Patents by Inventor Sean Plante
Sean Plante 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: 11268263Abstract: An excavator with a boom comprises a main electrical drive system with an electrical power storage unit. The excavator comprises an electrical drive configured to actuate movement of the boom to raise and/or lower part of the boom. The excavator comprises a separate fluid-operated, auxiliary actuation system for storing potential energy of the part of the boom during lowering thereof and for using the stored potential energy to support raising of the part of the boom. The auxiliary actuation system is configured to store the potential energy and to support raising the part of the boom autonomously without interaction with the main electrical drive system.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Guangxi LiuGong Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Edward Wagner, Sean Plante
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Publication number: 20210062466Abstract: A loader comprises an articulating frame arrangement for providing an articulating steering. The loader comprises a lifting arrangement mounted to a front frame portion of the frame arrangement. The lifting arrangement comprises an equipment connector at a distal end of the lifting arrangement, a main actuation system for moving the equipment connector between a lowered position and a lifted position, and an auxiliary actuation system for storing energy during lowering. The auxiliary actuation system uses the stored energy to support the main actuation system in raising of the equipment connecter. The auxiliary actuation system comprises an auxiliary actuator connected at one end to the front frame portion of the frame arrangement and connected at another end to the lifting arrangement at a transversal side of the lifting arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventor: Sean Plante
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Publication number: 20210062459Abstract: An excavator with a boom comprises a main electrical drive system with an electrical power storage unit. The excavator comprises an electrical drive configured to actuate movement of the boom to raise and/or lower part of the boom. The excavator comprises a separate fluid-operated, auxiliary actuation system for storing potential energy of the part of the boom during lowering thereof and for using the stored potential energy to support raising of the part of the boom. The auxiliary actuation system is configured to store the potential energy and to support raising the part of the boom autonomously without interaction with the main electrical drive system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Edward Wagner, Sean Plante
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Publication number: 20200208372Abstract: A loader includes a frame arrangement with a front frame portion and a rear frame portion. The loader includes a lifting arrangement mounted to the front frame portion. The lifting arrangement comprises a main arm provided with a pivot connector at a proximate end and an equipment connector at a distal end. The lifting arrangement includes a main arm support means for pivotably supporting the pivot connector of the main arm. The main arm support means is movable in a direction including a component in a front-rear direction with respect to the front frame portion. The lifting arrangement includes a main arm actuating element for pivoting the main arm such that the equipment connector is movable between a lowered position and a lifted position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Edward Wagner, Sean Plante
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Publication number: 20200181868Abstract: The present invention relates to a loader with a frame arrangement and a lifting arrangement. The lifting arrangement is mounted to the frame arrangement and comprises a main arm. The main arm is provided with a pivot connector at a proximate end thereof and an equipment connector at a distal end thereof. The main arm is provided with a main arm actuating element for moving the main arm between a lowered position and a lifted position. The lifting arrangement is configured to move the equipment connector between the lowered position and the lifted position along a substantially J-shaped path to move the equipment connector forward in a front-rear direction of the loader upon lifting the equipment connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Sean Plante, Edward Wagner
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Publication number: 20200173134Abstract: Provided is a lifting arrangement mountable to a frame arrangement of a vertical lift wheel loader. The lifting arrangement comprises a main arm support element, a main arm, and a guiding arrangement. The main arm support element comprises at least two longitudinal members interconnected by at least one connecting element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Sean Plante, Edward Wagner
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Patent number: 10633819Abstract: Disclosed is a self-level mechanism for controlling a tilting movement of an equipment (15) mounted to an equipment connector (5) of a main arm (3) of a lifting arrangement of a construction machine, preferably a wheel loader (1), upon pivoting said main arm (3). The self-level mechanism is configured to at least partially compensate any tilting movement of the equipment (15).Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Guangxi LiuGong Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yunfeng Zhao, Sean Plante
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Publication number: 20180202126Abstract: Disclosed is a self-level mechanism for controlling a tilting movement of an equipment (15) mounted to an equipment connector (5) of a main arm (3) of a lifting arrangement of a construction machine, preferably a wheel loader (1), upon pivoting said main arm (3). The self-level mechanism is configured to at least partially compensate any tilting movement of the equipment (15).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Zhao YUNFENG, Sean PLANTE
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Patent number: 8459927Abstract: A skid steer loader having an operator compartment attached to a frame. Lift assemblies are movably mounted to the frame and are movable between a retracted position and an extended position. As the lift assemblies are moved between the retracted position and the extended position, joining plates, first links and second links are positioned behind the operator compartment to provide a better field of vision for the operator.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2009Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: CNH America LLCInventors: Mark L. England, David Reyes, Sean Plante, Ed Wagner
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Publication number: 20110027056Abstract: A skid steer loader having an operator compartment attached to a frame. Lift assemblies are movably mounted to the frame and are movable between a retracted position and an extended position. As the lift assemblies are moved between the retracted position and the extended position, joining plates, first links and second links are positioned behind the operator compartment to provide a better field of vision for the operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2009Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: CNH AMERICA LLCInventors: Mark L. ENGLAND, David REYES, Sean PLANTE, Ed WAGNER
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Publication number: 20090194352Abstract: A work vehicle includes a frame and a cooling package. The cooling package includes a water cooler and an oil cooler disposed in a fixed side-by-side arrangement. The water cooler and the oil cooler are movably supported side-by-side on the frame. The cooling package includes a front surface and a rear surface. The cooling package is configured to move on the frame to permit cleaning of the front surface of the cooling package.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2008Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: Sean Plante, William Pearson, Joseph Biggerstaff, Eric Hensley, Benjamin Collogan, Brady Lewis, Jason Bergkamp, Aaron Baldwin
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Publication number: 20070170777Abstract: An elongated beam assembly for a tracked suspension includes an inverted āUā shaped member having a first upper surface disposed at an outwardly descending lateral angle; and a plurality of track wheels coupled to the bottom of the member and disposed inside the member. In another arrangement the assembly includes a curved plate disposed between and fixed to both an inner wall and outer wall of the āUā shaped member, with the free edge of the curved plate extending outward over the top edge of the outer wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2006Publication date: July 26, 2007Inventors: Sean Plante, Edward Wagner