Patents Issued in November 13, 2018
  • Miniature rose plant named ‘QIR 1601’
    Patent number: PP29822
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Rose plant named ‘QIR 1601’, characterized by its upright and mounding plant habit; strong lateral branches; dark green-colored leaflets; large intense yellow-colored flowers; flowers held upright on strong and erect peduncles; and good postproduction longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Q-Genetics ApS
    Inventor: Michael Larsen
  • Peach tree named ‘Fire Zest One’
    Patent number: PP29823
    Abstract: Disclosed is a new variety of Prunus persica named ‘Fire Zest One’. This new fresh market variety, which requires approximately 500-550 chilling units of dormancy, is considered to be a peach tree of early season maturity, which ripens in early May in the medium chill zone of Texas and produces non-melting, yellow fleshed fruit that are very firm, attractively colored, and suitable for both local and long-distance shipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: David H. Byrne, Natalie Anderson
  • Sweet orange tree named ‘Florida EV2’
    Patent number: PP29824
    Abstract: The new and distinct sweet orange tree described herein originated as a ‘Valencia’ somaclone tree regenerated from protoplasts isolated from an embryogenic suspension culture of standard ‘Valencia’ (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck). ‘Florida EV2’ is a true ‘Valencia’ sweet orange with an altered maturity date that allows for harvest 8-12 weeks earlier than traditional ‘Valencia’ trees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc.
    Inventor: Jude W. Grosser
  • White spruce tree named ‘Westervelt’
    Patent number: PP29825
    Abstract: A new cultivar of white spruce tree named ‘Westervelt’ characterized by its needle foliage that is blue in color and soft in texture, needles and foliage that is narrow in diameter and size and upright and narrow plant habit with a strong central leader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: BLUEVILLE NURSERY, INC.
    Inventor: Keith Westervelt
  • plant named ‘NGCOP6’
    Patent number: PP29826
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Coprosma plant named ‘NGCOP6’ that is characterized by a compact habit, glossy leaves, young upper side leaves that are yellow-green in color with lighter yellow-green centers and red-orange margins and mature upper side leaves that are grey-purple in color with blotches of green.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Stephen Burton
  • plant named ‘NGCOP8’
    Patent number: PP29827
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Coprosma plant named ‘NGCOP8’ that is characterized by a compact habit, glossy leaves, young upper side leaves that are red in color with speckles of yellow-green, mature upper side leaves that are grey-green in color and resistance to leaf scorch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Stephen Burton
  • plant named ‘VEGA’
    Patent number: PP29828
    Abstract: A new and distinct Chamelaucium cultivar named ‘VEGA’ is disclosed, characterized by abundant bright pink flowers. Flower production begins in Spring. The new variety is a Chamelaucium, normally producing cut flower stems, or as a garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Nitzan Nir
  • Hop plant named ‘HBC 520’
    Patent number: PP29829
    Abstract: A new hop plant named ‘HBC 520’ is disclosed. ‘HBC 520’ is used for its exceptional and unique aromatic qualities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hop Breeding Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Eugene G. Probasco, Jason Perrault
  • plant named ‘Jefman’
    Patent number: PP29830
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Dasiphora fruticosa plant named ‘Jefman’ that is characterized by its dense and rounded plant habit reaching 60 cm in height and width when mature, its flowers that open orange-red in color and slowly fade to orange and then yellow with good color rentention when grwon in full sun, its flowers that are single with 5 petals per flower, and its flower petals that overlap to create a fully round flower with no petal gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: JEFFRIES NURSERIES LTD
    Inventor: Wilbert Ronald
  • plant named ‘SMNJRPU’
    Patent number: PP29831
    Abstract: A new and distinct Syringa cultivar named ‘SMNJRPU’ is disclosed, characterized by sweet scented, purple flowers. Plants are dwarf and compact with re-blooming characteristics. The new variety is a Syringa normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Wood
  • plant named ‘SMNHSDD’
    Patent number: PP29832
    Abstract: A new and distinct Hydrangea cultivar named ‘SMNHSDD’ is disclosed, characterized by a large lace-cap inflorescence, and double individual flowers. Flowers are blue in the presence of aluminum. Plants are re-blooming. The new variety is a Hydrangea, normally produced as an ornamental plant for containers or gardens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Wood
  • Lupine plant named ‘WCLRATH’
    Patent number: PP29833
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Lupine plant named ‘WCLRATH’, characterized by its upright plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit; numerous large light red purple and light yellow green bi-colored flowers arranged on dense terminal racemes; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Sarah Frances Conibear
  • plant named ‘WP15 PIE41’
    Patent number: PP29834
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘WP15 PIE41’ that is characterized by a compact mounding habit, large single white flowers with a lime-colored eye, blooming from May through October, with a medium, sweet fragrance, glaucous blue green foliage, suitable for use as a flowering plant in pots and containers as well as for use as a cut flower and in bouquets, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Plant Genetics International Ltd.
