Patents by Inventor Todd Neil Signer

Todd Neil Signer 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).

  • Center Draper Belt With Crop Conveying Features
    Publication number: 20110094201
    Abstract: A center draper belt for a center conveyor of a draper platform that is configured to carry a crop mat of severed plant stalks in a first direction, the crop mat having a maximum operating thickness, the belt comprises a generally planar web having first and second longitudinally side edges disposed on opposite sides of the web; and first and second ridges fixed to the longitudinal side edges and extending upward therefrom to stop plant stalks of a bottom layer of the crop mat from being propelled off the side edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Duane Bomleny, Terry Demay, William Payne Conrad, Todd Neil Signer
  • Unloader tube pivot ring mechanism
    Patent number: 6669240
    Abstract: A pivot mechanism for an unloader tube of a combine, having a pair of ultra high molecular weight pivot ring bushings which slide in contact with each other, are fixed to respective upper and lower portions of the unloader tube, and transmit weight of the unloader tube from the upper portion to the lower portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Todd Neil Signer, Mark Charles DePoorter, Edwin Milton Gerber
  • Multi-piece feederhouse bushing retainer
    Patent number: 6421993
    Abstract: A two-piece retainer for securing a pivot tube of a combine feederhouse to a combine frame, having a first piece made of a polymer material and a second piece made of a metal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Ryan Patrick Mackin, Andrew James Foerderer, Richard C. Remley, Todd Neil Signer, Thomas Bernard Haar, Mark Alan Melton
  • Unloader tube upper pivot support mechanism
    Patent number: 6247886
    Abstract: An upper support mechanism for an unloader auger tube of a combine having a ball mechanism fixed atop the unloader auger tube and a bushing having a generally spherical opening for swivellably receiving the ball member. The bushing is slidable up and down within a cylindrical opening formed in a sleeve member fixed with the combine frame. The bushing is made of a material that generally does not require lubrication as it rubs against the ball member or the sleeve member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Todd Neil Signer, Darryl Francis Cain
  • Grain tank extension
    Patent number: 6206779
    Abstract: A grain tank extension having side panels that are rotatably mounted to the grain tank to lower the extension by pivoting the side panels into the tank for storage. Corner panels are provided between adjacent side panels and are integrally formed with the stud at each end for coupling the corner panels to the side panels. Flanges extend beyond the ends of the side panels and overlap abutting ends of adjacent comer panels. The flanges each have an aperture that receives the stud from the adjacent corner panel. The stud is held therein by a retaining pin to avoid the need for hand tools to lower the extension for storage. The corner panels are molded of plastic as a single piece plastic body with the studs integrally formed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Edwin Milton Gerber, Russell Andrew Huesmann, Jr., Todd Neil Signer, Mark Charles DePoorter, Darryl Francis Cain, Bruno Dauenhauer