Patents Issued in December 17, 2019
  • Patent number: PP31229
    Abstract: Described herein is a new and distinct rose plant named ‘80103WABARA’ that has large, white, star-shaped flowers with dense petals. The variety is primarily used as a potted plant and for cut flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Rose University Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiji Kunieda
  • Patent number: PP31230
    Abstract: Described herein is a new and distinct rose plant named ‘80100WABARA-CP’ that has large, rounded, yellow and brown blend flowers with dense petals. The variety is primarily used as a potted plant and for cut flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Rose Universe Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiji Kunieda
  • Patent number: PP31231
    Abstract: ‘BB05-35FL-10’ is a new and distinct low chill tetraploid, Southern highbush blueberry (Vaccinium) variety. Plants of ‘BB05-35FL-10’ are very vigorous with a medium upright bush habit and a medium number of upright canes and lateral branches. Bush crown size is medium and leafing and growth are excellent. The berries are firm, medium crunchy in texture with a pleasing balanced flavor of sweetness and acidity and have storage ability of two to three weeks. In general, the productivity has been outstanding in Florida, Georgia USA, and Chile with high yields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Berry Blue, LLC
    Inventors: Edmund J. Wheeler, James F. Hancock
  • Patent number: PP31232
    Abstract: A variety of crabapple which combines a combination of a tight upright oval growth habit, attractive red purple flowers, slightly glossy dark purple foliage in the spring and early summer, persistent small red fruit, and a strong resistance to the diseases fireblight and apple scab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co.
    Inventor: Keith S. Warren
  • Patent number: PP31233
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘DrisStrawFiftyNine’, particularly characterized by its yield potential, fruit with less seed, fruit size, fruit appearance, and fruit shelf-life, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Driscoll's, Inc.
    Inventors: Katalin Monika Pakozdi, Carlos D. Fear, Alessandra Lillo
  • Patent number: PP31234
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Physocarpus opulifolius plant named, ‘Hoogi031’, that is characterized by its very compact plant habit, its foliage that is bright green in color, and its small sized leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Inventor: Mark Sebastiaan Hoogenraad
  • Patent number: PP31235
    Abstract: ‘ZLEBic5’ is a new and distinct cultivar of Physocarpus opulifolius plant having an upright, mounded, dense plant habit; compact overall plant size; strong branching characteristics; small orange-red foliage as it emerges that matures to purple; short internode length; resistance to powdery mildew; corymbs of small pink-white flowers that are produced in late spring into early summer and again on current season terminal growth later in summer and into fall; coral pink to red follicle color in full sun for about a month after fertilization; and ability to root and grow vigorously from softwood and semi-hardwood stem cuttings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Inventor: David Charles Zlesak
  • Patent number: PP31236
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘Sunpa 316’, characterized by its semi-climbing plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; long flowering period; and medium-sized bright red-colored flowers with yellow orange-colored throats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Suntory Flowers Limited
    Inventors: Tomoya Misato, Masahiro Yamada
  • Patent number: PP31237
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘HYLV02’, characterized by its compact, upright to somewhat spreading and mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate; freely branching habit with strong and sturdy stems; freely and uniformly flowering habit; compact and dense panicle-type inflorescences with numerous light green to white-colored sterile flowers that become light red purple in color with development; and good landscape performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Inventor: Nick van Rosmalen
  • Patent number: PP31238
    Abstract: A new and distinct Hibiscus plant having yellow/orange colored flowers with pink colored tones present that last for several days on the plant over a long flowering season.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Capstone Plants, Inc.
