Patents Issued in December 14, 2021
  • Ice scraper
    Patent number: D938681
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Suncast Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Torrence Anderson, Dov Blitzer, Kent J. Martin, Stephen Whitehead
  • Multifunction car wash brush
    Patent number: D938682
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventor: Xia Zhang
  • Mop frame connector
    Patent number: D938683
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: CHIEF MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel T. Fuller, Terrance M. Renfroe, Christopher M. Bennett
  • Dish and utensil drying rack
    Patent number: D938684
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Best Brands Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Zi Zhang, Lan Chen
  • Accordion dish drying rack with utensil holder
    Patent number: D938685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventor: Rachel Elizabeth Nieman
  • Metal hose cart
    Patent number: D938686
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Suncast Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Torrence Anderson, Dov Blitzer, William J. Phillips, Stephen Whitehead
  • Winch system
    Patent number: D938687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Matthew David Day, Kyle James Cormany, Jacques Gagne, Matthew Messana, Neil Davé, Barnaby John James
  • Tear shaped urn
    Patent number: D938688
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventor: Mohammad Naseem Khan
  • Crematory urn
    Patent number: D938689
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventor: Giselle Granger Duits
  • Parcel transfer vault
    Patent number: D938690
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: DANBY PRODUCTS LIMITED
    Inventors: Gregory Allan Thomas Hall, Oliver Bradley, Erjon Begaj Hatillari, Krik Mosna
  • Apple tree named ‘REGALNAT’
    Patent number: PP33734
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of apple tree denominated ‘REGALNAT’ produces high yield of firm fruits with large size, round slightly flattened shape, and a luminous dark red skin color, having exceptional eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by its good handling, its tolerance to main apple pests and diseases and its storage qualities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: AGRO SELECTIONS FRUITS
    Inventors: Laurence Maillard, Arsène Maillard
  • Raspberry plant named ‘ENDURANCE’
    Patent number: PP33735
    Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct everbearing variety of raspberry plant named ‘ENDURANCE’. The new variety is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the central coast of California and is characterized by the following: late-season primocane production with medium to large sized fruit of medium-red coloration. Fruit is of consistent conic shape, releases easily from receptacle, possesses medium gloss and fair flavor. Foliage is flat to slightly convex, medium green; possessing weak rugosity, weak gloss and equal 3-5 foliates. Primocanes have an absent or very weak waxy coat, medium thorn density of small dark purple spines and have very weak anthocyanin coloration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: PLANT SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventor: Scott W. Adams
  • Raspberry plant variety named ‘DrisRaspTwentyTwo’
    Patent number: PP33736
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of raspberry plant named ‘DrisRaspTwentyTwo’, particularly selected for its high yield potential and fruit size, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Driscoll's, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthias D. Vitten, Kyle Rak, Luis Miguel Rodriguez, James Heilig
  • Strawberry plant named ‘DrisStrawEightyFour’
    Patent number: PP33737
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘DrisStrawEightyFour’, particularly selected for its medium-sized plant with long trusses, its conic fruit with bright, intense red color, as well as its very early maturity, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Driscoll's, Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Cruz Ayuso Hernandez, Katalin M. Pakozdi
  • Strawberry plant named ‘DrisStrawEightySeven’
    Patent number: PP33738
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘DrisStrawEightySeven’, particularly selected for its earliness of production, as well as the shape, appearance, flavor, and shelf life of its fruit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Driscoll's, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip J. Stewart, Esther J. Kibbe, Raymond L. Jacobs, III, Mary M. Calkins
  • plant named ‘H220909’
    Patent number: PP33739
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘H220909’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; freely branching habit with strong, thick and sturdy stems; freely and uniformly flowering habit; lacecap-type inflorescences with numerous double sterile flowers that are white in color; and good postproduction longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: HYDRANGEA BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
    Inventor: Niels Arts
  • plant named ‘H220914’
    Patent number: PP33740
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘H220914’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; freely branching habit with strong, thick and sturdy stems; freely and uniformly flowering habit; large mophead-type inflorescences with numerous purplish pink-colored sterile flowers; and good postproduction longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Hydrangea Breeders Association B.V.
