Patents by Inventor Ryan D. COLLINS

Ryan D. COLLINS 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: 11297763
    Abstract: A particulate material agitation and leveling system includes a controller having a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a sensor signal indicative of a measured weight distribution of a particulate material within a storage tank of an agricultural system, determine whether a determined variation between the measured weight distribution and a target weight distribution is greater than a threshold variation, and control an agitator to decrease the determined variation in response to determining that the determined variation is greater than the threshold variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryan D. Collins, Jared S. Wright
  • Publication number: 20200245543
    Abstract: A particulate material agitation and leveling system includes a controller having a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a sensor signal indicative of a measured weight distribution of a particulate material within a storage tank of an agricultural system, determine whether a determined variation between the measured weight distribution and a target weight distribution is greater than a threshold variation, and control an agitator to decrease the determined variation in response to determining that the determined variation is greater than the threshold variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Ryan D. Collins, Jared S. Wright
  • Publication number: 20130284419
    Abstract: A combine cooling control system that includes at least one cooler for exchanging heat from a medium flowing through at least one combine system and the at least one cooler and at least one fan having at least one rotatable blade for generating airflow. The control system also includes at least one movable air director in proximity to the at least one cooler for controlling the airflow. The control system further includes a controller configured to receive at least one sensed operating condition from at least one operating condition sensor and determine one or more of a desired state for the at least one moveable air director and a desired speed of the at least one fan based on the received at least one operating condition. The control system further includes at least one an actuation device configured to move the at least one movable air director.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: CNH America LLC
    Inventor: Ryan D. COLLINS