    Inventor: Carolyn Grace Bourne
  • Dendranthema plant named ‘Firedance Igloo’
    Patent number: PP29835
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Dendranthema plant named ‘Firedance Igloo’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and uniformly mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant form; uniform and freely flowering habit; daisy-type inflorescences; bright greyed purple-colored ray florets; natural season flowering occurs about September 17 to 22 in Pennsylvania; and good garden performance and winter hardiness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: ARIS HORTICULTURE, INC.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. Vandenberg
  • plant named ‘Duewicbeauburg’
    Patent number: PP29836
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Duewicbeauburg’, characterized by its compact, semi-upright and mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; and red purple, purple and light purple-colored flowers; flowers held above and beyond the foliar plane in mounded umbels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Arjan Koot
  • plant named ‘Dueverlinre’
    Patent number: PP29837
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Dueverlinre’, characterized by its compact, semi-upright and mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; and red-colored flowers; flowers held above and beyond the foliar plane in mounded umbels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: DÜMMEN GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: Arjan Koot
  • plant named ‘Dueverlinlav’
    Patent number: PP29838
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Dueverlinlav’, characterized by its compact, semi-upright and mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; and light purple violet-colored flowers; flowers held above and beyond the foliar plane in mounded umbels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Arjan Koot
  • plant named ‘Duepetsurpurdan’
    Patent number: PP29839
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Duepetsurpurdan’, characterized by its mounding to trailing plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; white and red purple bi-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Arjan Koot
  • plant named ‘Dueostmaorflar’
    Patent number: PP29840
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Dueostmaorflar’, characterized by its uniform and mounding plant habit; medium in size; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely and uniformly branching habit; freely and early flowering habit; large single-type inflorescences with greyed orange and yellow orange bi-colored ray florets; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Eveline Barends
  • plant named ‘Arctic Lace’
    Patent number: PP29841
    Abstract: A new and distinct Echeveria cultivar named ‘Arctic lace’ is disclosed, characterized by rosettes of frosted baby blue leaves with an unusual leaf shape that is uplifted towards the center of the plant. Foliage is anfractuously crenulate with a hyaline margin. The new cultivar is robust growing enabling faster production times for finished commercial pots. The new variety is an Echeveria, part of the Crassulaceae complex that includes Aeonium, Crassula, Graptopetalum, Pachyphytum, Sedum and others. Echeveria is a popular genus, typically produced as container plants for the patio or as landscape plants, as a variety of ornamental purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Altman Specialty Plants, Inc.
