Patents by Inventor Steven W. Claussen

Steven W. Claussen 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: 20230157195
    Abstract: Implement apparatus may be configured to displace ground material. For example, an implement may include an extension member coupled to a roller apparatus. The roller apparatus may include a cylindrical portion and a plurality of ground displacing elements. The ground displacing elements may be configured to extend into a ground surface to disperse ground material when the roller apparatus is engaged with the ground surface as the vehicle traverses the ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventor: Steven W. Claussen
  • Patent number: 11491504
    Abstract: Sprayer apparatus for use with an elongate boom may be configured to spray a liquid onto foliage on a ground surface. The sprayer apparatus may include a spray boom, a spray hood coupled to the spray boom, an extension member coupled to the spray boom, and a mounting apparatus coupled to the extension member. The mounting apparatus may be couplable to the elongate boom to support the spray boom and the spray hood above the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Claussen Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Steven W. Claussen, Justin D. Buetow, John P. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 10531602
    Abstract: Implement apparatus configured to displace ground material is disclosed herein. For example, an implement includes an extension member coupled to a roller apparatus. The roller apparatus includes a cylindrical portion and a plurality of ground displacing elements. The ground displacing elements is configured to extend into a ground surface to disperse ground material when the roller apparatus is engaged with the ground surface as the vehicle traverses the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: CLAUSSEN TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Steven W. Claussen, Gerald B. Saude
  • Publication number: 20180281010
    Abstract: Sprayer apparatus for use with an elongate boom may be configured to spray a liquid onto foliage on a ground surface. The sprayer apparatus may include a spray boom, a spray hood coupled to the spray boom, an extension member coupled to the spray boom, and a mounting apparatus coupled to the extension member. The mounting apparatus may be couplable to the elongate boom to support the spray boom and the spray hood above the ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Steven W. Claussen, Justin D. Buetow, John P. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 9925554
    Abstract: Sprayer apparatus for use with an elongate boom may be configured to spray a liquid onto foliage on a ground surface. The sprayer apparatus may include a spray boom, a spray hood coupled to the spray boom, an extension member coupled to the spray boom, and a mounting apparatus coupled to the extension member. The mounting apparatus may be couplable to the elongate boom to support the spray boom and the spray hood above the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Claussen Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven W. Claussen, Justin D. Buetow, John P. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 9775283
    Abstract: A metering apparatus may be configured to control flow of material from a reservoir to control the amount of material applied, dispensed, and/or spread to a field while a vehicle traverses the field. The metering apparatus may include an auger portion located in an elevator channel to control the flow of material out of a reservoir opening of the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: CLAUSSEN TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Steven W. Claussen, Erik Julian Nelson, Matthew Rust
  • Publication number: 20170273229
    Abstract: Implement apparatus may be configured to displace ground material. For example, an implement may include an extension member coupled to a roller apparatus. The roller apparatus may include a cylindrical portion and a plurality of ground displacing elements. The ground displacing elements may be configured to extend into a ground surface to disperse ground material when the roller apparatus is engaged with the ground surface as the vehicle traverses the ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Steven W. Claussen, Gerald B. Saude
  • Patent number: 9764500
    Abstract: A vent apparatus for use in a mold defining an opening that includes a vent tube portion configured to extend through the opening of the mold and a secondary tube portion configured to mate with the first end portion of the vent tube portion. For example, the secondary tube portion may be used to seal the passageway at the first end portion and may define one or more membrane regions configured to melt during a mold process to unseal the passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: CLAUSSEN TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Steven W. Claussen, Kurtis Lee McCuen
  • Patent number: 9674996
    Abstract: Implement apparatus may be configured to displace ground material. For example, an implement apparatus may include an extension member coupled to a vehicle. The implement apparatus may further include roller apparatus to engage a ground surface. The roller apparatus may include a cylindrical portion and a plurality of ground displacing elements. The ground displacing elements may be configured to extend into the ground surface to disperse ground material when the roller apparatus is engaged with the ground surface as the vehicle traverses the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: CLAUSSEN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Steven W. Claussen, Gerald B. Saude