    Inventor: Niels Arts
  • plant named ‘H220910’
    Patent number: PP33741
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘H220910’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; freely branching habit with strong, thick and sturdy stems; freely and uniformly flowering habit; large mophead-type inflorescences with numerous white-colored sterile flowers with purplish red-colored margins; and good postproduction longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Hydrangea Breeders Association B.V.
    Inventor: Niels Arts
  • plant named ‘H220911’
    Patent number: PP33742
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘H220911’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; freely branching habit with strong, thick and sturdy stems; freely and uniformly flowering habit; lacecap-type inflorescences with numerous double sterile flowers that are light purple in color; and good postproduction longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Hydrangea Breeders Association B.V.
    Inventor: Niels Arts
  • plant named ‘Dokalkam’
    Patent number: PP33743
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘Dokalkam’, characterized by its relatively large, upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; freely branching plant habit; dark green-colored leaves; uniform, early and freely flowering habit; large single-type vivid purplish pink-colored flowers; and excellent postproduction longevity and garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Ike J. Vlielander
  • plant named ‘Dopetsuspapu’
    Patent number: PP33744
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Dopetsuspapu’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright and mounding to hanging plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; large reddish purple-colored flowers with random white-colored spots; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Arjan Koot
  • plant named ‘Dopetdurapu’
    Patent number: PP33745
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Dopetdurapu’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright and mounding to hanging plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; large reddish purple-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Arjan Koot
  • plant named ‘Dopetduraelli’
    Patent number: PP33746
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Dopetduraelli’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright and mounding to hanging plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; reddish purple-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Arjan Koot
  • plant named ‘PEHY0050’
    Patent number: PP33747
    Abstract: A new Petunia plant named ‘PEHY0050’ particularly distinguished by its small sized, purple flowers, very early flowering and a mounding plant habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Theodorus Cornelis Maria Van Kleinwee
  • plant named ‘Dopetsuspama’
    Patent number: PP33748
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Dopetsuspama’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright and mounding to hanging plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; large purplish red-colored flowers with random white-colored spots; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Arjan Koot
  • plant named ‘Dopetsuspare’
    Patent number: PP33749
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Dopetsuspare’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright and mounding to hanging plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; large bright purplish red-colored flowers with random white-colored spots; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Arjan Koot
  • plant named ‘Dopetdurahopi’
    Patent number: PP33750
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Dopetdurahopi’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright and mounding to hanging plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; large reddish purple-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Arjan Koot
  • plant named ‘PEARL495’
    Patent number: PP33751
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Echinacea plant named ‘PEARL495’ that is characterized by its inflorescences with ray florets that are orange to orange-red in color and fused into a tubular shape, its very floriferous flowering habit, its compact, short plant habit, and its flowering season that commences early.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: AB-KWEKERSRECHTEN BV
    Inventor: Henricus Maria Joseph Holtmaat
  • plant named ‘Conga Line’
    Patent number: PP33752
    Abstract: A new and distinct hybrid of Sedum plant substantially as shown and described characterized by glossy, yellow-green to greyed-purple leaves with red serrated leaf margins, showy foliage appearing in even ranks around the stem, strongly upright reddish purple stems, a medium, clumping habit, and excellent vigor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Janet N. Egger
  • Multi-lumen-catheter retractor system for a minimally-invasive, operative gastrointestinal treatment
    Patent number: RE48850
    Abstract: Improved methods and devices for performing an endoscopic surgery are provided. Systems are taught for operatively treating gastrointestinal disorders endoscopically in a stable, yet dynamic operative environment, and in a minimally-invasive manner. Such systems include, for example, an endoscopic surgical suite. The surgical suite can have a reversibly-expandable retractor that expands to provide a stable, operative environment within a subject. The expansion can be asymmetric around a stabilizer subsystem to maximize space for a tool and an endoscope to each be maneuvered independently to visualize a target tissue and treat the target tissue from outside the patient in a minimally invasive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Piskun, John To, Mariel Fabro, Brian Tang, Sergey Kantsevoy, Oleg Shikhman