    Inventor: Renee O'Connell
  • plant named ‘G14160’
    Patent number: PP29842
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hypoestes plant named ‘G14160’, characterized by its upright and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; large dark green and red purple bi-colored leaves; and relative tolerance to high light conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: GardenGenetics LLC
    Inventors: Michael S. Uchneat, Irene E. Palmer
  • plant named ‘G15104’
    Patent number: PP29843
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Argyranthemum plant named ‘G15104’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy appearance; freely flowering habit; large single-type inflorescences with creamy yellow-colored ray florets and yellow orange-colored disc florets; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Garden Genetics LLC
    Inventors: Irene E. Palmer, Michael S. Uchneat
  • TX-10-G-L-11-9-12-5
    Patent number: PP29844
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Oenothera drummondii identified as TX-12-5 characterized by 1) a propensity for free flowering (numerous flowers over an extended time and range of photoperiods), 2) a low spreading growth habit (typically less than 30 cm tall) with a dense canopy of foliage, 3) a grey-green shade of foliage compared to the green of most of the species, and 4) consistently bright yellow flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Michael A. Arnold, Sean Carver
  • plant named ‘IB304-2 PURPLE’
    Patent number: PP29845
    Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia cultivar named ‘IB304-2 PURPLE’ is disclosed, characterized by a dense, bushy plant habit, strong peduncles, medium purple-violet colored flowers. Flowers have a calyx flushed with dark anothocyanin. The new variety is a Salvia, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Steve Eggleton
  • Embolic compositions
    Patent number: RE47121
    Abstract: Embolic compositions comprising macromers having a backbone comprising a polymeric backbone comprising units with a 1,2-diol or 1,3-diol structure, such as polyvinyl alcohol, and pendant chains bearing crosslinkable groups and, optionally, other modifiers. When crosslinked, the macromers form hydrogels having many properties advantageous for use as embolic agents to block and fill lumens and spaces. The embolic compositions can be used as liquid embolic agents and crosslinked in situ or as preformed embolic articles, such as microspheres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: BioCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis W. Goupil, Hassan Chaouk, Troy Holland, Bruktawit T. Asfaw, Stephen D. Goodrich, Lucas Latini
  • 2-pyridyl substituted imidazoles as therapeutic ALK5 and/or ALK4 inhibitors
    Patent number: RE47122
    Abstract: This invention relates to 2-pyridyl substituted imidazoles which are inhibitors of the transforming growth factor-? (TGF-?) type I receptor (ALK5) and/or the activin type I receptor (ALK4), methods for their preparation, and their use in medicine, specifically in the treatment and prevention of a disease state mediated by these receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: EWHA UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Dae-Kee Kim, Yhun Yhong Sheen, Chenghua Jin, Chul-Yong Park, Sreenu Domalapally, Sudhakar Rao Kota, Krishnaiah Maddeboina, Subrahmanyam Vura Bala
  • EPHA2 receptor antagonist antibodies
    Patent number: RE47123
    Abstract: Antagonistic antibodies that specifically bind to and inhibit Class A Eph receptors are provided. Also provided are cytotoxic conjugates, pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising these antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: SANOFI
    Inventors: Veronique Blanc, Claudia Fromond, Fabienne Parker, Jiawen Han, Daniel Tavares, Chonghui Zhang, Min Li, Xiao-Mai Zhou, Michel Streuli
  • Automated fluid handling system
    Patent number: RE47124
    Abstract: Automated fluid handling system comprising a housing (20) and two or more fluid handling units (26) arranged as interchangeable modular components with an external fluidics section (30) and an internal non fluidics section (32), and wherein the housing (20) comprises a liquid handling panel (22) with two or more of component positions for receiving said interchangeable modular components (26) such that the external fluidics section (30) is separated from the non fluidics section (32) by the liquid handling panel (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: GE Healthcare Bio-Science AB
    Inventors: Johan Blomberg, Mats Lundkvist
  • Power and data component mounted on a movable carriage and a movable cover with a damper
    Patent number: RE47125
    Abstract: An expandable power and data center (300) is adapted to be mounted within a slot (304) of a work surface (302). The power and data center (300) includes a stationary housing (306) and a carriage (328). The carriage (328) includes socket areas where power receptacles (338) and data ports (340) can be inserted. A top surface (330) of the carriage (328) and a top surface (350) of a frontal cover (348) form a pressure area (360). With the carriage in a closed position (328), a user can exert a downward pressure on the pressure area (360), causing the carriage (328) to move to an open position. A damper (368) restricts the speed at which the carriage (328) moves between the closed position and an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Norman R. Byrne
  • Systems and methods for PUCCH feedback in 3GPP wireless networks
    Patent number: RE47126
    Abstract: A mobile station for use in a wireless network. The mobile station transmits feedback values in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) to a base station of the wireless network. The mobile station is operable to transmit to the base station a subband second precoder matrix index (PMI) associated with a particular subband and a subband channel quality indicator (CQI) value associated with the particular subband together in a subframe of the PUCCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lingjia Liu, Jianzhong Zhang, Young-Han Nam
  • Frame generating apparatus and frame generating method
    Patent number: RE47127
