Deere + Company

Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLC

Fallbrook Technologies Inc.

Other

The Green Rain Barrel Incorporated

Verifone Gmbh

Autocraft Industries, Inc.

Defense Products and Services Holding Company

Defense Products and Services Group, Inc.

Paul Michael Elhardt

Oronde J Armstrong

Charles B Lohr

Brad Philip Pohl

Jon M Nichols

Fernand A Thomassy

Daniel J Dawe

Matthew P Simister

Loren T McDaniel

Peter D Poxton

Terry L Stewart

Ghayyurul I Usmani

Elton L Eidson

Alberto J Mantilla

Anthony John Baxter

Thomas Chilton Hill

Stephen Gerard Miggels

Henry Mack

John Raymond Arthur

Ellis Junior Smith

Joseph W Taborek

Keith Richard Radt

Michael David Caudill

Stephen G Miggels

James Heinrich Weitz

Charles Kennith Fincher

Chad L Helland

Franklin Patrick Lewis

Thomas M Messina

Michael Patrick McCarren, Jr

Chris Barrow

John D Mouser

Loren T Mcdaniel

Kenneth Edward Hunt

Christopher M Barrow

Lucas Wade

Kyle T Ressler

Carl Steven Silbernagel

Henry J Mack, Jr

Anthony J Baxter

Michael John McCarren

Marlin L Goodnight

In Young Jang

Sushanta Das

Thomas R Genz

Nicholas Michael Toomey

Carl E Caldwell, Ii

Stephen Miggels

Stephen Tsortsoros

Jared Lard

Nicolas Ochoa

Joseph P Latchaw

Jimmy An

Jared B Lard

Christopher Martin Barrow

Stephen Tsotsoros

Jawahar R Naidu

Nicholas M Toomey

María Fernanda Dávila Hernández

Mark Joseph Kromer

Chad Leighton Helland

Ellis J Smith

Work vehicle canopy

A tractor cab operator platform includes a composite floor holding a heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit, a plurality of blowers, and a plurality of openings for air filters. The composite floor may have a plurality of airflow passages between the plurality of air filters, the plurality of blowers and the heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit. An operator seat may be removably mounted on a seat pan over the heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit.

Tractor cab operator platform

Inventive embodiments are directed to components, subassemblies, systems, and/or methods for continuously variable transmissions (CVT). In one embodiment, a main axle is adapted to receive a shift rod that cooperates with a shift rod nut to actuate a ratio change in a CVT. In another embodiment, an axial force generating mechanism can include a torsion spring, a traction ring adapted to receive the torsion spring, and a roller cage retainer configured to cooperate with the traction ring to house the torsion spring. Various inventive idler-and-shift-cam assemblies can be used to facilitate shifting the ratio of a CVT. Embodiments of a hub shell and a hub cover are adapted to house components of a CVT and, in some embodiments, to cooperate with other components of the CVT to support operation and/or functionality of the CVT. Among other things, shift control interfaces and braking features for a CVT are disclosed.

Continuously variable transmission

Continuously variable transmissions (CVTs) having a plurality of balls, each ball having a bore through which a ball axle passes, are provided. In some aspects, the CVTs include first and second rings on either side and in contact with the plurality of balls, and an idler assembly including an idler having a non-uniform outer diameter. The profile of the idler ensures lubricant flows to a largest diameter of the non-uniform outer diameter, and lubricant sprays off the largest diameter to lubricate one or more components of the CVT. A lubrication system may include a scraper configured to remove lubricant that accumulates in an interior of the CVT.

A grass mowing machine operator platform includes a one-piece plastic composite molded structure with a top surface and an outer wall, and a plurality of slots in the top surface and outer wall. A pair of steering levers may be pivotably mounted to steering pivot bolts in the slots in the top surface, and a brake lever pivotably mounted in a slot in the outer wall. The slots where the steering levers and brake lever are mounted have integral bearing surfaces.

Grass mowing machine operator platform

Rain barrel

An adjustable collar system including a strap member having first and second ends and a housing assembly configured to slideably receive on the strap member. The housing assembly including a first end portion configured and operable to detachably engage the first end of the strap member and a second end portion configured and operable to adjustable affix to a portion of the strap member in proximity to the second end of the strap member.

Adjustable collar

A towing bar assembly that is convertible from an articulated assembly for extracting a vehicle in an inaccessible location to a rigid assembly for safely towing a vehicle on a road.

Towing assembly

A system for rainwater harvesting utilizes a rain barrel adapted for collecting and storing rainwater runoff gravity-fed from a rooftop through a downspout. A downspout diverter comprises an inlet section, an outlet section, and an elongated connector section interconnecting the inlet section and the outlet section. The inlet section has a first open end adapted for communicating with an end of the downspout and a second open end communicating with an inlet opening formed with the rain barrel. The outlet section of the diverter has a first open end communicating with an outlet (or, overflow) opening formed with the rain barrel and a second open end for directing rainwater outwardly from the rain barrel.

System and method for harvesting rainwater

A shifter for use with a continuously variable transmission includes a grip portion and a hub portion. Specifically, the shifter is designed for use on a bicycle, but could also be used with any light vehicle. The grip portion is characterized by a rotatable adjuster that is coupled to a cable. The cable is also coupled to a hub portion. As the adjuster is rotated, the cable is pulled, in turn rotating a pulley assembly in the hub portion. As the pulley assembly is rotated, it advances a rod within a continuously variable transmission. The rod adjusts the power adjusters as described above. The grip portion is also unique in its display of information to the rider. The grip portion includes a display showing the ratio of input to output. The display also includes a filament that curves as the ration is adjusted. A high ratio renders the filament flat while the filament takes on a steep curve as the ratio is adjusted to make riding up hills easier.

System for manipulating a continuously variable transmission

An apparatus for supporting a patient's hand, wrist, and at least a portion of the forearm in order to expose the radial artery to receive an arterial line. The apparatus including a substantially flexible, unitary body adapted to underlie the posterior of the patient's hand, wrist and forearm. The unitary body including a forward portion having an upturned cutout portion for receiving finger portions of a patient's hand. The forward portion configured for mating engagement with the posterior surface of the hand. The unitary body further including a rear portion sloping downward from the forward portion and having an upturned cutout portion for receiving a forearm portion of a patient.

Wrist support device

A tractor center control console may be assembled before being mounted on a tractor. The tractor center control console includes a one-piece molded plastic pedestal, an instrument panel, and a steering column assembly that is solely supported by the one-piece plastic pedestal. A removable cowl covers at least part of the one-piece plastic pedestal. Electronic components are housed in the one-piece plastic pedestal and covered by the removable cowl.

Tractor center control console

The present invention relates to a towing bar assembly that may convert from an articulated assembly extracting a vehicle in an inaccessible location to a rigid assembly for safely towing a vehicle on a road.

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Charlotte, NC, United States of America

Paul Michael Elhardt