Patents Issued in July 23, 2019
  • Peach tree named ‘CRISPLOVA’
    Patent number: PP30732
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of yellow peach tree denominated ‘CRISPLOVA’ that has fruits with high eating quality and very long shelf life without alteration before and after harvesting, with a semi-sweet orange yellow flesh, with a red pigmentation into and around the stone cavity, the pigmentation having a star shape, and an attractive luminous and homogenous skin with a very high percentage of purple red blush on skin surface, on an orange red background.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: AGRO SELECTIONS FRUITS
    Inventors: Arsene Maillard, Laurence Maillard
  • Raspberry plant variety named ‘DrisRaspEleven’
    Patent number: PP30733
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of raspberry plant named ‘DrisRaspEleven’, particularly characterized by its large fruit, red fruit color, and its ability to withstand mechanical harvesting, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Driscoll's, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian K. Hamilton, Thomas M. Sjulin
  • Grapevine named ‘SV33-122-37’
    Patent number: PP30734
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of grapevine plant named ‘SV33-122-37’ particularly characterized by its ellipsoidal to ovate shaped, seedless, red skinned berries which are medium-large, sweet, with a fruity Vitis labrusca flavor and which have tender texture. Productivity is high, with spur pruning only needed for a full crop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Sunview Vineyards of California, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy F. Bourne
  • Grapevine named ‘SV30-13-10’
    Patent number: PP30735
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of grapevine plant named ‘SV30-13-10’ particularly characterized by its ellipsoidal to ovate shaped, seedless, red skinned berries which are medium-large, sweet, with a fruity Vitis labrusca flavor and which have tender texture. Productivity is high, with spur pruning only needed for a full crop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Sunview Vineyards of California, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy F. Bourne
  • Strawberry plant named ‘SWTCOL’
    Patent number: PP30736
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘SWTCOL’ particularly characterized by having very large fruit with a conical shape and mid-season harvest maturity, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: HARGREAVES PLANTS LTD
    Inventor: Danilo Bernardini
  • tree named ‘KROMM’
    Patent number: PP30737
    Abstract: A new and distinct Tilia americana tree named ‘KROMM’ is disclosed, characterized by a unique narrow pyramidal shape and a dense, compact morphology. Foliage is a lustrous dark green, with this attractive quality maintained late into the season. During early Fall foliage of the new variety is still attractive when many Tilia americana trees have a dull, withering appearance. The new variety is an ornamental tree, useful for landscape purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Inventor: Darrell Kromm
  • plant named ‘Cherry Choco Latte’
    Patent number: PP30738
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of winter-hardy, herbaceous, perennial, hybrid Hibiscus plant named Cherry Choco Latte’ comprising a compact slightly spreading habit of multiple, well-branched, basal stems having flowers over a long season with near white petals having sharply contrasting magenta veins and large deep red eye. The heavy substance petals have a fold on the leading edge and are slightly ruffled at the apex giving the flower the ability to withstand harsh winds and rains. The three to five-lobed, deeply-dissected foliage is mahogany colored when young or when exposed to high light intensity and becomes dark green with purple mahogany blushing when mature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • plant named ‘Curtain Call Pink’
    Patent number: PP30739
    Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental Japanese Anemone plant named Anemone ‘Curtain Call Pink’ with compact spreading habit, vertical peduncle of numerous semi-double flowers with bright rose pink petals, beginning late summer and continuing into early fall, set just above the dark green, tri-foliate leaves with irregularly serrated to bi-serrated. The new plant is useful for landscaping as a specimen, en masse, or in containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • plant named ‘Chantilly Lace’
    Patent number: PP30740
    Abstract: The new hybrid Aruncus plant named ‘Chantilly Lace’ with bipinnately and tripinnately compound, doubly serrated to finely lobed, medium green foliage holding well into the season. Creamy-colored flowers on airy scapes above foliage forming dense canopy. Plant habit is finely textured and very compact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • plant named ‘Suncatfe 291’
    Patent number: PP30741
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Catharanthus plant named ‘Suncatfe 291’, characterized by its compact, semi-upright and uniformly mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; relatively small star-shaped light red purple-colored flowers with dark red purple-colored centers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Suntory Flowers Limited
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamada
  • New Guinea plant named ‘Doimtamawisa’
    Patent number: PP30742
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Doimtamawisa’ characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely and early flowering habit; relatively large light red and orange red bi-colored flowers with red purple-colored centers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventors: Arjan Koot, Ruth Kobayashi
  • New Guinea plant named ‘Doimtamanefla’
    Patent number: PP30743
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Doimtamanefla’ characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely and early flowering habit; relatively large red purple and light red bi-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventors: Arjan Koot, Ruth Kobayashi
  • New Guinea plant named ‘Doimmalaven’
    Patent number: PP30744
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Doimmalaven’ characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely and early flowering habit; relatively large purple to red purple-colored flowers with white-colored centers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventors: Arjan Koot, Ruth Kobayashi
  • New Guinea plant named ‘Duewildrwh’
    Patent number: PP30745
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Duewildrwh’ characterized by its moderately compact, upright, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely and early flowering habit; semi-double to double-type white-colored flowers with a ruffled appearance; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Ruth Kobayashi
  • New Guinea plant named ‘Duewildrltpi’
    Patent number: PP30746
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Duewildrltpi’ characterized by its moderately compact, upright, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely and early flowering habit; semi to double-type blush white-colored flowers with a ruffled appearance; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Ruth Kobayashi
  • plant named ‘Dokallasc’
    Patent number: PP30747
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘Dokallasc’, characterized by its compact, upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching plant habit; glossy dark green-colored leaves; uniform, early and freely flowering habit; large bright orange-colored flowers; and excellent postproduction longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Ike J. Vlielander
  • plant named ‘Etched Glass’
    Patent number: PP30748
    Abstract: A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Etched Glass’ with compact rounded-mound habit of heavy-substance, cordate foliage having wavy margins, acute apex and cordate base with variegated dark green margins, light yellowish centers and intermediate melded colors between the margin and center. The plant has near white, lightly fragrant flowers densely arranged on chartreuse-colored scapes just above the foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • plant named ‘AMICRA1701’
    Patent number: PP30749
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Crassula plant named ‘AMICRA1701’ which is characterized by the combination of a broad spreading to upright and freely-branching growth habit, an abundance of strong and thick foliage, glaucous greyed-green foliage which is margined and sparsely dotted red, and the stability of all characteristics from generation to generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: NovoAmi B.V.
    Inventor: Gerard van Langen
  • plant named ‘Balsomtresgo’
    Patent number: PP30750
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Echinacea plant named ‘Balsomtresgo’, characterized by its single-type, rose-colored inflorescences that first open a peach-coral color and fade to a burgundy color with age, medium green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, compact-upright growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventor: Jianping Ren
  • Portable, bedside-mountable, side bed apparatus
    Patent number: RE47524
    Abstract: A portable pet bed apparatus is provided that can be selectively side mountable to a bed assembly. The pet bed apparatus includes a carrier device that defines a bedding space thereof sized and dimensioned to accommodate a domestic pet therein. The pet bed apparatus further includes a mounting assembly having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion that lies closely adjacent to the bed assembly, and a connector assembly on the side of the carrier device for detachably connecting the carrier device to the vertical portion of the mounting assembly. The carrier device can be removed from the mounting assembly, which enables independent functionality as a pet carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Inventor: Barbara M. Pietra
  • Foldable playard
    Patent number: RE47525
    Abstract: The folding playard consists of a frame and a fabric enclosure mounted on the frame. The frame is composed of an array of scissoring tube pairs making up the sides of the structure. The fabric enclosure has the same number of sides as the frame and an integral bottom floor. To lock the playard in the “in use” position, a plastic hook clip, which is connected to the bottom floor fabric and the top of the structure is engaged. This strap ensures the tubes are locked in the “in use” position and the structure cannot collapse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SUMMER INFANT (USA), INC.