    Abstract: A frame generating apparatus accommodating a client signal in an optical data transfer unit frame with a higher bit rate than the client signal includes a deserializer, a plurality of generic mapping procedure circuits, and a serializer. The deserializer deserializes the client signal into parallel signals, the number of parallel signals corresponding to the number of tributary slots used in the optical data transfer unit frame. The plurality of generic mapping procedure circuits inserts data and stuff into a frame accommodating portion of the optical data transfer unit frame based on a difference in the bit rate between the client signal and the optical data transfer unit frame. The serializer serializes the parallel signals output from the plurality of generic mapping procedure circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toru Katagiri, Masahiro Shioda
  • Gimbal for connecting implements to a tow vehicle
    Patent number: 10123471
    Abstract: A gimbal is provided for attaching an implement to a three-point hitch. The gimbal has an implement plate comprising a first side and a second side wherein attached to the first side is an upper implement bracket for coupling to an upper implement arm and a lower bracket for coupling to a lower implement arm wherein the second side comprises a retaining cavity. A tow plate is received in the retaining cavity and is rotational relative to the implement plate. The tow plate comprises lower brackets arranged to connect to lift arms of the three point hitch and an upper bracket arranged to connect to a stabilizer arm of the three point hitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: G2 Turftools, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Merkt
  • Position aided inertial navigation system for a farming implement not requiring an additional GNSS receiver
    Patent number: 10123472
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for informing an on-tractor navigation system of position of a towed implement. In one aspect, a non-GNSS sensor mounted on the implement provides heading information to the navigation system. Knowledge of the geometry of the implement along with navigation coordinate frame position information from the navigation system, allows a relatively economical and flexible way to derive implement position information without the expense of a GNSS receiver on the implement Adding inertial sensors on the implement can allow position determination of any point on the implement relative to the ground. This can be advantageously used for swath and rate control for implements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Ag Leader Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Schneider
  • Robotic platform and method for performing multiple functions in agricultural systems
    Patent number: 10123473
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle platform system and method configured to perform various in-season management tasks, including selectively applying fertilizer, mapping growth zones and seeding cover crop within an agricultural field, while self-navigating between rows of planted crops and beneath the canopy of the planted crops on the uneven terrain of an agricultural field, allowing for an ideal in-season application of fertilizer to occur once the planted crop is well established and growing rapidly, in an effort to limit the loss of fertilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: RowBot Systems LLC
    Inventors: Kent Cavender-Bares, Charles C. Bares
  • System and method for controlling machinery for randomizing and replicating predetermined agronomic input levels
    Patent number: 10123474
    Abstract: A controller is operatively connected to a dispensing system and configured to change the dispensement of an agricultural input from the dispensing system in different predetermined locations within at least one predefined test plot in a management zone of an agricultural field. The predetermined locations have been randomized and replicated for quantifying the agronomic response in a statistically valid manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Premier Crop Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Dan Freiberg, Mark William Stelford
  • System and method for automatically monitoring soil surface roughness
    Patent number: 10123475
    Abstract: A method for automatically monitoring soil surface roughness as a ground-engaging operation is being performed within a field may include receiving pre-operation surface roughness data associated with a given portion of the field and receiving post-operation surface roughness data associated with the given portion of the field. In addition, the method may include analyzing the pre-operation and post-operation surface roughness data to determine a surface roughness differential associated with the performance of the ground-engaging operation and actively adjusting the operation of at least one of an associated work vehicle and/or implement when the surface roughness differential differs from a target set for the surface roughness differential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: CNH Industrial America LLC, Autonomous Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Posselius, Luca Ferrari, Taylor C. Bybee, Bret T. Turpin
  • Seeding system
    Patent number: 10123476
    Abstract: A product distribution system includes a product on demand pick-up assembly including a hopper. The hopper is configured such that an air stream flowing into the pick-up assembly entrains product therein and conveys product downstream through a plurality of conduits. The product distribution system further includes a container for storing product prior to delivery of product to the pick-up assembly and a meter and conveyor assembly configured to move product from the container to the pick-up assembly hopper such that an amount of product greater than a predetermined quantity is maintained in the pick-up assembly hopper during operation of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Stanley R. Borkgren, William D. Graham, Terry L. Snipes, Elijah B. Garner, Robert T. Casper, Scott C. McCartney, Michael E. Frasier
  • String trimmer line holder device and system
    Patent number: 10123477
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a string trimmer line holder device that includes a main body extending between a first end and a second end, the main body including a first opening proximate the first end and a second opening proximate the second end. A length of pre-cut string trimmer line is configured to be inserted into each of the first and second openings such that a first end of the pre-cut string trimmer line is inserted into the first opening and a second end of the pre-cut string trimmer line is inserted into the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: John E. Biers, Sr.