    Inventor: James Berry
  • Patent number: PP31239
    Abstract: A new and unique cultivar of hybrid creeping phlox named Phlox ‘Magenta Sprite’ multi-stemmed, short, upright, slowly-spreading habit with clean, green, glossy, lanceolate to linear leaves with exceptional powdery mildew resistance. Flowers are magenta pink with dark purple markings at center, nearly covering the top of the plant in peak flowering season about one week later than typical Phlox subulata. ‘Magenta Sprite’ is especially useful as a containerized plant and for the flower garden as an specimen or en masse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP31240
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘BKDAMAGYL’, characterized by its upright plant habit; moderate basal branching habit; dense and bushy growth habit; large dark green-colored leaves; and large decorative type inflorescences with bright yellow-colored ray florets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Beekenkamp Plants B.V.
    Inventor: Sanne Helena Ruigrok
  • Patent number: PP31241
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Nelumbo plant named ‘Cenghong Dingcui’, characterized by its upright plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; large medium green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; and large red purple and lighter red purple bi-colored globose-shaped flowers that are positioned above the foliar plane on moderately strong and erect peduncles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Zhejiang Renwen Landscape Architecture Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianbao Zeng, Yan Shen
  • Patent number: PP31242
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Nelumbo plant named ‘Yanzhuang Zhaojun’, characterized by its upright plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; large medium green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; and large red purple and white bi-colored globose-shaped flowers that are positioned above the foliar plane on moderately strong and erect peduncles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Zhejiang Renwen Landscape Architecture Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongbei Yu, Yanrong Fu
  • Patent number: PP31243
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Nelumbo plant named ‘Fu Fen’, characterized by its upright plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; large medium green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; and large light red purple-colored bowl-shaped flowers that are positioned above the foliar plane on moderately strong and erect peduncles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Zhejiang Renwen Laudscape Architecture Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shirong Zhou, Xianbao Zeng
  • Patent number: PP31244
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Nelumbo plant named ‘Zhijiang Qiuyue’, characterized by its upright plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; large medium green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; and large pale yellow and green white-colored plated globose-shaped flowers that are positioned above the foliar plane on moderately strong and erect peduncles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Zhejiang Renwen Landscape Architecture Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xun Zhao, Yuchu Chen
  • Patent number: PP31245
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Nelumbo plant named ‘Buzeng Jielu’, characterized by its upright plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; large medium green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; and large red purple-colored calathiform flowers that are positioned above the foliar plane on moderately strong and erect peduncles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Zhejang Renwen Landscape Architecture Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuchu Chen, Xun Zhao
  • Patent number: PP31246
    Abstract: A new Petunia plant particularly distinguished by medium brilliant red-purple flowers and a semi-trailing habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Klemm+Sohn GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nils Klemm, Antonella Capo
  • Patent number: PP31247
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘BKOSTOR’, characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth rate; freely branching growth habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; daisy-type inflorescences with yellow-colored ray florets with greyed orange-colored longitudinal stripes; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Beekenkamp Plants B.V.
    Inventor: Annie Cornelia Beekenkamp
  • Patent number: PP31248
    Abstract: A new and unique x Mangave plant named ‘Thunderbird’ characterized by a rounded mound of fleshy, short, fleshy, slightly cupped, gladiate to lanceolate leaves that develop densely concentrated reddish mottling with intense light. The leaves are predominately upwardly pointing in center portion of the plant and outwardly and curving upwardly in the outer portion of plant. The leaves have numerous small, firm marginal teeth and small, sharp, apical mucro. The new plant is suitable for the garden or as a potted plant in the garden or home.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP31249
    Abstract: A new and unique X Mangave plant named ‘Carnival’ characterized by long, arching, succulent foliage with blue-green margins and variegated yellowish-cream center developing greyed-purple to cherry red speckling throughout with exposure to high ultraviolet light. The new plant is suitable for the landscape or as a potted plant for the home or the garden.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP31250
    Abstract: A new and unique x Mangave plant named ‘Iron Man’ characterized by a large mound of broad, fleshy, longitudinally folded, grey-green foliage that is cascading or arches with age. Leaves have large, firm, marginal teeth that leave an imprint on the top and bottom of surrounding leaves in the enrolled apex. Foliage is upright to outwardly toward stem with a tendency to arch in maturity. The new plant is suitable for the garden or as a potted plant in the garden or home.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP31251
