Patents by Inventor Travis G. Funseth

Travis G. Funseth 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).

  • Patent number: 11794204
    Abstract: A spray nozzle body has an upper end provided with a clamp arrangement comprising upper and lower clamp halves tightly clamped onto a fluid supply tube having a preselected first diameter. A removable tubular fluid delivery stem is received in a receiver hole extending vertically into the nozzle body from a clamping surface of the lower clamp half and has an upper end portion tightly received in a fluid outlet hole, of preselected size, provided in the supply tube. The clamp arrangement may be reconfigured for being clamped onto a smaller fluid supply tube by providing a replacement upper clamp half and a pipe-size adapter, each having appropriately sized clamping surfaces, with the adapter being seated within the clamping surface of the lower clamp half. The pipe-size adapter incorporates a suitably dimensioned fluid delivery stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Stacy L. Bullock, Richard A. Humpal, Travis G. Funseth
  • Patent number: 10994297
    Abstract: Embodiments include individual physical spray nozzles that have passageways inside to combine fluids that flow out of the spray nozzles. The nozzles have at least two valves that are opened and closed in an interleaved manner. The nozzles have multiple outlets. Such nozzles are mounted on a variety of implements including agricultural or industrial spray booms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Travis G. Funseth, Stacy L. Bullock, Richard A. Humpal
  • Publication number: 20200406281
    Abstract: A sprayer system having dynamic pre-sets to control spray nozzles that each individually operates continuously or under a time-modulated or a frequency-modulated electronic signal control to release liquid droplets. Collectively, adjacent or near neighboring nozzles are also controlled by time-sequencing through different modes of operation or physical configurations on each spray nozzle. The spray nozzles are mounted on a variety of implements including agricultural or industrial spray booms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Travis G. Funseth, Richard A. Humpal, Stacy L. Bullock
  • Publication number: 20200353494
    Abstract: Embodiments include individual physical spray nozzles that have passageways inside to combine fluids that flow out of the spray nozzles. The nozzles have at least two valves that are opened and closed in an interleaved manner. The nozzles have multiple outlets. Such nozzles are mounted on a variety of implements including agricultural or industrial spray booms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Travis G. Funseth, Stacy L. Bullock, Richard A. Humpal
  • Patent number: 10827693
    Abstract: A mobile agricultural sprayer includes at least one sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a temperature inversion at a worksite. The mobile agricultural sprayer also includes an inversion detection system configured to detect a presence of the temperature inversion at the worksite based on the sensor signal, and, based on the detected presence, generate a temperature inversion output indicative of the presence of the temperature inversion. The mobile agricultural sprayer also includes an action signal generator configured to receive the temperature inversion output from the inversion detection system, and, based on the received temperature inversion output, generate an action signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Noel W. Anderson, Richard A. Humpal, Terence D. Pickett, Travis G. Funseth
  • Patent number: 10773271
    Abstract: Embodiments include a sprayer system having dynamic pre-sets to control spray nozzles that each individually operates continuously or under a time-modulated or a frequency-modulated electronic signal control to release the liquid droplets. Collectively, adjacent or near neighboring nozzles are also controlled by time-sequencing through different modes of operation or physical configurations on each spray nozzle. The spray nozzles are mounted on a variety of implements including agricultural or industrial spray booms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Travis G. Funseth, Richard A. Humpal, Stacy L. Bullock
  • Patent number: 10730065
    Abstract: Embodiments include individual physical spray nozzles that have passageways inside to combine fluids that flow out of the spray nozzles. The nozzles have at least two valves that are opened and closed in an interleaved manner. The nozzles have multiple outlets. Such nozzles are mounted on a variety of implements including agricultural or industrial spray booms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Travis G. Funseth, Stacy L. Bullock, Richard A. Humpal
  • Publication number: 20190344303
    Abstract: A spray nozzle body has an upper end provided with a clamp arrangement comprising upper and lower clamp halves tightly clamped onto a fluid supply tube having a preselected first diameter. A removable tubular fluid delivery stem is received in a receiver hole extending vertically into the nozzle body from a clamping surface of the lower clamp half and has an upper end portion tightly received in a fluid outlet hole, of preselected size, provided in the supply tube. The clamp arrangement may be reconfigured for being clamped onto a smaller fluid supply tube by providing a replacement upper clamp half and a pipe-size adapter, each having appropriately sized clamping surfaces, with the adapter being seated within the clamping surface of the lower clamp half. The pipe-size adapter incorporates a suitably dimensioned fluid delivery stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Stacy L. Bullock, Richard A. Humpal, Travis G. Funseth
  • Patent number: 10406551
    Abstract: A spray nozzle body has an upper end provided with a clamp arrangement comprising upper and lower clamp halves tightly clamped onto a fluid supply tube having a preselected first diameter. A removable tubular fluid delivery stem is received in a receiver hole extending vertically into the nozzle body from a clamping surface of the lower clamp half and has an upper end portion tightly received in a fluid outlet hole, of preselected size, provided in the supply tube. The clamp arrangement may be reconfigured for being clamped onto a smaller fluid supply tube by providing a replacement upper clamp half and a pipe-size adapter, each having appropriately sized clamping surfaces, with the adapter being seated within the clamping surface of the lower clamp half. The pipe-size adapter incorporates a suitably dimensioned fluid delivery stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Stacy L. Bullock, Richard A. Humpal, Travis G. Funseth
  • Publication number: 20190246579