  • Thin client for mapping system
    Patent number: RE48851
    Abstract: A method of operating a thin client in a mapping system includes receiving, by the thin client, a map adapter from a map server; loading the map adapter in the thin client, wherein the loaded map adapter comprises a map engine; receiving, by the thin client, map data from the map server; and displaying, by the thin client, the map data in the map engine in the map adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: John S. Bryan, Brett E. Meyer
  • Wearable terminal and control method
    Patent number: RE48852
    Abstract: A wearable terminal includes: a body having a display that performs display, a sensor that detects a first angle of rotation by which the display has been rotated with respect to a first axis as an axis of rotation, and a controller that controls the display according to the first angle of rotation; and a band that is connected to the body and extends around the forearm in an arcuate shape, wherein the first axis is perpendicular to a second axis and is parallel to a direction in which the forearm extends, when the first angle of rotation is within a first angle range, the controller causes a first display image displayed, and when the first angle of rotation changes the first angle range to a second angle range, the controller causes a part of the first display image and a part of a second display image simultaneously displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kazuki Funase, Tetsuji Fuchikami, Akinori Ozeki, Hideshi Aoki
  • Formation of a lithium comprising structure on a substrate by ALD
    Patent number: RE48853
    Abstract: A method for the formation of lithium includes a layer on a substrate using an atomic layer deposition method. The method includes the sequential pulsing of a lithium precursor through a reaction chamber for deposition upon a substrate. Using further oxidizing pulses and or other metal containing precursor pulses, an electrolyte suitable for use in thin film batteries may be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Universitetet I Oslo
    Inventors: Ola Nilsen, Helmer Fjellvåg, Mari Endresen Alnes, Titta Aaltonen, Matti Putkonen
  • System and method for detecting plugging of an agricultural implement based on disc scraper acceleration
    Patent number: 11197402
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system for detecting plugging of an agricultural implement may include a disc rotatably coupled to a frame member, with the disc configured to rotate relative to soil within a field as the implement is moved across the field. The system may also include a disc scraper coupled to the frame member, with the disc scraper configured to remove the soil from the disc as the disc rotates relative to the soil. Furthermore, the system may include a sensor configured to detect a parameter indicative of an acceleration of the disc scraper relative to frame member. Additionally, a controller of the system may be configured to monitor the acceleration of the disc scraper relative to the frame member based on data received from the sensor moreover. The controller may be further configured to determine when the disc is plugged based on the monitored acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Kevin M. Smith
  • Apparatus and method for land clearing and preparation
    Patent number: 11197403
    Abstract: A land preparation tool. The tool body can have a longitudinal axis, and include a first imaginary plane and a second imaginary plane. The first and second imaginary planes can intersect orthogonally at the longitudinal axis. The tool body can also include a concave cutting surface tapering from a proximal midpoint to a distal edge comprising a circular blade, and a multi-faceted surface mounting interface disposed on the tool body opposite the cutting surface. The mounting interface can have a plurality of beveled surfaces defining a first pair of V-shaped surfaces and a second pair of V-shaped surfaces, wherein a first apex of the first pair of V-shaped surfaces is disposed in the first imaginary plane and a second apex of the second pair of V-shaped surfaces is disposed in the secondary imaginary plane. A channel can be disposed into the mounting interface and extend into the tool body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Fecon, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Stanley, Steven K. Watson
  • Sand bunker rake and infield groomer apparatus
    Patent number: 11197404
    Abstract: A sand bunker rake/infield groomer vehicle having a frame; a plurality of wheels to traverse a driven surface, wherein the wheels are rotatably mounted to the frame; a power source mounted to the frame; and a rear attachment structure attached to the frame, wherein the rear attachment structure provides a joint enabling rotation; a bracket including a shaft wherein the bracket is configured to cooperate with an associated rake/grooming attachment; and a pivoting bracket mounted to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: MTD Products, Inc
    Inventors: Adam Hiller, Peter J. Buchanan
  • Harvesting machine and travel mode switching method
    Patent number: 11197405
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a travel operation unit that is configured to be manually operated and includes a mode operation tool for switching between automatic driving and manual driving, a manual travel control unit that includes a manual travel mode in which manual driving is performed based an operation signal received from the travel operation unit, and an automatic travel control unit that includes an automatic travel mode in which automatic driving is performed, a temporary stop mode in which a vehicle body is temporarily stopped during automatic driving for transitioning from the automatic travel mode to the manual travel mode, and a check mode in which whether a state of the travel operation unit satisfies a manual driving transition condition required for starting manual driving is checked in transition from the temporary stop mode to the manual travel mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Sakaguchi, Tomohiko Sano, Osamu Yoshida, Takashi Nakabayashi, Sotaro Hayashi, Masayuki Horiuchi, Mitsuhiro Seki, Kyosuke Yamaoka, Satoshi Maruo