    Abstract: A new and unique x Mangave plant named ‘Racing Stripes’ characterized by a large mound of glaucous, deep-green with chartreuse-yellow leaf centers, semi-fleshy, longitudinally folded leaves. Leaves have large overall marginal spines with small, stiff, marginal teeth, and stiff terminal spines. Apical spines and marginal teeth start off yellowish and develop a cinnamon coloration. Foliage tends to be upright to outwardly in basal portion and then arches outwardly to slightly downwardly toward apex of older leaves. The new plant is suitable for the garden or as a potted plant in the garden or home.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP31252
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘BLZ 158-14’, characterized by its intermediate height; upright and mounding plant habit; dense and bushy appearance; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; fancy-type leaves that are dark green flushed with greyed purple in color with red purple-colored centers and venation; and petioles that are light red to greyed red in color with darker greyed red streaks and stripes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Inventor: Robert Dale Hartman
  • Patent number: PP31253
    Abstract: A new and distinct Campanula plant named ‘PSDBH15701’, characterized by its compact, upright to spreading and uniformly mounding plant habit; freely flowering habit; dark violet-colored flowers with white-colored centers; and good container and garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Genius Genes Production Facilities B.V.
    Inventor: Peter van de Pol
  • Patent number: PP31254
    Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of perennial Salvia plant named ‘Indiglo Girl’ characterized by its large strong violet-colored flowers densely arranged in dense verticils, with upright habit and stiff, upright; heavily-branched stems and strong vigorous growth rate and large deep-green foliage. Salvia ‘Indiglo Girl’ is especially useful for landscaping and containerized ornamentals by itself or in combination with other plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP31255
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Senecio plant named ‘Sene Gosigore’, characterized by its upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; and daisy-type inflorescences with ray florets that are white in color and disc florets that are violet blue in color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Suntory Flowers Limited
    Inventors: Tomoya Misato, Kiyoshi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: RE47766
    Abstract: In a medical apparatus including a medical imaging system and a medical position and navigation system (MPS), the medical imaging system including an imaging transmitter, periodically emitting imaging radiation and an imaging detector, the medical position and navigation system including at least one MPS transmitter periodically transmitting MPS radiation and at least one MPS detector, the MPS radiation electromagnetically interfering with at least one mode of operation of the imaging detector, a device for eliminating interference to the imaging detector caused by positioning radiation, the device comprising a synchronizer, coupled with the medical imaging system and with the medical position and navigation system, synchronizing the imaging detector and each the at least one MPS transmitter, so that neither of the at least one MPS transmitter transmits during the at least one mode of operation of the imaging detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical International Holding S.à r.l.
    Inventors: Uzi Eichler, Eitan Oren
  • Patent number: RE47767
    Abstract: A fabrication method produces a mechanically patterned layer of group III-nitride. The method includes providing a crystalline substrate and forming a first layer of a first group III-nitride on a planar surface of the substrate. The first layer has a single polarity and also has a pattern of holes or trenches that expose a portion of the substrate. The method includes then, epitaxially growing a second layer of a second group III-nitride over the first layer and the exposed portion of substrate. The first and second group III-nitrides have different alloy compositions. The method also includes subjecting the second layer to an aqueous solution of base to mechanically pattern the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: NOKIA OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aref Chowdhury, Hock Ng, Richart Elliott Slusher
  • Patent number: RE47768
    Abstract: The present invention relates to virus growth media that improve the yield of alpha-herpesviruses (e.g., HSV-2) grown in cell cultures. The growth media of the invention include two additives, a disaccharide and a lipid mixture, that can be added to serum-free or serum-enriched growth media to improve the efficiency of virus production. The invention further provides methods of producing alpha-herpesviruses (e.g., HSV-2) in such growth media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Sanofi Pasteur Biologics LLC
    Inventors: Simon Delagrave, Rachid Oubelaid, John Hamberger
  • Patent number: RE47769
    Abstract: Antisense molecules capable of binding to a selected target site in the dystrophin gene to induce exon skipping are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: The University of Western Australia
    Inventors: Stephen Donald Wilton, Sue Fletcher, Graham McClorey
  • Patent number: RE47770
    Abstract: Provided is methods for producing mixtures of antibodies from a single host cell clone, wherein, a nucleic acid sequence encoding a light chain and nucleic acid sequences encoding different heavy chains are expressed in a recombinant host cell. The recombinantly produced antibodies in the mixtures according to the invention suitably comprise identical light chains paired to different heavy chains capable of pairing to the light chain, thereby forming functional antigen-binding domains. Mixtures of the recombinantly produced antibodies are also provided by the invention. Such mixtures can be used in a variety of fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Merus N.V.