  • Publication number: 20160361842
    Abstract: A vent apparatus for use in a mold defining an opening that includes a vent tube portion configured to extend through the opening of the mold and a secondary tube portion configured to mate with the first end portion of the vent tube portion. For example, the secondary tube portion may be used to seal the passageway at the first end portion and may define one or more membrane regions configured to melt during a mold process to unseal the passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Steven W. Claussen, Kurtis Lee McCUEN
  • Publication number: 20160228831
    Abstract: A transfer system for receiving and supporting one of a first bulk container and a second bulk container may include a platform apparatus, a measuring vessel apparatus and a connection apparatus. Each of the first and second bulk containers may be configured to hold a solution. The first bulk container may include a first container base having a first cross-sectional area and the second bulk container may include a second container base having a second cross-sectional area different than the first cross-sectional area. The platform apparatus may include a plurality of supports positioned to support either of the first and second bulk containers. The transfer system may also include one or more rinse tubes configured to transfer fluid to the measuring vessel apparatus, the first bulk container, and/or the second bulk container to rinse each of the measuring vessel apparatus, the first bulk container, and/or the second bulk container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Gerald B. Saude, Steven W. Claussen
  • Publication number: 20160165787
    Abstract: Implement apparatus may be configured to displace ground material. For example, an implement may include an extension member coupled to a roller apparatus. The roller apparatus may include a cylindrical portion and a plurality of ground displacing elements. The ground displacing elements may be configured to extend into a ground surface to disperse ground material when the roller apparatus is engaged with the ground surface as the vehicle traverses the ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Steven W. Claussen
  • Publication number: 20160168813
    Abstract: An implement may be configured to displace ground material. For example, an implement may include roller apparatus (e.g., a cylindrical portion and a plurality of ground displacing elements) configured to engage a ground surface and form a plurality of reservoirs in the ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Steven W. Claussen
  • Publication number: 20160121355
    Abstract: Sprayer apparatus for use with an elongate boom may be configured to spray a liquid onto foliage on a ground surface. The sprayer apparatus may include a spray boom, a spray hood coupled to the spray boom, an extension member coupled to the spray boom, and a mounting apparatus coupled to the extension member. The mounting apparatus may be couplable to the elongate boom to support the spray boom and the spray hood above the ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: STEVEN W. CLAUSSEN, JUSTIN D. BUETOW, JOHN P. KENNEDY
  • Publication number: 20160083202
    Abstract: A metering apparatus may be configured to control flow of material from a reservoir to control the amount of material applied, dispensed, and/or spread to a field while a vehicle traverses the field. The metering apparatus may include an auger portion located in an elevator channel to control the flow of material out of a reservoir opening of the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: STEVEN W. CLAUSSEN, ERIK JULIAN NELSON, MATTHEW RUST
  • Patent number: 9267255
    Abstract: An implement may be configured to displace ground material. For example, an implement may include roller apparatus configured to engage a ground surface and form a plurality of reservoirs in the ground surface. The roller apparatus may include a cylindrical portion and a plurality of ground displacing elements, and the plurality of ground displacing elements may form the plurality of reservoirs in the ground surface as the cylindrical portion is rolled over the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: WILLMAR FABRICATION, LLC
    Inventor: Steven W. Claussen
  • Patent number: D765816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Claussen Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Steven W. Claussen, Gerald B. Saude, Jereme J. Ascheman, Jesse Hahne
  • Patent number: D782280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: CLAUSSEN TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Steven W. Claussen, Justin D. Buetow, John P. Kennedy, III
  • Patent number: D788882
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: CLAUSSEN TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventor: Steven W Claussen
  • Patent number: D846694
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: CLAUSSEN TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventor: Steven W. Claussen