Patents by Inventor Ryan Hutar
Ryan Hutar 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: 11674273Abstract: A milling rotor of a milling machine can include a drum, cutting teeth, and a centering ring. The drum can extend along a longitudinal axis and can define an inner surface and an opposing outer surface. The drum can be securable to a drive assembly of the milling machine to allow the drum to rotate therewith. The cutting teeth can be connected to the outer surface of the drum and can be configured to engage pavement. The centering ring can be connected to the inner surface of the drum and can include a centering interface and an alignment interface. The centering interface can extend radially inward and can be engageable with a centering flange of the drive assembly to center the milling rotor with respect to the drive assembly. The alignment interface can be adjacent the centering interface and can extend radially inward of the centering interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Ryan Hutar, Craig T. Hedstrom, Nicholas B. Johnson, Eric S. Engelmann
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Publication number: 20230105821Abstract: A milling rotor of a milling machine can include a drum, cutting teeth, and a centering ring. The drum can extend along a longitudinal axis and can define an inner surface and an opposing outer surface. The drum can be securable to a drive assembly of the milling machine to allow the drum to rotate therewith. The cutting teeth can be connected to the outer surface of the drum and can be configured to engage pavement. The centering ring can be connected to the inner surface of the drum and can include a centering interface and an alignment interface. The centering interface can extend radially inward and can be engageable with a centering flange of the drive assembly to center the milling rotor with respect to the drive assembly. The alignment interface can be adjacent the centering interface and can extend radially inward of the centering interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Ryan Hutar, Craig T. Hedstrom, Nicholas B. Johnson, Eric S. Engelmann
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Patent number: 11370617Abstract: Some examples described herein include a flexible hopper for a conveyor system. The flexible hopper may include a hopper weldment attached to a frame of the conveyor, wherein the hopper weldment surrounds a charge end of the conveyor, a flexible frame configured to enable an opening of the flexible hopper to expand or contract, and/or a skirt attached to the flexible frame and configured to form an enclosure between the flexible frame and the hopper weldment.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Colton Hirman, Nathan Mashek, Nick Johnson, Ryan Hutar
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Patent number: 11001315Abstract: An operator station is provided. The operator station may include a platform. The platform may at least partially extend along a plane. The operator station may include a first linkage member attached to a first portion of the platform and a second linkage member attached to a second portion of the platform. The first linkage member may be pivotal with respect to a first pivot axis, and the second linkage member may be pivotal with respect to a second pivot axis. The operator station may include an actuating member attached to the first linkage member. The actuating member may actuate the first linkage member for pivoting the first linkage member in a first direction and pivoting the second linkage member in the first direction. The platform may linearly translate in the plane during pivoting of the first linkage member and the second linkage member.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Nick Johnson, Ryan Hutar
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Publication number: 20200156872Abstract: Some examples described herein include a flexible hopper for a conveyor system. The flexible hopper may include a hopper weldment attached to a frame of the conveyor, wherein the hopper weldment surrounds a charge end of the conveyor, a flexible frame configured to enable an opening of the flexible hopper to expand or contract, and/or a skirt attached to the flexible frame and configured to form an enclosure between the flexible frame and the hopper weldment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Colton HIRMAN, Nathan MASHEK, Nick JOHNSON, Ryan HUTAR
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Patent number: 10633806Abstract: A rotor position indicator system may include a side plate and a first rotor width indicator plate. The side plate may be positioned on a side of an earth moving milling machine, and the first rotor width indicator plate may be inset on an external face of the side plate. The first rotor width indicator plate may include a plurality of markings, with each marking corresponding to a rotor position.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Dustin W. Sondreal, Roger A. Hedlund, Jason W. Muir, Ryan Hutar, Nicholas B. Johnson
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Publication number: 20200094887Abstract: An operator station is provided. The operator station may include a platform. The platform may at least partially extend along a plane. The operator station may include a first linkage member attached to a first portion of the platform and a second linkage member attached to a second portion of the platform. The first linkage member may be pivotal with respect to a first pivot axis, and the second linkage member may be pivotal with respect to a second pivot axis. The operator station may include an actuating member attached to the first linkage member. The actuating member may actuate the first linkage member for pivoting the first linkage member in a first direction and pivoting the second linkage member in the first direction. The platform may linearly translate in the plane during pivoting of the first linkage member and the second linkage member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Nick JOHNSON, Ryan Hutar
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Patent number: 10589933Abstract: Some examples described herein include a flexible hopper for a conveyor system. The flexible hopper may include a hopper weldment attached to a frame of the conveyor, wherein the hopper weldment surrounds a charge end of the conveyor, a flexible frame configured to enable an opening of the flexible hopper to expand or contract, and/or a skirt attached to the flexible frame and configured to form an enclosure between the flexible frame and the hopper weldment.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Colton Hirman, Nathan Mashek, Nick Johnson, Ryan Hutar
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Publication number: 20190389660Abstract: Some examples described herein include a flexible hopper for a conveyor system. The flexible hopper may include a hopper weldment attached to a frame of the conveyor, wherein the hopper weldment surrounds a charge cud of the conveyor, a flexible frame configured to enable an opening of the flexible hopper to expand or contract, and/or a skirt attached to the flexible frame and configured to form an enclosure between the flexible frame and the hopper weldment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Colton HIRMAN, Nathan MASHEK, Nick JOHNSON, Ryan HUTAR
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Publication number: 20190368137Abstract: A rotor position indicator system may include a side plate and a first rotor width indicator plate. The side plate may be positioned on a side of an earth moving milling machine, and the first rotor width indicator plate may be inset on an external face of the side plate. The first rotor width indicator plate may include a plurality of markings, with each marking corresponding to a rotor position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2018Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Dustin W. Sondreal, Roger A. Hedlund, Jason W. Muir, Ryan Hutar, Nicholas B. Johnson