    Inventors: Patricius H. C. Van Berkel, Ronald Hendrik Brus, Ton Logtenberg, Abraham Bout
  • Patent number: RE47771
    Abstract: A lock assembly of a blowout preventer is provided. The blowout preventer includes a ram assembly slidably positionable in the channel and engageable with a tubular. The ram assembly includes a ram block, a ram cylinder, and a ram shaft. The lock assembly includes a lock cylinder and a lock piston. The lock cylinder is operatively connectable to the ram cylinder. The ram shaft has an end slidably extendable into a lock cavity of the lock cylinder. The lock piston is slidably positionable in the lock cylinder and separates the lock cavity into a lock and a closing chamber. The lock piston has a ram surface engageable with the end when the lock piston is in a locked position, and a ram hole therethrough to receive the end when the lock piston is in an unlocked position whereby the ram block is selectively lockable about the tubular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P.
    Inventor: Douglas A. Jahnke
  • Patent number: RE47772
    Abstract: The present invention facilitates convenient and secure distribution of proprietary content. A present secure content enabled drive system and method permits flexible use of storage medium for both protected distribution of information and user definable storage use. In one embodiment, a computer readable storage medium includes an unprotected information portion, a protected information portion and a protection interface. The unprotected portion stores unprotected information. The protected content portion stores protected information. The protection interface protects information in the protected content portion from unauthorized access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventors: Michael B. Diamond, Jonathan B. White, Piers J. Daniell
  • Patent number: RE47773
    Abstract: A method for implementing an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) registration, includes: a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) recording a current registration state of a User Equipment (UE) in response to receiving a Multimedia Authentication Request (MAR) initiated by a Service Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF) selected for the UE when a first Register request is sent by the UE; in response to receiving a second Register request initiated by an Interrogating Call Session Control Function (I-CSCF), the HSS sends the S-CSCF Name to the I-CSCF when the current registration state of the UE is an assigned S-CSCF state. By the scheme, a same S-CSCF is ensured to be used in the two User Authentication Request/User Authentication Answer (UAR/UAA) procedures of the initial IMS registration procedure, and the initial IMS registration of the UE is implemented successfully.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chunyan Ma, Bin Yu
  • Patent number: RE47774
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to enabling a group of users, each at a different location, to view and control synchronized streamed media content. Users may execute trick play commands plays such as pause, rewind, and fast forward so that all users see the same media content including trick play actions. The media content may originate from streaming content servers or from network-DVR servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Rajaram Pejaver
  • Patent number: RE47775
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit that captures an image; a recording unit that records the image on a recording medium; a first position estimating unit that estimates a position of the imaging apparatus using a first position estimation technique to generate first position information, and calculates a first evaluation value serving as accuracy evaluation information of the first position information; a second position estimating unit that estimates the position of the imaging apparatus using a second position estimation technique different from the first position estimation technique to generate second position information, and calculates a second evaluation value serving as accuracy evaluation information of the second position information; a position-information obtaining unit that select, from the first and second position information, position information whose evaluation value is higher than the other; and an application executing unit that performs data processing using the selected posit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hidenori Yamaji
  • Patent number: RE47776
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus related to compensating for electrical changes resulting from cut-out of a portion of a grid of a plurality of LEDs (20A-T; 120; 220; 320). A compensating unit (40; 140; 240; 340) may be coupled to free wire segments of the grid that are created by the cut-out and the compensating unit (40; 140; 240; 340) may be configured to alter current supplied to remaining LEDs of the grid of LEDs. The compensating unit is configured to and/or may be configured to lessen current supplied to one or more LEDs of an LED-based lighting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Philip Steven Newton, Dirk Valentinus Rene Engelen, Tim Dekker