  • Laterally offset transport wheels on harvesting header
    Patent number: 11197406
    Abstract: A transport system for a harvesting header including at least one dolly wheel being laterally shifted towards the main header frame with an acute angle relative to an elongate tongue where the acute angle allows the centerline of the harvesting header to travel essentially colinear with the centerline of the towing vehicle. The transport system may be further provided with gauge wheels being repositionable for use as a trailing wheel assembly and/or the at least one dolly wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Cory D. Hunt, Lyle Beidler, Stephen Todderud
  • Implement mounted sensors to increase seeding productivity
    Patent number: 11197407
    Abstract: An agricultural implement having a row unit and a material throw monitoring system. The row unit includes a ground engaging tool configured to engage with a ground at a ground engaging point to form a trench, and a conduit configured to deposit an agricultural product in the trench. The material throw monitoring system includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor is oriented toward the ground engaging point and configured to provide feedback to the controller based at least in part on material displaced by the ground engaging tool. The controller is configured to determine a throw distance of the material relative to the ground engaging tool based on the feedback from the sensor, determine an action to adjust operation of the agricultural implement based on a comparison of the throw distance with a threshold, and communicate the action with a controller coupled to the agricultural implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventor: Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk
  • Ultrasonic sensors for field roughness measurement
    Patent number: 11197408
    Abstract: A system measures the roughness of the ground surface over which an agricultural implement passes as measured in the direction of travel. The system includes at least one ground sensor attached to the agricultural implement that provides measurement of the distance to the ground. A controller is connected to the at least one ground sensor, and controls at least one adjustment of the agricultural implement. The at least one ground sensor provides instantaneous output based on the distance to the ground to the controller. The controller then calculates at least one statistical parameter from the instantaneous output. The at least one statistical parameter is calculated from variations in the distance to the ground in the direction of travel of the agricultural implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Luca Ferrari
  • System and method for automated odometry calibration for precision agriculture systems
    Patent number: 11197409
    Abstract: A method including: recording a first image of a first field region; automatically treating a plant within the first region in-situ based on the first image; automatically verifying the plant treatment with a second image of the first region; and automatically treating a second region concurrently with treatment verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Blue River Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Kamp Redden, Kent Anderson, Edward William Jeffcott Pell, James Patrick Ostrowski
  • Precision seed-dispensing system
    Patent number: 11197410
    Abstract: A precision seed-distribution system of the type applied on planters with a machine element that touches the soil, a row unit chassis that supports a seed meter, and a seed conductor tube extending downward from the seed meter. The seed conductor tube may have vertical grooves along a length of the seed conductor tube and across an internal surface of at least one sidewall of the seed conductor tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventor: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
  • Agricultural planting system with automatic depth control
    Patent number: 11197411
    Abstract: An agricultural planting system for controlling the depth of an opener device in an agricultural planter includes an agricultural planter, an opener device, a gauge wheel, a GPS device, and a controller. The opener device is mounted on the agricultural planter for engaging the ground of a field. The gauge wheel is mounted on the agricultural planter for rotating on the ground of the field. The GPS device is coupled to the agricultural planter. The GPS device is configured to determine a location of the agricultural planter in the field. The controller is in electrical communication with the agricultural planter and the GPS device. The controller has predetermined settings associated with a map of the field. The controller is configured to select a relative elevation of the opener device and the gauge wheel based at least in part on the location determined by the GPS device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Dawn Equipment Company
    Inventor: Joseph D. Bassett
  • Automatic rank selection
    Patent number: 11197412
