Patents by Inventor Vernon E. Friedley

Vernon E. Friedley 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: 8505645
    Abstract: A folding implement frame having seven sections in a use position and nine sections when folded. The frame design allows a frame having a width of greater than 27 meters to be folded into a transport position having a width of less than eight meters and a height of less than six meters. The hydraulic system transfers weight to the center frame section during folding and unfolding to enhance stability. The hydraulic system uses accumulators to minimize the amount of oil reduction in the tractor reservoir resulting from extension of the hydraulic cylinders of the implement. Implement raise and lower cycle times are minimized by a helper cylinder to lift the frame main section when the entire implement weight is on the main section and allowing a smaller cylinder to lift the frame main section in the use position for shorter cycle times to raise and lower the implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Francis J. Kelly, Ryan A. Hackert, Vernon E. Friedley, Shawn Becker
  • Patent number: 6290479
    Abstract: A scroll compressor is positioned in a housing having an end cap defining an oil sump. A shaft extends towards the oil sump and has an oil pick-up tube. A magnet is positioned on the end cap through a number of embodiments which properly position the magnet adjacent to the oil pick-up tube. In one embodiment a protrusion extends upwardly from the end cap and into an inner periphery of the magnet to position the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Scroll Technologies
    Inventors: Vernon E. Friedley, Thomas R. Barito
  • Patent number: 6039550
    Abstract: A scroll compressor (10) is disclosed which incorporates a magnet (88) in a depression (90) formed in the lower shell (12) by forming a coined surface (82). The depression forms a side wall (92) which confines the magnet therein so that no additional fastening mechanism is required. The magnet is preferably a ring magnet (88) which is centered about the rotational axis of the drive shaft (40) and near the end of the oil pick-up tube (62) so that oil passes close to the magnet (88) as it enters the oil pick-up tube. The magnet separates magnetic debris, such as metal filings, from the oil. In another embodiment, a pair of magnets (112) can be positioned in multiple coined surfaces on the lower shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Scroll Technologies
    Inventors: Vernon E. Friedley, Thomas R. Barito