Patents by Inventor William L. Schroeder

William L. Schroeder 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: 10086878
    Abstract: A hood guiding system for a work vehicle may include first and second walls positioned within an engine compartment of the work vehicle. The system may also include a hood configured to extend in a crosswise direction of the work vehicle between a first side and a second side so as to least partially cover the engine compartment. Additionally, the system may include a first guide component coupled to the hood at or adjacent to its first side and a second guide component coupled to the hood at or adjacent to its second side. When the hood is moved from an opened position to a closed position, the first and second guide components may be configured to contact outer surfaces of the first and second walls, respectively, to guide the hood towards the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Douglas L. Waco, William H. Adamson, Mark D. Klassen, William L. Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20180222532
    Abstract: A hood guiding system for a work vehicle may include first and second walls positioned within an engine compartment of the work vehicle. The system may also include a hood configured to extend in a crosswise direction of the work vehicle between a first side and a second side so as to least partially cover the engine compartment. Additionally, the system may include a first guide component coupled to the hood at or adjacent to its first side and a second guide component coupled to the hood at or adjacent to its second side. When the hood is moved from an opened position to a closed position, the first and second guide components may be configured to contact outer surfaces of the first and second walls, respectively, to guide the hood towards the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Douglas L. Waco, William H. Adamson, Mark D. Klassen, William L. Schroeder
  • Patent number: 9989835
    Abstract: A camera mounting assembly includes a first bezel configured to be positioned on a first side of a panel of a work vehicle and to support a camera. The camera mounting assembly also includes a second bezel configured to be positioned on a second side of the panel and to couple to the first bezel to support the camera between the first bezel and the second bezel, and to couple the camera mounting assembly to the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Lorenzo Anthony Gomez, Mark Steven Draeger, Daniel Alan Morey, Douglas L. Waco, William L. Schroeder
  • Patent number: 9681598
    Abstract: An agricultural planter has at least one wing section that can rotate forward to a transport configuration and can also rotate outward to a working configuration. The at least one wing section has a caster assembly attached to a strut pivotable between a raised position forward of the at least one wing section and a lowered position beneath the at least one wing section. At least one wing section lift cylinder is located above and horizontally rearward of the at least one wing section, and is connected to the at least one wing section using a rearward extending wing section lift cylinder mounting bracket. The at least one wing section lift cylinder is connected to at least one bell crank, which is connected to at least one drop link, which is connected to the strut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Brian J. Anderson, William L. Schroeder, Marvin A. Prickel
  • Publication number: 20170000007
    Abstract: An agricultural planter has at least one wing section that can rotate forward to a transport configuration and can also rotate outward to a working configuration. The at least one wing section has a caster assembly attached to a strut pivotable between a raised position forward of the at least one wing section and a lowered position beneath the at least one wing section. At least one wing section lift cylinder is located above and horizontally rearward of the at least one wing section, and is connected to the at least one wing section using a rearward extending wing section lift cylinder mounting bracket. The at least one wing section lift cylinder is connected to at least one bell crank, which is connected to at least one drop link, which is connected to the strut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Brian J. Anderson, William L. Schroeder, Marvin A. Prickel
  • Patent number: 9273648
    Abstract: An air intake system for a work vehicle may include a filter assembly having a pre-cleaner and an air filter. The filter assembly may define at least one outlet port. The air intake system may also include an air valve movable between an opened position and a closed position and a blower coupled to the outlet port via a conduit. The blower may be configured to create a vacuum within the conduit such that particulates are removed from the filter assembly through the outlet port. When the air valve is in the opened position, an airflow may be directed through the filter assembly in an intake direction from the pre-cleaner through the air filter and, when the air valve is in the closed position, the airflow may be directed through the air filter in a reverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: John F. Link, Lorenzo Gomez, Richard L. Schempp, William L. Schroeder, Thomas Chlystek
  • Publication number: 20150027311
    Abstract: An air intake system for a work vehicle may include a filter assembly having a pre-cleaner and an air filter. The filter assembly may define at least one outlet port. The air intake system may also include an air valve movable between an opened position and a closed position and a blower coupled to the outlet port via a conduit. The blower may be configured to create a vacuum within the conduit such that particulates are removed from the filter assembly through the outlet port. When the air valve is in the opened position, an airflow may be directed through the filter assembly in an intake direction from the pre-cleaner through the air filter and, when the air valve is in the closed position, the airflow may be directed through the air filter in a reverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: John F. Link, Lorenzo Gomez, Richard L. Schempp, William L. Schroeder, Thomas Chlystek
  • Patent number: 4398862
    Abstract: A pivot pin assembly for a bucket loader wherein a pivot pin having an enlarged tapered head passes through bushings in the loader boom arm to a distal end whereat an externally tapered thrust collar is slideably mounted thereon. An adjustment plug is threaded in the thrust collar and regulates the spacing between the collar and the pin end thereby setting the side clearance for the bushings. A pair of split wedge collars respectively lock the tapered pin head and the thrust collar in the bushing bracket apertures, the split collars being wedgingly locked by end plates bolted to the respective ends of the pin. Lip seals are provided between the boom arm and the pin head and the thrust collar and the boom arm and the pin is provided with an internal lubricant reservoir communicating with the boom arm bushings which may be easily refilled as necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1983
    Assignee: Dresser Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: William L. Schroeder
  • Patent number: 4358965
    Abstract: A transmission neutral lever lock is used to lock a transmission direction control lever in a neutral position by swinging a latch into a camming detent connected on a bearing sleeve which supports the transmission direction control lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1982
    Assignee: International Harvester Co.
    Inventor: William L. Schroeder
  • Patent number: 4251182
    Abstract: A serviceable pivot pin assembly having a pin with a lubricant reservoir rotatably mounted on bearings and releasably secured to both a thrust ring and to bucket brackets through an end plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1981
    Assignee: International Harvester Company
    Inventor: William L. Schroeder