    Inventors: Mark James Sousa, William A. Henderson, Spencer P. Brown, Anthony A. Paolo
  • Aerosolization apparatus with air inlet shield
    Patent number: RE47526
    Abstract: An aerosolization apparatus comprises a housing defining a chamber having a plurality of air inlets. The chamber contains an aerosolizable pharmaceutical formulation or is sized to receive a receptacle which contains an aerosolizable pharmaceutical formulation. A shield covers at least one of the air inlets or a portion of at least one of the air inlets. The shield prevents blockage of the air inlet by a user grasping the apparatus and inadvertently covering the air inlet. An end section is associated with the housing. The end section is sized and shaped to be received in a user's mouth or nose so that the user may inhale through the end section to inhale aerosolized pharmaceutical formulation that has exited the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: BGP Products
    Inventors: Michael John Dunkley, Jon David Tuckwell, Edward William Vernon-Harcourt, Sameer Shirgaonkar
  • System and method for calculating distance to empty of green vehicle
    Patent number: RE47527
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for computing distance to empty (DTE) based on available energy computed using a battery SOC vs open circuit voltage (OCV) table, battery temperature vs energy efficiency, an energy efficiency vs energy table, etc., to enable a more accurate calculation of the DTE in consideration of the temperature of the battery, which is one of disturbance elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Jin Heo, Eui Sun Hong, Young Chan Byun, Seon Young Park, Byung Soon Min
  • Protease for wound conditioning and skin care
    Patent number: RE47528
    Abstract: We have identified by molecular cloning a protease which originates from the larvae of Lucilia sericata and which was termed debrilase due to its activities useful for debridement of wounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: B.R.A.I.N. BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND INFORMATION NETWORK AG
    Inventors: Frank Niehaus, Jürgen Eck, Renate Schulze, Michael Krohn
  • Fe-base in-situ composite alloys comprising amorphous phase
    Patent number: RE47529
    Abstract: An Fe-base in-situ composite alloy, castable into 3-dimensional bulk objects is provided, where the alloy includes a matrix having one or both of a nano-crystalline phase and an amorphous phase, and a face-centered cubic crystalline phase. The alloy has an Fe content of more than 60 atomic percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: William L. Johnson, Choongnyun Paul Kim
  • Light-emitting diode apparatus
    Patent number: RE47530
    Abstract: An LED apparatus includes a base having thermal conductivity, an insulative substrate provided on one surface of the base and including electrodes provided on a surface of the substrate, at least one base-mounting area that is an exposed part of the base, exposed within a pass-through hole provided in the substrate, a plurality of LED elements mounted on the base in the base-mounting area and some of the LED elements in a unit electrically connected to the electrodes in series, a plurality of the units are electrically connected in parallel, and a frame disposed to surround the base-mounting area and configured to form a light-emitting area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignees: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norikazu Kadotani, Koichi Fukasawa, Sadato Imai
  • Firearm retaining apparatus
    Patent number: RE47531
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a firearm retaining apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Inventor: Mark D. Steinbock
  • Image pickup lens for solid-state image pickup element
    Patent number: RE47532
    Abstract: Disclosed is a low-cost, compact image pickup lens for a solid-state image pickup element. The image pickup lens includes, in the order from an object side, a first lens L1, which has a convex surface facing the object side on an optical axis and has a positive refractive power; a second lens L2, which has a concave surface facing an image side on the optical axis and has a negative refractive power; a third lens L3, which has a convex surface facing the object side on the optical axis and has a meniscus shape; a fourth lens L4, which has a convex surface facing the image side on the optical axis, has a positive refractive power, and has a meniscus shape; and a fifth lens L5, which has a concave surface facing the image side on the optical axis, has a negative refractive power, and has a meniscus shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshio Ise, Masaya Hashimoto
  • Method and system of securing accounts
    Patent number: RE47533
    Abstract: A method and system of securing account is provided. When a client computer requests access to an account accessible via a server, the server determines a MAC address associated with the client computer and compares it to a MAC address associated with the account. If the MAC address of the client computer is not the same as the MAC address associated with the account, the server initially denies access to the client computer, but may allow access after verification of the client computer by the user associated with the account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: AAA Internet Publishing Inc.
    Inventor: Rob Bartlett
  • System, method and a computer readable medium for providing an output image
    Patent number: RE47534
    Abstract: A method for providing an output image, the method includes: determining an importance value for each input pixels out of multiple input pixels of an input image; applying on each of the multiple input pixels a conversion process that is responsive to the importance value of the input pixel to provide multiple output pixels that form the output image; wherein the input image differs from the output image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: RAMOT AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD.