  • Patent number: 10506752
    Abstract: A turf aerator footwear kit including a footwear body, such as a boot, having an outsole disposed on an entire sole of the footwear body with threaded receptacles disposed in the outsole and a plurality of at least one of a first spike and a second spike, wherein each of the plurality of first spikes and the plurality second spikes is engageable to a respective one of the plurality of threaded receptacles. Each first spike and each second spike has a solid substantially frustoconical shaft and central shank, respectively, with a concave wall between a respective flat top end and flat bottom end and a flat upper end and flat lower end. A plurality of spiking tines coaxially extends from the central shank of each second spike. At least two of a pair of the spiking tines is disposed on diametrically opposite sides of the bottom edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Inventor: Melvin Mays
  • Patent number: 10506753
    Abstract: A strip freshener row implement lightly tills a strip of ground before planting. The implement has two pairs of freely rotating spike wheels that break up clods of dirt and break the top surface of the soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Inventor: Lyn A. Rosenboom
  • Patent number: 10506754
    Abstract: A system and method cuts and increases surface area of surface stubble material while contemporaneously mulching, tiling and aerating the soil. A discoidal coulter blade is configured with a plurality of circumferential teeth for cutting the surface stubble as well as reducing the downward pressure required for the blade to enter the type and depth of soil desired. The circular coulter blade is configured with a plurality of inserts oriented normal to the rotational movement of the blade as the blade cuts the soil. Each insert is shaped to aerate a specific type of soil anticipated by an operator. The inserts are positioned on the blade for desired impact with the soil and angled in placement on the blade to maintain the desired effect on the soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: PRESCRIPTIONA TILLAGE TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Richard L. Christie, Ryan J. K. Christie, John D. Nance
  • Patent number: 10506755
    Abstract: An agricultural implement includes at least one row unit having a plurality of support members, each of which is pivotably coupled to an attachment frame or another of the support members to permit vertical pivoting vertical movement of the support members, and a plurality of soil-engaging tools, each of which is coupled to at least one of the support members. A plurality of hydraulic cylinders are coupled to the support members for urging the support members downwardly toward the soil. A plurality of controllable pressure control valves are coupled to the hydraulic cylinders for controlling the pressure of hydraulic fluid supplied to the cylinders. A plurality of sensors produce electrical signals corresponding to predetermined conditions, and a controller is coupled to the sensor and the controllable pressure control valves. The controller receives the electrical signals from the sensors and produces control signals for controlling the pressure control valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Dawn Equipment Company
    Inventor: Joseph D. Bassett
  • Patent number: 10506756
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an implement comprising a center section and a pair of wing sections, each of the sections comprising a pair of parallel frame members pivotably coupled to each other, wherein one of the frame members comprises a toolbar; and a plurality of hydraulic cylinders enabling rotational movement between the parallel frame members, wherein the hydraulic cylinders of the wing sections comprise double rod cylinders and the hydraulic cylinders of the center section comprises single rod cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Anson Fanshier, Ross Duerksen, Douglas J. Grollmes
  • Patent number: 10506757
    Abstract: A towed implement, such as a cultivator is configured between an unfolded operational position and a folded transport position in which wing sections are pivoted about a vertical axis into a forward direction where they are alongside a telescoping tool bar. Sensors on the cultivator send signals initiating the folding/unfolding sequence to send commands through the implement controller to a tractor controller having a ISOBUS class 3 configuration. The tractor is commanded to forward and rearward movement in synchronism with the folding/unfolding process to steer wing supporting wheel assemblies toward the correct position for the intended transport direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Brice Magarity, James W. Henry
