Patents by Inventor Sean M. Hayes

Sean M. Hayes 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: 20180080194
    Abstract: A drawbar assembly for a motor grader is provided. The drawbar assembly includes a yoke plate, a backbar, a drawbar tube, and a sleeve. The yoke plate includes a first surface and a second surface. The backbar is attached to the first surface of the yoke plate. The backbar includes a tube facing surface. The drawbar tube includes a first end and a second end. The drawbar tube is attached to the first surface of the yoke plate, defining a clearance between the first end of the drawbar tube and the tube facing surface of the backbar. The sleeve encloses at least a portion of the drawbar tube. The sleeve includes a backbar attachment portion and a yoke attachment portion. The backbar attachment portion is attached to the tube facing surface of the backbar and the yoke attachment portion is attached to the first surface of the yoke plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M. Hayes, Nathaniel K. Harshman, Lingfei Zhang
  • Patent number: 8978592
    Abstract: An accessory unit is provided for a remotely controlled animal training system. The accessory unit may include a battery, a receiver, a light source, functional unit, a connection and a control. In embodiments, the control may be operable to determine a function and an intensity for the light source based on the received signal and power the light source based on the determined function and intensity. The determined function may cause the light source to flash or illuminate at the highest intensity. The functional unit may be a pressure sensor unit, a GPS unit or a compass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Garmin Switzerland GmbH
    Inventors: Timothy T. Duncan, Sean M. Hayes, Francisco J. Napolez, David T. Whetten
  • Publication number: 20120017846
    Abstract: A light accessory is provided for a remotely controlled animal training system, allowing visual tracking of an animal in low ambient light conditions. The light accessory may be a stand-alone accessory or be in conjunction with a wireless receiver. The light accessory may be controlled by an accessory channel that exists in the remotely controlled animal training system, or may be controlled by the presence of a generic proximate radio frequency transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Timothy T. Duncan, Sean M. Hayes, Francisco J. Napolez, David T. Whetten
  • Patent number: 8065978
    Abstract: A light accessory is provided for a remotely controlled animal training system, allowing visual tracking of an animal in low ambient light conditions. The light accessory may be a stand-alone accessory or be in conjunction with a wireless receiver. The light accessory may be controlled by an accessory channel that exists in the remotely controlled animal training system, or may be controlled by the presence of a generic proximate radio frequency transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Tri-Tronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy T. Duncan, Sean M. Hayes, Francisco J. Napolez, David T. Whetten
  • Publication number: 20100139575
    Abstract: A light accessory is provided for a remotely controlled animal training system, allowing visual tracking of an animal in low ambient light conditions. The light accessory may be a stand-alone accessory or be in conjunction with a wireless receiver. The light accessory may be controlled by an accessory channel that exists in the remotely controlled animal training system, or may be controlled by the presence of a generic proximate radio frequency transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Timothy T. Duncan, Sean M. Hayes, Francisco J. Napolez, David T. Whetten
  • Patent number: 6750758
    Abstract: A collar-mounted animal training device includes a piezoelectric transducer device (6) attached to a mylar cone acoustic element mounted in a transducer housing (5) configured as a resonant sound port. The piezoelectric transducer is driven by circuitry including a microcontroller (31), a voltage booster circuit (34), and driver circuitry coupled to the booster circuit and producing a boosted drive signal to the piezoelectric device (6). The microcontroller stores data representing a plurality of sequential segments each having a start and stop time and a start and stop frequency. The microcontroller sequentially produces a plurality of output signals having a start and stop times and frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Tri-Tronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy T. Duncan, Timothy J. Crist, Sean M. Hayes
  • Publication number: 20030122678
    Abstract: A collar-mounted animal training device includes a piezoelectric transducer device (6) attached to a mylar cone acoustic element mounted in a transducer housing (5) configured as a resonant sound port. The piezoelectric transducer is driven by circuitry including a microcontroller (31), a voltage booster circuit (34), and driver circuitry coupled to the booster circuit and producing a boosted drive signal to the piezoelectric device (6). The microcontroller stores data representing a plurality of sequential segments each having a start and stop time and a start and stop frequency. The microcontroller sequentially produces a plurality of output signals having a start and stop times and frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Tri-Tronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy T. Duncan, Timothy J. Crist, Sean M. Hayes
  • Patent number: D531584
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Tri-Tronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen M. Myers, Timothy J. Crist, Sean M. Hayes, D. Michael Romano
  • Patent number: D553037
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Tri-Tronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kagum G. Zakharyan, Stephen M. Myers, Timothy J. Crist, Sean M. Hayes