Patents Issued in December 20, 2016
  • Peach tree named ‘Pearl Princess IV’
    Patent number: PP27467
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of peach tree, Prunus persica, broadly characterized by a medium size, vigorous, hardy, self-fertile, productive and regular bearing tree. The variety blooms during the early to mid season and requires about 450 chilling hours. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in the latter part of June, with first picking on Jun. 20, 2014. The fruit is uniform, large in size, globose to oblate in shape, freestone in type, firm in texture, pinkish white in flesh color, full red in skin color, and a tasty balance of light acid and sugar in flavor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Inventor: Lowell Glen Bradford
  • plant named ‘MonJers’
    Patent number: PP27468
    Abstract: A new and distinct Tsuga cultivar named ‘MonJers’ is disclosed, characterized by distinctive Yellow-Orange winter foliage. Plants have a distinctive upright, pyramidal growth habit. The new cultivar is a Tsuga, suitable for ornamental garden purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Monrovia Nursery Company
    Inventor: Ron D. Kinney
  • plant named ‘H16’
    Patent number: PP27469
    Abstract: ‘H16’ is a distinctive variety of Grevillea rosmarinifolia which is characterized by the combination of a denser plant habit and a greater number of inflorescences per plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Inventor: Todd Anthony Layt
  • Azalea plant named ‘Lazamorav’
    Patent number: PP27470
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Azalea plant named ‘Lazamorav’, characterized by its light lavender-colored flowers, dark green-colored foliage, moderately vigorous, compact, upright-mounded growth habit, and strong multi-seasonal reblooming, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignees: Plant Development Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Edward Lee
  • plant named ‘UCONNBD610’
    Patent number: PP27471
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Buddleia plant named ‘UCONNBD610’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit and thick stems with short internodes; dense and bushy appearance; leathery and durable leaves; freely flowering habit; broadly conical inflorescences with numerous magenta pink-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Mark Henry Brand, William Addison Smith
  • plant named ‘Hpopr013’
    Patent number: PP27472
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hydrangea paniculata named ‘Hpopr013’, that is characterized by its conical shaped inflorescences with pointed apices, its gray-purple stems, its sterile flowers that open yellow-green and fade to pink, and its upright plant habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: OPRINS PLANTS, N.V.
    Inventor: Jan Oprins
  • plant named ‘Challenger’
    Patent number: PP27473
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Veronica plant named ‘Challenger’, characterized by its upright and relatively compact plant habit; moderately freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; light purple to white-colored flowers arranged on long racemes; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Green Elite Collection B.V.
    Inventor: Petrus Hendricus Oudolf
  • Crapemyrtle plant named ‘G2X133271’
    Patent number: PP27474
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Crapemyrtle plant named ‘G2X133271’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright to outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; numerous inflorescences with rose magenta-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: GardenGenetics LLC
    Inventor: Michael S. Uchneat
  • plant named ‘Ecuadorian Sativa’
    Patent number: PP27475
    Abstract: Unique herbaceous annual ‘Cannabis sativa’ female plants, having numerous glandular flowers in a congested and elongated inflorescence, hollow stems a characteristic of the fiber-producing strains of ‘Cannabis sativa ssp. sativa’ but absent in strains of ‘Cannabis sativa ssp. indica.’ The plants are intoxicating, characteristic of ‘Cannabis sativa, ssp. indica’, but absent in subspecies sativa. The new strain has energizing and motivating psychoactive effects as opposed to the lethargy normally associated with ssp. indica and show hypotensive effects. Morphologically, the plants have a few branched hairs on the stem that are not characteristic of the species, but are ordinary in most other respects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: KUBBY PATENT AND LICENSES, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
    Inventor: Steven Wynn Kubby
  • plant named ‘Suncatha 2316’
    Patent number: PP27476
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Catharanthus plant named ‘Suncatha 2316’, characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; double-type flowers that are pale pink in color; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Suntory Flowers Limited
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamada
  • plant named ‘Suncatha 2439’
    Patent number: PP27477
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Catharanthus plant named ‘Suncatha 2439’, characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; relatively small dark red purple-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Suntory Flowers Limited
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamada
  • plant named ‘Suncatha 224’
    Patent number: PP27478
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Catharanthus plant named ‘Suncatha 224’, characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; relatively small red purple-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Suntory Flowers Limited