  • Walk power mower with biased handle
    Patent number: 10123478
    Abstract: A walk power mower having a cutting deck supported upon the ground by front and rear wheels. The mower includes a biased handle that permits the handle to be pivotally displaced downwardly, against an upward bias force, during operation. The bias force may be provided by a resilient member that compresses as the handle is displaced downwardly. The compression of the resilient member allows downward movement of the handle without initially producing corresponding upward movement of the front wheels of the mower during rearward pulling of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: THE TORO COMPANY
    Inventors: Chadwick A. Shaffer, Todd A. Porter
  • Quick change lawn mower blades
    Patent number: 10123479
    Abstract: A mower blade assembly attaches to a rotatable spindle and includes a mounting plate which defines a first pin aperture. The mounting plate and a retaining plate are attached to the rotatable spindle. The retaining plate defines a second pin aperture. A movable pin plate comprises a pin. A blade is selectively attachable to the mounting plate. The blade defines a retaining plate aperture and a third pin aperture. A biasing member urges the movable pin plate from a disengaged position to an engaged position. The pin is engageable with the pin apertures for mounting and retaining the cutting blade to the mounting plate. The blade is attached by moving the blade over the retaining plate aperture, urging the movable pin plate to the disengaged position, rotating the blade, and releasing the movable pin plate. Another embodiment includes a force finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: MTD PRODUCTS INC
    Inventors: Timothy Ladd, Jr., Gary Hobrath, Axel Schaedler, Brian Milliff
  • System and method for converting cutting and gathering system of a corn head
    Patent number: 10123480
    Abstract: A system for modifying a row unit of a harvesting head, the system including at least one cutting disk adapted for being rotatably mounted to the frame of the row unit between a gathering chain drive sprocket and idler sprocket. The cutting disk includes a sprocket attached thereto for being engaged and driven by the gathering chain in order to rotate the cutting disk. Two counter-rotating cutting disks may be provided, each being driven by a separate gathering chain. A method for modifying a row unit includes loosening the gathering chains, removing existing stalk rolls and housings, installing a cover plate over a gearbox to which the housings were mounted, removing existing trash knives, drilling holes in the row unit frame for mounting the cutting disks, installing the cutting disks, and tightening the gathering chains such that the gathering chains engage sprockets attached to the cutting disks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Kopper Kutter, LLC
    Inventors: Alan VanNahmen, Randy Burns, Kyle Kopper
  • Swather with a single or double raking frame, device for arms with wheel rakes and corresponding wheel rakes
    Patent number: 10123481
    Abstract: A swather having a horizontal bar with a device for connection to a towing vehicle and a generally horizontal bar, transverse to the first one, each end of which is associated with a generally vertical member bearing a wheel. The assembly of the transverse bar and the vertical members being associated with generally horizontal long arms directed toward a first end of the first horizontal bar and pivotally connected to the transverse bar or the vertical members, so that the arms, when extended to a working position, provide a V-shaped or Y-shaped configuration. Each arm is equipped with a pivoting wheel with tire at its end remote from the transverse bar, or distal end, and with wheel rakes. At least the pivoting wheels with tires are equipped with shock absorbing means capable of attenuating impulsive loads due to impact of the wheels against ground irregularities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Enoagricola Rossi S.R.L.
