that the two rows of hoses are divergent between the center and side yokes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1988
    Assignee: J. I. Case Company
    Inventors: Roy A. Gillette, Robert L. Houkom, Curtis R. Lyons