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamada
  • plant named ‘Macane015’
    Patent number: PP27479
    Abstract: ‘Macane015’ is a new and distinctive variety of Anemone hybrida which is characterized by a compact growth habit, flowers with a high number of tepals arranged in a tight rosette, flowers with unique dark pink to red-purple coloration, and an exceptionally long bloom period. The new variety propagates successfully by stem cuttings and tissue culture and has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Inventors: Alasdair MacGregor, Elizabeth MacGregor
  • orchid plant named ‘Silidream’
    Patent number: PP27480
    Abstract: A new and distinct Phalaenopsis plant named ‘Silidream’ particularly characterized by flowers which are white with some yellow/green in the labellum; plants which may be propagated economically and uniformly using tissue culture; plants which produce more than one inflorescence; long and sturdy inflorescences; and relatively short, dark-green foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Floricultura
    Inventor: René Schoone
  • plant named ‘Duephloimdebu’
    Patent number: PP27481
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Duepliloimdebu’, characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; medium in size; freely branching habit; freely and early flowering habit; and relatively large violet blue-colored flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Tobias Dummen
  • Pelargonium plant named ‘Regsnow’
    Patent number: PP27482
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Regal Geranium plant named ‘Regsnow’, characterized by its compact, upright to somewhat outwardly spreading and uniformly mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; white-colored flowers with a red purple-colored spot on the upper petals; and no requirement for cooling treatment for flower initiation and development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Elsner pac Jungpflanzen GbR
    Inventor: Martin Geibel
  • plant named ‘KRBELLE01’
    Patent number: PP27483
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘KRBELLE01’ characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; dense and bushy appearance; and yellow green-colored leaves with dark brown-colored margins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Koppe Royalty B.V.
    Inventor: Lubbertus H. Koppe
  • plant named ‘Fimissmo’
    Patent number: PP27484
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘Fimissmo’, characterized by its upright to spreading and mounded plant habit; relatively compact habit; freely basal branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely and continuously flowering habit; and large double flowers that are cream in color with light pink-colored margins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Fides B.V.
    Inventor: Nadine Rijk
  • plant named ‘Filuckstr’
    Patent number: PP27485
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘Filuckstr’, characterized by its upright to spreading and mounded plant habit; relatively compact habit; freely basal branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely and continuously flowering habit; and semi-double flowers that are yellow in color with apricot-colored margins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Fides B.V.
    Inventor: Nadine Rijk
  • plant named ‘Fiunupwhimp’
    Patent number: PP27486
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘Fiunupwhimp’, characterized by its upright to spreading and mounded plant habit; relatively compact habit; freely basal branching habit; dark bronze-colored leaves; freely and continuously flowering habit; and single-type flowers that are white in color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Fides B.V.
    Inventor: Nadine Rijk
  • plant named ‘Spanova’
    Patent number: PP27487
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Spathiphyllum plant named ‘Spanova’, characterized by its upright, outwardly arching and uniform plant habit; freely clumping growth habit; bushy and dense plants; glossy dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; large white-colored spathes that are positioned above and between the foliar plane on strong and erect scapes; and good inflorescence longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Nubilus B.V.
    Inventor: Leonardus Johannes Maria van der Knaap
  • plant named ‘Fiesta’
    Patent number: PP27488
    Abstract: A new and distinct Aeonium cultivar named ‘Fiesta’ is disclosed, characterized by a unique, stable, quadricolor variegation, displaying leaves of muted forest green, splashed with lime green, with rose red & burgundy blushing of the outer leaves of the rosette in high light environments, as well as during cooler winter temperatures. Additionally, the new cultivar ‘Fiesta’ is more easily and more rapidly propagated due to moderately fast, robust growth, enhancing production times. The new cultivar ‘Fiesta’ offsets freely at an early age, quickly forming attractive clumps, enhancing propagation intervals. The new variety is an Aeonium, part of the Crassulaceae complex that includes Aeonium, Echeveria, Pachyphytum, Graptopetalum, Sedum and others. Aeonium is a popular genus, typically produced as container plants for the patio or for use as landscape plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Altman Plants
    Inventor: Renee O'Connell
  • plant named ‘Camille’
    Patent number: PP27489
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Schefflera actinophylla, ‘Camille’ that is characterized by its dark green, very shiny foliage, its thick leaves, its very short leaf internode lengths, and its resistance to spider mites and bacterial leaf blight and leaf spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Inventor: James K Atchison
