1857 patents
Utility
One piece casting fan hub
16 Jan 24
A hub assembly for construction of a fan includes a hub plate having a front face, a rear face, and an annular surface extending between the front face and the rear face.
Bradley P. Wrage, Dongming Tan, Adam C. Grove, Neil A. Terry
Filed: 13 May 22
Utility
System and method for monitoring location of diesel exhaust fluid in a dosing system
16 Jan 24
A system including a pump fluidly connected to a fluid reservoir, the pump configured to direct diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) from the fluid reservoir to an injector fluidly connected to the pump via a flow line.
Steven Paul Byrne, Shivsinh Hitendrasinh Parmar, Hrishi Lalit Shah
Filed: 13 Nov 20
Utility
Electrical contact wear monitoring system
16 Jan 24
A system for monitoring electrical contacts for an overhead trolley line may include a wear sensor arranged such that an electrical contact on a vehicle or work machine for contacting the overhead trolley line is continually or periodically in its line of sight.
Christopher A Willey, Eric J. Ruth, Zachary R. Carter, Bradley S. Bailey
Filed: 9 Feb 22
Utility
Method to determine fuse health
16 Jan 24
A method of monitoring a fuse of a work machine includes sensing a fuse current; detecting when the fuse current exceeds a threshold; quantifying a difference current that is a difference between the fuse current and the threshold current when the fuse current exceeds the threshold current; determining an amount of time that the difference current is greater than zero; and generating an alert related to fuse lifetime according to the difference current and determined time.
Alexander C. Crosman, III
Filed: 20 Dec 21
Utility
Guard for radiator blower units of machines
16 Jan 24
A guard for a radiator blower unit includes a body, a flange, and a lip.
Andrew Thomas Jennrich, Joseph Thomas Frystak
Filed: 6 Sep 22
Utility
Fuel injector drive system
16 Jan 24
A fuel injection system includes a first fuel injector having a first electronically-controlled valve and a first injection valve configured to inject fuel when the first electronically-controlled valve is actuated.
Andrew O. Marrack, Bradley D. Ferguson, Eric L. Schroeder
Filed: 2 Aug 22
Utility
Spring steel sleeve design
16 Jan 24
A spring loaded retainer includes a lug receiving portion defining a first maximum outside dimension, the lug receiving portion also defining a lug receiving slot that extends partially through the lug receiving portion, forming a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a catch surface connecting the first sidewall to the second sidewall.
Corey Michael Wells, Jason Grant Jura, Eric T. Sinn, Douglas C. Serrurier
Filed: 9 Jun 21
Utility
Empty conveyor speed limiter
9 Jan 24
A cold planer can include a frame; a milling assembly including a drum housing and a cutting rotor located within the drum housing, the drum housing including a discharge port; a primary conveyor coupled to the frame, wherein the primary conveyor is positioned near the discharge port so as to receive material through the discharge port; a secondary conveyor positioned to receive material off an end of the primary conveyor; a sensor associated with the secondary conveyor to sense a load on the secondary conveyor; and a controller configured to receive information from the sensor regarding the load and to control a speed of the secondary conveyor based on the information.
Colton J. Hirman
Filed: 4 Nov 21
Utility
Machine control component with input device to control machine display
9 Jan 24
A system may include a first control component comprising an input device configured to control an operation of a display device of a machine.
Christian L. Nicholson
Filed: 4 Nov 20
Utility
Retainer sleeve design with external ribs
9 Jan 24
A retainer sleeve includes an at least partially annular body defining an axis of rotation, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction.
Douglas C. Serrurier, Eric T. Sinn, Jason Grant Jura
Filed: 18 May 22
Utility
Adjustable pitch rotor for milling applications
9 Jan 24
An adjustable pitch rotor for a milling machine includes an inner drum and an outer shell formed by first and second outer shell portions.
Nicholas B. Johnson
Filed: 13 Oct 21
Utility
Face shovel and method of operation
9 Jan 24
A digging machine such as a face shovel is controlled in an automated dumping sequence in which the bucket is pivoted to a first angular orientation before opening and, optionally, re-orienting to a second, slightly more forwardly inclined angular orientation.
Marcus Bitter
Filed: 6 Jun 19
Utility
Crankcase ventilation system architecture
9 Jan 24
Apparatuses, systems and methods are disclosed for separating oil from a blow-by gas of an engine.
Rodney Allen Lawrence, Brandyn A. Stack, Joshua Amiel Lehe
Filed: 3 Jan 23
Utility
Oil monitoring
9 Jan 24
The oil quality in an oil reservoir of a pump is monitored using the disclosed oil-monitoring sensor.
Trever Dean Stewart
Filed: 1 Apr 19
Utility
Generator set-engine load management techniques
9 Jan 24
A generator set configured to provide an electrical output to an external electrical load.
Abhishek K Mishra, Rajaram Namachivayam, Paul W Fraysure, III, Gareth Osborne, William R English, Christopher J Worrall
Filed: 21 Dec 21
Utility
Configuration of a structural support for a boom of a pipelayer machine
9 Jan 24
A boom, of a machine, may include a first member; a second member opposite the first member; and a support structure.
Aaron M. Brames
Filed: 26 Apr 22
Utility
Linkage for arm assembly with reduced weld fatigue
9 Jan 24
A work machine includes a frame, a traction system supporting the frame, an arm assembly having a first end and a second end, the first end connected to the frame, an implement connected to the second end, and a linkage connecting the implement to the second end of the arm assembly.
Daniel T. Unger, Ramanagarajan Meenakshinathan, Kort C. Randall
Filed: 12 Mar 21
Utility
Transitioning between manned control mode and unmanned control mode based on assigned priority
9 Jan 24
A controller may configure the machine to operate in a plurality of modes including a manned control mode, a remote control mode, and an autonomous control mode.
Robert Jason McGee, Craig L. Koehrsen, Paul D Lenzen, Clarence Matthew Glover, Kyle Hendricks, Joshua Struble, Justin Peters, Sangameshwar Sonth
Filed: 29 Nov 22
Utility
Ground engaging tool wear and loss detection system and method
9 Jan 24
An example wear detection system receives first image data related to at least one ground engaging tool (GET) of a work machine from one or more sensors at a first time instance in a dig-dump cycle of the work machine.
Lawrence A Mianzo, Tod A Oblak, Shawn Nainan Mathew, John M Plouzek, Raymond Alan Wise, Daniel Paul Adler
Filed: 11 Aug 21
Utility
Track link having sensor-receiving cavities
2 Jan 24
A track link having sensor-receiving cavities and a method of producing a track link is disclosed.
Donald J. Kalmes, William P. Shoemaker, Yaodong Zhou, Li Zhang
Filed: 27 Jul 21