    Inventors: Lior Wolf, Moshe Guttman, Daniel Cohen-or
  • Method and apparatus for accommodating device and/or signal mismatch in a sensor array
    Patent number: RE47535
    Abstract: Noise discrimination in signals from a plurality of sensors is conducted by enhancing the phase difference in the signals such that off-axis pick-up is suppressed while on-axis pick-up is enhanced. Alternatively, attenuation/expansion are applied to the signals in a phase difference dependent manner, consistent with suppression of off-axis pick-up and on-axis enhancement. Nulls between sensitivity lobes are widened, effectively narrowing the sensitivity lobes and improving directionality and noise discrimination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Jon C. Taenzer, Bruce G. Spicer
  • Alias cancelling during audio coding mode transitions
    Patent number: RE47536
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, an audio signal including a first data of a first block encoded with rectangular coding scheme and a second data of a second block encoded with non-rectangular coding scheme; receiving a compensation signal corresponding to the second block; estimating a prediction of an aliasing part using the first data; and, obtaining a reconstructed signal for the second block based on the second data, the compensation signal and the prediction of aliasing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Hyen-O Oh, Chang Heon Lee, Hong Goo Kang, Jeungook Song
  • Image decoding method and apparatus based on a signal type of the control parameter of the current block
    Patent number: RE47537
    Abstract: The image decoding method includes: determining a context for use in a current block to be processed, from among a plurality of contexts; and performing arithmetic decoding on a bit sequence corresponding to the current block, using the determined context, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of neighboring blocks of the current block are used, when the signal type is a first type, the neighboring blocks being a left block and an upper block of the current block; and the context is determined under a condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used, when the signal type is a second type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Hisao Sasai, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Toshiyasu Sugio, Kyoko Tanikawa, Toru Matsunobu
  • Front attachment lift mechanism
    Patent number: 10356971
    Abstract: A front attachment lift mechanism includes a front hitch weldment connectable to a lawn tractor frame and having a pair of side plates for supporting a front attachment. A hitch arm extends upwardly and rearwardly on each side of the frame. A rear weldment includes a pair of rear brackets connected by support bars to each other. Each rear bracket has an upper portion connectable to one of a pair of lift arms on a lawn tractor, and a forward end extending forwardly and downwardly from the upper portion. A wireform assembly is connected between each of the hitch arms and the forward end of one of the rear brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Alexandra K. DeVries, Kyle T. Ressler, Melissa Tolson
  • System and method for reducing variations in the penetration depths of ground-engaging tools of an agricultural implement based on monitored tire pressures
    Patent number: 10356972
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system for reducing variations in the penetration depths between ground-engaging tools of an agricultural implement may include an implement having tires spaced apart from each other. The system may also include pressure sensors provided in operative association with the tires, each pressure sensor being configured for detecting an air pressure within the associated tire. Additionally, the system may include a controller communicatively coupled to the pressure sensors. The controller may be configured to monitor an air pressure differential between a pair of tires based on measurement signals received from the pressure sensors. The air pressure differential may be indicative of variability in the penetration depths of the ground-engaging tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Jason E. Andrews
  • Soil tilling apparatus having a combing or leveling device
    Patent number: 10356973
    Abstract: A soil tiling apparatus (1) having a combing or leveling device (4) mounted in front thereof, wherein, when the tool intensity of the combing or leveling device (4) is adjusted, at the same time in the driving direction a change in the distance between the tool supports to each other or to the trailing soil tilling tools (3) is brought about in a simple manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Lemken GMBH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Georg Paulessen
  • Sowing unit and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10356974
    Abstract: A sowing unit including water-absorbing material, an enclosure and a seed, wherein the water-absorbing material includes a hygroscopic negatively-charged material capable of binding a positively charged nutrient ion selected from NH4+, L-arginine, L-lysine and L-histidine; and optionally a nutrient including a positively charged nutrient ion selected from K+, NH4+, L-arginine, L-lysine and L-histidine. Methods and uses of the sowing unit are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SWETREE TECHNOLOGIES AB
    Inventors: Jonas Ohlund, Asa Forsum, Henrik Svennerstam
  • Apparatus and method for minimizing the volume of a liquid carrier used for delivering agricultural products into a furrow during planting
    Patent number: 10356975