  • plant named ‘KLECA15388’
    Patent number: PP27490
    Abstract: A new Calibrachoa plant particularly distinguished by having a single yellow flower color and a semi-upright plant habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Klemm+Sohn GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nils Klemm, Anita Stöver
  • plant named ‘Polaris’
    Patent number: PP27491
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Polaris’ that is characterized its compact plant habit reaching 37.5 to 45 cm in height and an average of 37.5 cm in spread, its prolific blooming habit from mid June until frost in Connecticut, its large inflorescences with ray florets that are are solid white in color with no eye zone (even under cool growing conditions), its relatively sterile inflorescences when grown under typical garden conditions that do not require deadheading of spent blooms for continuous bloom, and its reliably perennial habit in U.S.D.A. Zone 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Inventor: Darrell R. Probst
  • plant named ‘Gauguin’
    Patent number: PP27492
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Heuchera named ‘Gauguin’, that is characterized by its compact plant habit with a tight mound of foliage, its leaves that are dark brown-red in color with narrow margins colored yellow-green, its moderate amount of flowering stems, and its light reddish-pink flowers on dark brownish-red flowering stems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Inventor: Thierry Delabroye
  • plant named ‘LABZ0004’
    Patent number: PP27493
    Abstract: A new Lavandula plant named ‘LABZ0004’, particularly distinguished by numerous deep purple sterile large bracts, purple flowers, medium green foliage without greyish hue, a strong sized plant with a rounded, mounding habit, early to flower and long flowering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: Henricus Godefridus Wilhelmus Stemkens
  • plant named ‘LOBZ0008’
    Patent number: PP27494
    Abstract: A new Lobelia plant named ‘LOBZ0008’ particularly distinguished by medium large, light blue flowers with narrow white markings, strong stems with medium long inflorescences, dark green foliage, rounded leaves, free branching, and a compact, tight and upright plant habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: Eric Giesen
  • plant named ‘Lychjenpet’
    Patent number: PP27495
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Lychnis plant named ‘Lychjenpet’, characterized by its compact, upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; freely basal clumping growth habit, dense and bushy plants; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; bright pink-colored double flowers arranged on short dense spikes; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Inventor: Jennifer Anne Kretz
  • plant named ‘Allbell’
    Patent number: PP27496
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Monarda plant named ‘Allbell’, characterized by its upright plant habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; red purple-colored flowers; and good postproduction longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Allplants Holding B.V.
    Inventor: Wilhelmus T. J. van den Hoogen
  • plant named ‘Bubblegum Blast’
    Patent number: PP27497
    Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental bee balm plant named Monarda didyma ‘Bubblegum Blast’ has rapid-growing, intermediate height, compact, branching stems, medium to dark green foliage, numerous hot-pink flowers and resistance to powdery mildew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • plant named ‘Grape Gumball’
    Patent number: PP27498
    Abstract: The new and distinct plant of ornamental bee balm named Monarda didyma ‘Grape Gumball’ has rapid-growing, compact, branching stems, dark green foliage, numerous magenta flowers with dark purplish tinted stems. Foliage has good resistance to powdery mildew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • Coleus plant named ‘UF12-73-5’
    Patent number: PP27499
    Abstract: ‘UF12-73-5’ is a new coleus plant distinguished by having warm yellow-colored leaves with a fine maroon-colored margin, novel growth habit, and desirable late-flowering characteristics, as disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Clark, Grayson M. Clark
  • Coleus plant named ‘UF12-74-3’
    Patent number: PP27500
    Abstract: ‘UF12-74-3’ is a new coleus plant distinguished by having deep green-colored leaves with novel multi-colored patterning, and desirable growth habit and late-flowering characteristics, as disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Clark, Grayson M. Clark
  • plant named ‘Sunseneslisbu’
    Patent number: PP27501
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Senecio plant named ‘Sunseneslisbu’, characterized by its upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; and daisy-type inflorescences with pale blue-colored ray florets and violet blue-colored disc florets; ray florets with acute or deeply incised apices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Suntory Flowers Limited
    Inventor: Tomoya Misato
  • Hinge cap
    Patent number: RE46240
    Abstract: A product and a method employing a block having a downwardly angled front surface suitable for covering the top surface of a continuous geared door hinge after the door is installed in a frame. The block has one or more recessed counter bored holes in the front surface to accommodate security screws without compromising the angle of the front surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Select Products Ltd.