    Abstract: A controller communicates with a user interface and sends a first signal to a first actuator to unlock a first lock, sends a second signal to move a first ground-engaging implement into a stowed position, sends a third signal to the first actuator to lock first lock to retain the first ground-engaging implement in the stowed position, sends a fourth signal to inhibit flow through a first hose with a flow blocking element, sends a fifth signal to a second actuator to unlock a second lock, sends a sixth signal to move a second ground-engaging implement into a deployed position, sends a seventh signal to the second actuator to lock the second lock to retain the second ground-engaging implement in the deployed position, and sends an eighth signal to a second flow blocking element to permit flow through a second hose around the flow blocking element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Mandar Mhalsakant Kale, Sandeep Ekhe, Ashish Paralikar, Manoj Issrani, Rahul S. Khairnar, Saravanan Stallin
  • Row planter with adjustable gauge wheels
    Patent number: 11197413
    Abstract: Adjustable gauge wheels are provided on a row unit planter adjacent the opening disc. The wheels are adjustable laterally for proper spacing adjacent the discs. The camber of the gauge wheels relative to discs is also adjustable. The lateral adjustment is accomplished via a wear bushing and pivot bushing extending into the wear bushing for each gauge wheel. A grease zerk is provided on the end of each pivot bushing to supply grease to the inside of the adjustment wear bushing. The camber adjustment is accomplished via a slot in the row planter frame and bolts extending into arms on a pivotal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Harvest International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Sivinski, Byron J. Friesen
  • Systems and devices for autonomous lawn care
    Patent number: 11197414
    Abstract: A system for providing autonomous lawn care services. The system includes a number of autonomous outdoor power devices, and one or more service vehicles. The one or more service vehicles are configured to selectively load and unload one or more of the autonomous outdoor power devices at a jobsite based on instructions received by a controller of the one or more service vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Zeiler, Robert Pjevach, Kyle Harvey, Nicholas Zeidler, Jacob Schmalz, Peter D. Shears, Todd Johnson, Ryan T. Hahn
  • Implement control system and method
    Patent number: 11197415
    Abstract: A boom mower attachment that moves a cutting mechanism in a first movement, a second movement, and a third movement by only using two motions of a single control and method of use thereof is provided. The boom mower may include a frame, a boom assembly carried by the frame, a cutting mechanism operably engaged with the boom assembly, and at least one translation assembly operably engaged with the boom assembly and the cutting mechanism that moves the cutting mechanism in one or more of the first movement, the second movement, and the third movement. An implement control system including a control, at least one function switching mechanism, and an implement is also provided. Activation of the control is operative to move the implement in a first mode, a second mode, and a third mode by only using two motions of the control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Venture Products, Inc
    Inventors: Michael S. Hoffman, Corey Gerber, Roy I. Steiner
  • Control system for an adjustable deflector
    Patent number: 11197416
    Abstract: A control system and method for controlling the positioning of an adjustable deflector plate employed in a harvesting combine to adjust a side-to-side flow of crop residue to spreaders associated with the combine and the distribution thereby. The deflector plate is operably extendable into the flow of crop residue to redirect crop residue impinging the deflector plate. The deflector plate is adjusted based upon a comparison between the open/closed states of valves associated with the control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Brent Smith, Mark Dilts
  • Grain quality control system and method
    Patent number: 11197417
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling the quality of harvested grains include capturing, by one or more image sensors, one or more images of material at a sampling location within a grain elevator of the combine harvester. The captured images are defined by a set of image pixels represented by image data and having a classification feature indicative of grain or non-grain material. One or more controllers receive the image data associated with the one or more images captured by the image sensor(s) and select a sample image defined by a subset of image pixels of the set of image pixels. The controller(s) apply a convolutional neural network (CNN) algorithm to the image data of the subset of image pixels of the selected sample image to determine the classification feature. The controller(s) analyze the determined classification feature to adjust an operational parameter of the combine harvester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignees: DEERE & COMPANY, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Stephen R. Corban, Scott Miller, Herman Herman, Zachary Pezzementi, Trenton Tabor, Jonathan Chang
  • Fan-equipped dual-purpose grain cart for transporting and drying grain
    Patent number: 11197418
    Abstract: A dual-purpose agricultural cart for transporting and conditioning grain or other particulate material. The cart features a transportable frame, a holding container for receiving and holding the particulate material, a fan, and one or more airflow channels each having an inlet fed by the fan and at least one outlet positioned to open into the holding container at an elevation at or proximate a lower end of the holding container. The particulate material is aerated via upward fan-driven airflow from the outlet(s) of the one or more airflow channels. The same cart used to transport grain between a combine harvester and road transport vehicle during harvest can be used after harvest, or during harvest delays, the dry harvested grain before long term storage or long-distance transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventor: Ryan J. Dennis