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for minimizing the volume of a liquid carrier used for delivering an agricultural product into a furrow during planting. The apparatus includes a seed tube assembly for dispensing seed. A seed firmer assembly is operatively connected to the seed tube assembly. A seed firmer application tube assembly is mounted to the seed firmer assembly. The seed firmer application tube assembly has an outlet end for dispensing a carrier containing an agricultural product. A seed firmer brush is mounted to the outlet end of the seed firmer application tube assembly. The seed firmer brush is configured to contact the carrier containing the agricultural product during the dispensing thereof and brushing the carrier containing the agricultural product onto the seed being dispensed from the seed tube assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: AMVAC CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Larry M. Conrad
  • Drive arrangement for driving a cutter bar of a cutting mechanism
    Patent number: 10356976
    Abstract: A drive arrangement for the reciprocating drive of a cutter bar comprises an input element which can be set into a continuous pivoting movement by a drive device, and an output element which is coupled to the cutter bar and is coupled to the input element by a coupling rod. The output element is pivotably connected to a first end of a first lever and of a second lever, which levers, for their part, are pivotably mounted. The levers and the output element are dimensioned in such a manner that the output element essentially only carries out a lateral movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Martin Bueermann, Dirk Weichholdt, Eric Pellegrini, Saravanan Tamilarasan, Steve Guthoerl, Ferdinand Zumbach
  • Electric walk behind greens mower
    Patent number: 10356977
    Abstract: An electric walk behind greens mower includes an electric reel motor rotating a cutting reel; an electric traction motor rotating at least one traction drive roller; and an electronic control unit commanding the electric traction motor and the electric reel motor to rotate at reduced speeds during a turn if an electronic signal indicates a deviation from a normal walk speed. The electronic control unit also may determine if the actual speed of the electric traction motor is substantially less than the speed specified by a speed lever, and then command the electric reel motor and the electric traction motor to rotate at a lower speed than specified by the speed lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: DEERE + Company
    Inventors: Punamchandra Kulkarni, Sandip Edake, Saravanan Deenadayalan, Chinmay Deshpande, Rajesaheb Bagwan, Bhupesh Agrawal, Naveen Kumar
  • Suspension system for lawnmower
    Patent number: 10356978
    Abstract: In a riding mower having a frame, a mower deck supported beneath the frame, a chair on said frame and a source of motive power also supported on said frame and including two hydraulic transaxles depending beneath the frame to each selectively rotate a drive wheel. The frame is supported on forward and rear wheel assemblies with a supporting wheel. The transaxles are supported beneath the frame and pivotally secured thereto by a flange captivating vibration pillows and proximate the driven wheel and an inner pivot rod secured to the frame by apertures in downwardly depending tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Bad Boy, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Bradley Covington, Warren Russell Long
  • Monitoring system for an agricultural harvester and agricultural harvester
    Patent number: 10356979
    Abstract: A monitoring system for a combine harvester. The monitoring system includes a sensor configured to provide a measurement wave to a flow of crop residue on the harvester and to receive a response wave from the flow of crop residue. The monitoring system further includes a processor having an input terminal for receiving a response signal of the sensor representative of the response wave. The processor is configured to determine a crop parameter associated with the density of the flow of crop based on the response signal of the sensor. The processor further has an output terminal for outputting a density signal representing the crop parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Mahieu, Bart M. A. Missotten
  • Work vehicle with wheel/track crop swath avoidance
    Patent number: 10356980
    Abstract: A work vehicle for working a swath of crop has at least one ground-engaging wheel or track mounted to the work vehicle and movable in a travel direction along a tread path. A first redistribution device is mounted to the work vehicle to move crop that is ahead of the at least one ground-engaging wheel or track relative to the travel direction. A second redistribution device is mounted to the work vehicle to move crop that is behind the at least one ground-engaging wheel or track relative to the travel direction. The first redistribution device is configured to open the swath of crop along substantially only the tread path ahead of the at least one ground-engaging wheel or track relative to the travel direction, and the second redistribution device is configured to close the swath of crop along the tread path behind the at least one ground-engaging wheel or track relative to the travel direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: David V. Rotole, Kellen B. Hill, Joshua D. Graeve, Roger D. Stephenson, Stephen K. Parsons
  • Agricultural header with constant reel to cutter relationship
    Patent number: 10356981