    Inventor: Timothy Alan Schau
  • Wellhead completion assembly capable of versatile arrangements
    Patent number: RE46241
    Abstract: A wellhead completion assembly has a head connected to surface casing. A rotatable flange or the like can be used to connect various components to a threaded end of the head. A casing hanger installs in the head, and the hanger's upper end extends beyond the head's top edge. This exposed end has an external threaded connection to connect to various wellhead components using a rotatable flange or the like. For example, a locking ring can threadably connect to the head's threaded end to support the hanger in the head. Then, a rotatable flange can threadably connect to the hanger's exposed end so that another component, such as a completion spool or gate valve, can nippled up directly to the hanger. When the hanger is fluted, a pack-off assembly can allow testing off inner and outer sealing integrity via a test port accessible through an opening in the locking ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Matthew Cain, Todd Travis, Michael L. Bilyeu, Gordon Ronnie Altman, Steve Willard, Carl Edwin Davidson, John Rogers, Robert Scott Menard
  • Device for actuating a gearwheel, which is designed as a loose wheel, of a transmission device
    Patent number: RE46242
    Abstract: A device (4) for actuating a component mounted to rotate on a shaft (3), preferably a gearwheel (3A to 3D) made as a loose wheel of a transmission device (1). The component can be shifted by an engaging device (4A, 4B) that includes at least one electric actuator (5, 17) to an engaged condition in which the component is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the shaft (3), and such that the component can be acted upon with the actuation force needed for its engagement or disengagement from inside the shaft (3) outwardly. The electric actuator (5, 17) is at least partially arranged inside the shaft (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Mark Mohr, Matthias Reisch, Ralf Dreibholz
  • In-band signaling for routing
    Patent number: RE46243
    Abstract: Telephone call routing in networks is provided by forwarding routing data other than origination identification and destination identification in-band with calls, and using the in-band data at call destinations to do further routing. In some embodiments negotiation is accomplished between routers at different points in the network based on the in-band routing data. Practice of the invention extends to intelligent telephony networks and as well to simulated telephone calls between computers in wide area data networks, such as the Internet and Intranets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: S. Michael Perlmutter
  • Digital broadcast system for transmitting/receiving digital broadcast data, and data processing method for use in the same
    Patent number: RE46244
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a digital broadcast system and a data processing method. A broadcast signal in which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed is transmitted and received. Then, in a broadcasting receiver, the program table information describing channel information and event information of the mobile service data according to an identifier of an ensemble in which the mobile service data are multiplexed, in the received broadcast signal. And the mobile service data is outputted by using the parsed program table information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jae Hyung Song, In Hwan Choi, Ho Taek Hong, Kook Yeon Kwak, Byoung Gill Kim, Jong Yeul Suh, Jin Pil Kim, Won Gyu Song, Chul Soo Lee, Jin Woo Kim, Hyoung Gon Lee, Joon Hui Lee
  • Seeding implement depth adjustment mechanism
    Patent number: 9521796
    Abstract: A seeding implement is provided that includes a depth adjustment mechanism configured to facilitate rapid reconfiguration of a ground engaging tool for varying penetration depths. In an exemplary embodiment, the seeding implement includes a ground engaging tool and a packer arm pivotally coupled to a packer support structure. The seeding implement also includes a packer wheel rotatably coupled to the packer arm, and configured to rotate across a soil surface to limit a penetration depth of the ground engaging tool into the soil. The seeding implement further includes a depth adjustment assembly including a slot within the packer support structure, a corresponding slot within the packer arm, and a fastener disposed through the slots. In this configuration, the penetration depth of the ground engaging tool is varied by adjusting a position of the fastener within the slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nicholas George Alfred Ryder, Kevin Hall
  • System and method for determining ground engaging tool position based on fluid pressure
    Patent number: 9521797
    Abstract: An agricultural implement is provided that includes a ground engaging tool configured to engage soil in a working position and to disengage the soil in a non-working position. The agricultural implement also includes an actuating cylinder coupled to the ground engaging tool and configured to transition the ground engaging tool between the working position and the non-working position based on a flow of fluid from a fluid supply system. In addition, the agricultural implement includes at least one sensor configured to output a signal indicative of a fluid pressure within the fluid supply system, and a controller configured to determine whether the ground engaging tool is in the working position or the non-working position based on the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nicholas George Alfred Ryder, Cory Adrian Yuen, Anthony Charles Rapley, Michael J. Bloom
  • Crumbler basket down pressure adjustment system
    Patent number: 9521798
    Abstract: An agricultural tillage implement includes a main frame including a hitch extending in a travel direction, at least one secondary frame, a plurality of rolling basket assemblies and a pressure control system. The secondary frame is coupled with the frame. The plurality of rolling basket assemblies include first and second rolling basket assemblies. Both first and second rolling basket assemblies are coupled to the at least one secondary frame. The first rolling basket assembly has an effective length, and the second rolling basket assembly has a different effective length. The pressure control system is configured to supply different selected pressures to the first and second rolling basket assembly to substantially equalize a down pressure per unit of effective length of the rolling basket assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Michael G. Kovach, Sven N. Setterdahl, Dean A. Knobloch, Timothy R. Blunier
