Patents by Inventor Sam B. Jensen

Sam B. Jensen 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).

  • Publication number: 20250301950
    Abstract: A mower deck can include a rocker suspension that enables a more uniform cut even when the ground is bumpy. The rocker suspension can include opposing rocker members that are coupled to a support assembly via a pivot point. The opposing rocker members can support front and rear rollers or other rolling mechanisms. When the front or rear rollers encounter a bump, the rocker members can rotate around the pivot point to minimize the vertical displacement of a cutting unit. The front and/or rear rollers may be part of a roller assembly that forms a secondary rocker suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventors: Eric E. Aston, Mark C. LeBlanc, Jamie Hughes, Sam B. Jensen, Cole Laulis
  • Publication number: 20250024778
    Abstract: A cutting unit for a mower can include blades and separate lifting devices to cause grass to stand up before being cut by the blades. The cutting unit can include disks to which the blades and lifting devices are secured. The lifting devices can be positioned rotationally in front of the blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Eric E. Aston, Mark C. LeBlanc, Sam B. Jensen, Dylan Mellenthin, Josh Landry
  • Patent number: 11111088
    Abstract: Sod harvesters are configured to stack rolls of sod in layers on a rectangular pallet. A sod harvester can include control circuitry that is configured to operate a stacking head and a stacking conveyor in a manner that produces a first type of layer that includes spaced groups of accumulated rolls and a number of offset rolls positioned between the groups. The stacking head can pick up and stack each offset roll in isolation and may pick up the offset rolls in a center position of the stacking head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: FireFly Automatix, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric E. Aston, Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker, Mark C. LeBlanc, Austin J. Neuner, Sam B. Jensen
  • Publication number: 20210214173
    Abstract: Sod harvesters are configured to stack rolls of sod in layers on a rectangular pallet. A sod harvester can include control circuitry that is configured to operate a stacking head and a stacking conveyor in a manner that produces a first type of layer that includes spaced groups of accumulated rolls and a number of offset rolls positioned between the groups. The stacking head can pick up and stack each offset roll in isolation and may pick up the offset rolls in a center position of the stacking head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Eric E. Aston, Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker, Mark C. LeBlanc, Austin J. Neuner, Sam B. Jensen