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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
John D Sundberg, Beaver Dam, WI (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15B / ; F01B / ; F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
91 51 ; 92 29 ; 92129 ; 9213 / ;
Abstract
A fluid cylinder mechanism couplable to a vehicle and having a piston slidable within the cylinder, a rod couplable to an implement and shiftable within an opening in the piston, the rod being adapted to shift vertically within the piston a an implement rides over ground undulations, and an abutment mechanism coupled to the rod for abutment with the piston when the piston shifts upwardly due to selective forcing of fluid into the rod end of the cylinder by the operator to transfer the weight of the implement to the vehicle or to lift the implement for transport.