  • Method for automatically folding a farm implement
    Patent number: 9521799
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automating some of the tasks that heretofore required operator action at headland turns or similar events are provided. The present invention automates operation of lift assist wheels and/or gull wings, such as those found on a stack-fold implement, based on the position of the tractor hitch to which the implement is coupled. An operator may control the position of the implement, such as at a headland turn, by raising and lowering the tractor hitch using a remote control. The invention enables the planter to compare the tractor hitch position relative to an implement position and control operation of the implement accordingly without additional user inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Tuttle, Tyler Remoue
  • Triple-fold tillage implement with transport ready frontal profile
    Patent number: 9521800
    Abstract: An agricultural tillage implement includes a center frame section having a pull hitch configured to be towed, and a plurality of wing sections positioned on opposite lateral sides of the center frame section. The plurality of wing sections include an inner wing section, a middle wing section and an outer wing section. Each outer wing section is configured to fold laterally inward and over a respective middle wing section. Each middle wing section is configured to fold laterally inward and over a respective inner wing section. Each inner wing section is configured to fold laterally inward and over the center frame section, whereby each of the plurality of wing sections when in a folded state are in a transport position with an overall frontal profile having dimensions of no greater than approximately 18 feet wide by 13 feet, 6 inches high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Matthew R. Sudbrink, Dean A. Knobloch
  • Agricultural machine with foldable extension arm
    Patent number: 9521801
    Abstract: An agricultural machine for working soil or for sowing seeds, including a trailed chassis and work elements distributed over a transverse beam including a central section including wheels and two side sections extending on either side of the central section during work, each end of the central section resting on the ground via a wheel. Each side section includes an extension arm and an intermediate arm, the extension arm is connected to the intermediate arm by a horizontal articulation with a substantially horizontal axis and is directed in a direction of advance at work and each intermediate arm is connected to the chassis via a vertical articulation and carries at least one work element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: KUHN S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Charles Audigie
  • Seed testing method and apparatus
    Patent number: 9521802
    Abstract: The seed test kit includes a compartment base, a lid and a holder for an oxygen scavenger. The base includes a liquid gas exchange control trough around its perimeter. It is sized to house a high moisture holding seed planting surface pack at the bottom so seeds can be placed on top of the surface to imbibe and initiate pre-germination mechanisms. The lid has an edge that fits into a trough that houses a gas barrier liquid in the base to form an airtight seal and has an attachable compartment for an oxygen scavenger so the kit may be placed together in an airtight configuration with the oxygen scavenger inside to provide an anaerobic atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Kamterter Products, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Lee Petersen, John Alvin Eastin, Timothy Raymond Meyer
  • Seed labels and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 9521803
    Abstract: A seed label including a label layer removably attached to a clear film layer by an adhesive layer, and at least one seed disposed between the label layer and clear film layer. The label layer may be made of a biodegradable material. The adhesive layer may be a dry release-clean release adhesive layer. The label layer may include water-based ink printing thereon. The adhesive layer may be a water-based adhesive. The seed label may be removably affixed to a package. The seed label may be disposable in a container for germinating the seeds. A method of manufacturing a seed label, includes providing a label layer, automatically placing at least one seed on one side of the label layer, and automatically attaching the label layer to a clear film layer by an adhesive layer, with the seed disposed between the label layer and clear film layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: RAYPRESS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas D. Ray, III, Robert J. Alden, James Carides, Tommy W. Gill, Steve Posey
  • Seed delivery system
    Patent number: 9521804
    Abstract: A seed delivery system is provided that includes a row crop seed planter having a seed meter that can pneumatically deliver seeds to the agricultural field at a rearward velocity that matches a forward velocity of the planter. The seed meter may include a positive pressure source that pressurizes the seed meter and creates an airflow out of a seed tube of the seed meter that carries the individual seeds out of the seed tube at a rearward velocity that is automatically adjusted to match a forward velocity of the seed planter and tractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Keith W. Wendte, Brian T. Adams
  • Harvester with predictive driving speed specification
    Patent number: 9521805
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for the speed control of a harvester, in which the density of a crop planting on the field is predictively determined and a speed specification signal for the harvester is planned, in the sense of a continued maintenance of a desired throughput of the harvester, wherein with the predictive planning of the speed specification signal, the accelerations of the harvester are limited to an extent that is comfortable for an operator of the harvester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Phillip Muench, Habib Ribess Bianda Seunou, Benedikt Jung