Patents by Inventor Scott Robert Bowers

Scott Robert Bowers 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).

  • Multifunction latch for a combine
    Patent number: 6735929
    Abstract: A mechanism for attaching a harvesting assembly to a combine having a multicoupler which connects hydraulic lines on the combine with hydraulic lines on the harvesting assembly as two halves of the multicoupler are brought together, and a latching mechanism which mechanically couples the harvesting assembly to the combine, the latching mechanism being operatively connected with the multicoupler to shift between latched and unlatched modes as the multicoupler is shifted between connected and unconnected modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Bradley James Watts, Klaus Ernst Becker, Scott Robert Bowers, Michael Dwain Benhart, Ronald Leo Sheedy, Keith Allan Moreland, Walter Emmert
  • Multifunction latch for a combine
    Publication number: 20030172637
    Abstract: A mechanism for attaching a harvesting assembly to a combine having a multicoupler which connects hydraulic lines on the combine with hydraulic lines on the harvesting assembly as two halves of the multicoupler are brought together, and a latching mechanism which mechanically couples the harvesting assembly to the combine, the latching mechanism being operatively connected with the multicoupler to shift between latched and unlatched modes as the multicoupler is shifted between connected and unconnected modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Bradley James Watts, Klaus Ernst Becker, Scott Robert Bowers, Michael Dwain Benhart, Ronald Leo Sheedy, Keith Allan Moreland, Walter Emmert
  • Valve mechanism for a combine hydraulic system
    Patent number: 6619020
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for a combine and harvesting assembly having a valve mechanism that automatically routes fluid from a combine hydraulic line to a harvesting assembly hydraulic line when the harvesting assembly line is coupled with the combine hydraulic line, and automatically routes fluid from the combine hydraulic line to a hydraulic cylinder that controls the speed of a variable speed sheave of a conveyor drive system when the harvesting assembly hydraulic line is detached from the combine hydraulic line. The valve mechanism also includes a relief valve that allows pressurized fluid from the hydraulic cylinder to flow back to the combine's hydraulic system when the valve is routing fluid from the combine hydraulic line to the harvesting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Mark Michael Chaney, Scott Robert Bowers
  • Combine hydraulic reel drive shunt
    Patent number: 6619021
    Abstract: A combine harvester hydraulic system having a valve which automatically routes hydraulic fluid from a combine fluid supply line to a combine fluid return line when the combine fluid supply line is not coupled to a hydraulic line of a harvesting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Mark Michael Chaney, Scott Robert Bowers