    Inventor: Adelmo Giovannini
  • Corn header having an air flow generating cutting blade for an agricultural harvester
    Patent number: 10123482
    Abstract: A header for a combine harvester. The header includes a row unit that includes a pair of stalk rolls, a knife mount and a cutting blade. The knife mount is mounted to the row unit. The cutting blade is mounted to the knife mount and includes a leading cutting edge, and a tail end having a baffle configured to generate a flow of air, wherein the leading cutting edge is forward the tail end upon rotation of the knife mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Ricketts, James Gessel
  • Threshing drum
    Patent number: 10123483
    Abstract: An agricultural combine has a threshing drum and a matching concave, the threshing drum comprising multiple threshing slats having an outer surface segment which, when the drum is rotated with respect to the concave with crop material in the drum, beats and squeezes the crop material thereby releasing grain from residue in the crop material, wherein at least the outer surface segment is formed from a material having a Shore A hardness higher than 90 and lower than 95.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Marcel Verhoeven
  • Adjustable vanes for use in a cylindrical rotor cage of an agricultural harvester
    Patent number: 10123484
    Abstract: An adjustable vane system for use with a rotor cage of a threshing system of an agricultural harvester. The vane system includes a vane having a generally helically curved inner profile; a surface being an outer profile that is opposite the inner profile and is generally helically curved over a portion of the vane; a first flat portion proximate an end of the vane on the outer profile; and a second flat portion proximate to another end of the vane on the outer profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Kemmerer, Wayne T. Flickinger
  • Tapered vane for agricultural harvester transition cone
    Patent number: 10123485
    Abstract: A transition cone for a threshing system of an agricultural harvesting machine has an inner surface with a tapering inner circumference between a wider upstream end and a narrower downstream end, and a plurality of vanes in the transition cone. Each vane extends between the upstream end and the downstream end and at least partly around the tapering inner circumference. Each vane includes an upstanding segment extending away from the inner surface, and a base segment extending from the upstanding segment along the inner surface on the downstream side of the upstanding segment. The base segment has a thicker proximal region adjacent the upstanding segment and a thinner distal edge opposite thereto, with a curved exposed surface extending there between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Ricketts, Wayne T. Flickinger
  • Frame for agricultural harvester cleaner
    Patent number: 10123486
    Abstract: An agricultural harvester includes a grain processing section having a sieve assembly. The sieve assembly includes right and left frames interconnected by a cross member. The cross member has end castings securable to the right and left frame members. An elongated U-shaped sheet metal member extends between the castings. An elongated slot at each of the U-shaped sheet metal member terminates in a circular hole. The slot and circular hole accommodate variations in forming tolerances for the U-shaped sheet member and dissipate stresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Clay A. Reinecke, Craig E. Murray, Orlin W. Johnson, Kai Zhao
  • Clean grain elevator paddles for a combine harvester
    Patent number: 10123487
    Abstract: A grain paddle for a clean grain elevator of a combine harvester. The paddle includes a substantially rigid body with a planar portion having ends disposed distal and proximal to an elevator chain of the combine harvester. Some paddle embodiments include an angled end adjacent the proximal end of the planar portion. Some paddle embodiments include an angled end adjacent to the distal end of the planar portion. Some paddle embodiments include sloped lateral edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Precision Planting LLC
    Inventors: Michael Strnad, Justin Koch
  • Variable rate discharge system for crop accumulator
    Patent number: 10123488
    Abstract: A system for controlling the speed of harvested crop as it is discharged from a crop accumulator onto a field comprising a discharge mechanism for imparting a desired rearward travel speed to the harvested crop as it is being discharged from the crop accumulator and a speed measurement device for measuring forward travel speed of the crop accumulator. A processor is in communication with the discharge mechanism and the speed measurement device and is operable to adjust the discharge mechanism for imparting the desired rearward travel speed or the forward travel speed of the crop accumulator, to discharge harvested crop with a rearward travel speed that is substantially equal to the forward travel speed such that the harvested crop has a substantially net zero speed as it contacts the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Timothy J. Kraus, Henry D. Anstey
  • Plant growth system and method for controlling plant growth
    Patent number: 10123489
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a plant growth system and a method for controlling plant growth. The plant growth system includes a cabinet within which partitions are provided so as to divide an interior of the cabinet into a plurality of plant growth compartments, wherein at least one side wall of the cabinet is provided with a touchable; transparent display panel capable of being switched to black screen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin He, Fei Liu, Xiaohua Feng