    Abstract: A mobile agricultural sprayer includes at least one sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a temperature inversion at a worksite. The mobile agricultural sprayer also includes an inversion detection system configured to detect a presence of the temperature inversion at the worksite based on the sensor signal, and, based on the detected presence, generate a temperature inversion output indicative of the presence of the temperature inversion. The mobile agricultural sprayer also includes an action signal generator configured to receive the temperature inversion output from the inversion detection system, and, based on the received temperature inversion output, generate an action signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Noel W. Anderson, Richard A. Humpal, Terence D. Pickett, Travis G. Funseth
  • Publication number: 20190083993
    Abstract: Embodiments include individual physical spray nozzles that have passageways inside to combine fluids that flow out of the spray nozzles. The nozzles have at least two valves that are opened and closed in an interleaved manner. The nozzles have multiple outlets. Such nozzles are mounted on a variety of implements including agricultural or industrial spray booms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Travis G. Funseth, Stacy L. Bullock, Richard A. Humpal
  • Publication number: 20190083992
    Abstract: Embodiments include individual physical spray nozzles that have passageways inside to combine fluids that flow out of the spray nozzles. The nozzles have at least two valves that are opened and closed in an interleaved manner. The nozzles have multiple outlets. Such nozzles are mounted on a variety of implements including agricultural or industrial spray booms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Travis G. Funseth, Stacy L. Bullock, Richard A. Humpal
  • Patent number: 10189031
    Abstract: Embodiments include individual physical spray nozzles that have passageways inside to combine fluids that flow out of the spray nozzles. The nozzles have at least two valves that are opened and closed in an interleaved manner. The nozzles have multiple outlets. Such nozzles are mounted on a variety of implements including agricultural or industrial spray booms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Travis G. Funseth, Stacy L. Bullock, Richard A. Humpal
  • Patent number: 9884330
    Abstract: An individual spray nozzle contains two or more valves that are actuated by time or frequency modulated signals such as pulse width modulated (PWM) signals. The PWM signals are interleaved to open and close each of the respective valves that enable fluid to flow from an input to a combined output. The opening and closing positions of two or more different valves are interleaved to increase the range of performance, such as to increase the frequency of fluid flow from the input to the combined output. Additional embodiments are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard A. Humpal, Travis G. Funseth
  • Publication number: 20170050206
    Abstract: A spray nozzle body has an upper end provided with a clamp arrangement comprising upper and lower clamp halves tightly clamped onto a fluid supply tube having a preselected first diameter. A removable tubular fluid delivery stem is received in a receiver hole extending vertically into the nozzle body from a clamping surface of the lower clamp half and has an upper end portion tightly received in a fluid outlet hole, of preselected size, provided in the supply tube. The clamp arrangement may be reconfigured for being clamped onto a smaller fluid supply tube by providing a replacement upper clamp half and a pipe-size adapter, each having appropriately sized clamping surfaces, with the adapter being seated within the clamping surface of the lower clamp half The pipe-size adapter incorporates a suitably dimensioned fluid delivery stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Stacy L. Bullock, Richard A. Humpal, Travis G. Funseth
  • Patent number: 9266124
    Abstract: A sprayer nozzle cartridge for a sprayer nozzle apparatus of an agricultural sprayer is disclosed. The sprayer nozzle cartridge is adapted for coupling to a nozzle connector of the sprayer nozzle apparatus and for receiving a fluid from the sprayer nozzle apparatus. The sprayer nozzle apparatus includes an apparatus housing for supporting the nozzle connector and a control element configured to control fluid flow. The sprayer nozzle cartridge includes a cartridge housing. A plurality of nozzle tips having a plurality of flow paths are coupled to the cartridge housing. The control element selectively communicates fluid to at least one of the plurality of flow paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard A. Humpal, Travis G. Funseth
  • Publication number: 20150375247
    Abstract: Embodiments include a sprayer system having dynamic pre-sets to control spray nozzles that each individually operates continuously or under a time-modulated or a frequency-modulated electronic signal control to release the liquid droplets. Collectively, adjacent or near neighboring nozzles are also controlled by time-sequencing through different modes of operation or physical configurations on each spray nozzle. The spray nozzles are mounted on a variety of implements including agricultural or industrial spray booms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Travis G. Funseth, Richard A. Humpal, Stacy L. Bullock
  • Publication number: 20150367358
    Abstract: Embodiments include individual physical spray nozzles that have passageways inside to combine fluids that flow out of the spray nozzles. The nozzles have at least two valves that are opened and closed in an interleaved manner. The nozzles have multiple outlets. Such nozzles are mounted on a variety of implements including agricultural or industrial spray booms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Travis G. Funseth, Stacy L. Bullock, Richard A. Humpal, Dolly Y. Wu
  • Publication number: 20150367357
    Abstract: An individual spray nozzle contains two or more valves that are actuated by time or frequency modulated signals such as pulse width modulated (PWM) signals. The PWM signals are interleaved to open and close each of the respective valves that enable fluid to flow from an input to a combined output. The opening and closing positions of two or more different valves are interleaved to increase the range of performance, such as to increase the frequency of fluid flow from the input to the combined output. Additional embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Richard A. Humpal, Travis G. Funseth
  • Patent number: D766399
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Stacy L. Bullock, Richard A. Humpal, Travis G. Funseth