  • Patent number: 10506758
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for determining the depth of a trench opened by an agricultural planter. Sensors are provided for detecting the position of a ground-engaging element of the planter such as a gauge wheel or seed firmer of a row unit of the planter. Apparatus and methods are provided for installing such sensors onto a row unit of the planter. Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for controlling downpressure on a row unit based on the trench depth. Methods are provided for mapping trench depth measured by the depth sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Precision Planting LLC
    Inventors: Derek Sauder, Jason Stoller, Ian Radtke, Kent Levy
  • Patent number: 10506759
    Abstract: A paddy seed treatment agent containing a herbicidal active component and having a sufficient herbicidal effect, while having a reduced risk of herbicide injury to paddy rice, a method for treating paddy seeds using the paddy seed treatment agent, paddy seeds, and a method for controlling paddy field weeds by sowing and cultivating the paddy seeds, are provided. The paddy seed treatment agent contains fenquinotrione or a salt thereof as a herbicidal active component. The method for controlling paddy field weeds includes sowing and cultivating paddy seeds treated with this paddy seed treatment agent, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Fujihira, Satoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10506760
    Abstract: An apparatus (mulcher) for keeping down groundcover between parallel rows of plants, especially rows of wine grape or fruit plants, with two chopping blade rotors rotating in one and the same plane, each around an axis perpendicular to the ground. The distance between the rotational axes is adjustable in a direction perpendicular to the plant rows even though the rotational areas of the chopping blade rotors may overlap. A separate electric motor is assigned to each of the chopping blade rotors, and devices are provided to control the electric motor so that that collisions between the chopping blade rotors are avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: BRAUN MASCHINENBAU GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan Jacob Braun
  • Patent number: 10506761
    Abstract: An agricultural vehicle is operable in a first state for transport and in a second state for field work and includes a frame supported by a plurality of tires. A processor is operable to receive a signal generated as a result of the agricultural vehicle transitioning from the first state to the second state or from the second state to the first state. A gas system is operable to modify the tire pressure of the plurality of tires of the agricultural vehicle in response to the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: James T. Noonan, Mark A. Cracraft, Jerry E. White, Kevin J. Goering, Scott R. Bowers
  • Patent number: 10506762
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system, comprising: one or more pairs of oppositely rotatable, laterally extending rolls, wherein for each pair, at least one of the rolls is moveable relative to the other of the rolls; a hydraulic circuit, comprising: a tensioner circuit comprising: for each pair of rolls, one or more pairs of hydraulic cylinders arranged in parallel, each configured to resist movement of the at least one of the rolls at a respective end of the at least one of the rolls; an accumulator arranged in parallel to the hydraulic cylinders; and plural control valves; and a computing system configured to cause the one or more pairs of hydraulic cylinders to adjust the resistance to movement of the at least one of the rolls of the respective pair of rolls by sending signals to one or more of the plural control valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Mark M. Glade, Douglas R. Treffer, Brendon C. Nafziger
  • Patent number: 10506763
    Abstract: An apparatus for splitting bales and retaining wrap includes a frame having an interior framework oriented at an angle relative to forwardly-projecting tines, the framework and tines together defining an upwardly-opening cradle that supports and centers a bale of forage bound with a wrap above an inverted apex of the cradle. The apparatus also includes an elongate hooking mechanism extending laterally across the underside of the wrapped bale and configured to capture the wrap together with a thin layer of forage, and an elongate blade rotatably supported on the frame and configured to rotate downward through the bale toward the inverted apex of the cradle. The apparatus further includes a first actuation device that activates the hooking mechanism to capture the wrap and layer of forage, and one or more second actuation devices that rotate the elongate blade downward through the forage to split the bale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Tie Down, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Sargent, Warren van Nus