Patents by Inventor Russell Louis Altman

Russell Louis Altman 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: 11039568
    Abstract: A particulate material leveling system includes an agitating system disposed within a storage tank for a particulate material. The agitating system includes a drive system and a shaft coupled to the drive system. Further, the drive system drives the shaft to rotate about a central axis. The agitating system also includes a wrapped wire coupled to the shaft. The wrapped wire extends around the shaft along a helical path in an axial direction and a circumferential direction, and the wrapped wire moves the particulate material in the axial direction in response to rotation of the shaft in a first direction about the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jay Forrest, Benjamin McKnight, Jack Turner, Russell Louis Altman, Jared S. Wright
  • Publication number: 20190230848
    Abstract: A particulate material sensing and agitation control system includes a controller with a memory and a processor, where the controller is configured to receive at least one sensor signal indicative of a measured profile of a particulate material within a storage tank of an agricultural system, determine whether a variation between the measured profile and a target profile is greater than a threshold value, and output a first output signal to a user interface indicative of instructions to inform an operator of a profile variation, output a second signal to an agitating system indicative of activation of the agitating system, or a combination thereof, in response to determining that the variation between the measured profile and the target profile is greater than the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Jay Forrest, Benjamin McKnight, Jack Turner, Russell Louis Altman, Jared S. Wright
  • Publication number: 20190230847
    Abstract: A particulate material leveling system includes an agitating system disposed within a storage tank for a particulate material. The agitating system includes a drive system and a shaft coupled to the drive system. Further, the drive system drives the shaft to rotate about a central axis. The agitating system also includes a wrapped wire coupled to the shaft. The wrapped wire extends around the shaft along a helical path in an axial direction and a circumferential direction, and the wrapped wire moves the particulate material in the axial direction in response to rotation of the shaft in a first direction about the central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Jay Forrest, Benjamin McKnight, Jack Turner, Russell Louis Altman, Jared S. Wright
  • Publication number: 20170339819
    Abstract: A row unit includes a blade and a packer arm pivotally coupled to a packer support structure. The row unit also includes a packer wheel rotatably coupled to the packer arm, and configured to rotate across a soil surface to limit a penetration depth of the blade into the soil. The row unit further includes an actuator having a first portion rotatably coupled to the packer arm and a second portion rotatably coupled to the packer support structure, wherein the penetration depth of the blade is controlled by extending and contracting the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Russell Louis Altman