    Abstract: A header for an agricultural vehicle includes: a header frame; a flexible cutter supported by the header frame and including a plurality of cutting edges; a reel including a plurality of reel sections movably supported by the header frame, each of the reel sections including a plurality of tines and being independently movable from the other reel sections; and at least one rigid link connecting the flexible cutter to one of the reel sections, the at least one rigid link being configured to transmit flexing forces acting on the flexible cutter to the connected one reel section such that a substantially constant separation is maintained between the flexible cutter and the connected one reel section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Herbert M. Farley, Benjamin D. Kemmerer
  • Modular platform for cutting sugar cane
    Patent number: 10356982
    Abstract: An agricultural harvesting machine for harvesting sugar cane, which can be coupled to a tractor or any self-propelling machine, by using mechanic power (TDP) converted into hydraulic power (pump) to activate different devices of a set so that it may form a wire cutting front for lanes of plants which are cut and thrown behind over the soil and organized in rows for later collecting and processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: INDÚSTRIAS REUNIDAS COLOMBO LTDA
    Inventor: Luiz Henrique Bertino
  • Indexing net wrap system
    Patent number: 10356983
    Abstract: A wrapping mechanism is described that comprises at least two material support cylinders, a mechanism support cylinder, and a first and a second support plate, which are all rotatable about a support axis. The wrapping mechanism can comprise a pair of frame plates, a drive mechanism, a brake system, a lock mechanism, at least one feed roller and a feed plate. The wrapping mechanism can be integrated into an agricultural harvester such as a baler or combine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Scott C. Simmons, Buweneke Fernando
  • Method and apparatus for growing sprouts
    Patent number: 10356984
    Abstract: Provided are methods for growing and shipping sprouts and microgreens in the same container, growing while in shipment using moisture provided in a water-absorbent layer, with optional added beneficials, and including methods for producing sprouts and microgreens for consumption, and for pharmaceutical/nutriceutical use, comprising growth of sprouts in retail-ready containers, the container comprising a moisture-retaining layer of agar media or the like providing water for growth and obviating the need for irrigation during sprout growth. In certain aspects, media is supplemented with beneficial organisms or additives such as probiotic microbes, vitamins (e.g., B12), cofactors, nutrients, and other items (e.g., phytochemicals, natural colors, and antioxidants) which promote the growth of the beneficial microbes on the product, and/or which become incorporated into the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Institute for Environmental Health, Inc.
    Inventor: Mansour Samadpour
  • Plant pot with separable halves
    Patent number: 10356985
    Abstract: A plant pot with separable halves including a first container half having an upright first interior shell and an upright first exterior shell. A plurality of first aeration openings is disposed within the first interior shell. A second container half has an upright second interior shell, an upright second exterior shell, and a base unit having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a cavity disposed between the upper surface and the lower surface. A plurality of second aeration openings is disposed within the second interior shell. A plurality of dowell pins is disposed on each of a pair of second side portions of the second container half, and a plurality of slots is disposed on each of a pair of first side portions of the first container half. One of the plurality of dowell pins is selectively engageable within one of the plurality of slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Inventor: Edwin Raymond
  • Detachable and collapsible pallet box
    Patent number: 10356986
    Abstract: A planter box configured for housing plantings is disclosed. The pallet box assembly includes a pallet base, two side panels, a front panel, and a rear panel, which are collapsible and reusable. Pallet base has tenon joint parts with locking mechanisms that extend out. Pallet base has an opening extending therethrough for ease of handling by pallet jack or hand truck. The side panels include grooves. Front and rear panels include tenon joint part with locking mechanism. The side panels are identical and interchangeable, the front panel is identical and interchangeable with the rear panel. Each locking mechanism includes a winged bolt threadedly inserted and engaged into the tenon joint part, and a wing which is rotated by about 45 to 135 degrees to engageably and securely attach the corresponding tenon joint part in the corresponding groove, so that the pallet box assembly is securely installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Inventor: Frank Joseph Burmann
  • Insert and apparatus for transplanting plants
    Patent number: 10356987
    Abstract: An insert for growing plants, including a plurality of receptacles, adapted for insertion into a container, wherein each of the receptacles is arranged for receiving a separate plant with a portion of gel for feeding the plant. The receptacles may be arranged to allow communication between the portions of gel in the receptacles to allow the plants to share a common feed reservoir of the gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Goldfields Collections Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Nicolaas Van Rooijen