Gaylen J Kromminga

US Patent:

7631701, Dec 15, 2009

Filed:

Apr 30, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/742260

Inventors:

Gaylen J. Kromminga - Morton IL, US
Aaron Beyer - Roanoke IL, US
Rickey Gerber - Roanoke IL, US
Scott Faust - Philo IL, US
Mark P. Hoffman - Deer Creek IL, US

Assignee:

CNH America LLC - New Holland PA

International Classification:

A01B 17/00

US Classification:

172508, 172558, 384624

Abstract:

A bearing shield and disk scraper system to remove and deflect dirt, debris, and soil from a bearing assembly, rigid bearing hanger or standard, and/or disk blade, is provided; the system also provides a protective barrier structure for the bearing assembly. The bearing shield and disk scraper system includes a shield member and a scraper blade connected thereto. The bearing shield at least partially encases and protects a bearing assembly that rotatably supports a common axle which carries multiple disk blades of the disk gang. The scraper blade is attached to the shield member by way of a mounting flange that extends therefrom. An edge of the scraper blade is positioned in close proximity to a concave surface of an adjacent disk blade, whereby the entire assemblage of bearing shield and disk scraper system protects the bearing assembly and prevents non-desired accumulation of dirt and debris on the disk blade.

US Patent:

7721815, May 25, 2010

Filed:

Apr 30, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/742236

Inventors:

Mark P. Hoffman - Deer Creek IL, US
Aaron Beyer - Roanoke IL, US
Rickey Gerber - Roanoke IL, US
Gaylen J. Kromminga - Morton IL, US

Assignee:

CNH America LLC - New Holland PA

International Classification:

A01B 15/16

US Classification:

172558, 172563

Abstract:

A cushion standard shield system to remove and deflect residue, dirt, debris, and soil from a cushion bearing hanger, or cushion standard, portion of a disk gang type agricultural implement is provided. The cushion standard shield system includes a mounting bracket supported by a common axle which carries multiple disk blades of the disk gang. A blade assembly is mounted to an upright portion of the mounting bracket, and is positioned generally behind and above the axle, behind the cushion standard. The blade assembly includes one or more plate member with arcuate lateral edges. The radii of the arcuate lateral edges correspond closely in magnitude to the radii of the concave and convex surfaces of the disk blades. The plate members are laterally adjustable with respect to each other, whereby the width dimension of blade assembly is variable to accommodate different axial spacing widths of adjacent disk blades.

US Patent:

D623669, Sep 14, 2010

Filed:

Jan 14, 2010

Appl. No.:

29/353784

Inventors:

Gaylen James Kromminga - Morton IL, US
Timothy Richard Blunier - Danvers IL, US
Michael C Hatton - Washington IL, US
Scott Robert Faust - Philo IL, US

Assignee:

CNH America LLC - New Holland PA

International Classification:

1503

US Classification:

D15 27

US Patent:

8016044, Sep 13, 2011

Filed:

Oct 29, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/608598

Inventors:

Gaylen J. Kromminga - Morton IL, US
Timothy R. Blunier - Danvers IL, US
Michael C. Hatton - Washington IL, US
Scott Faust - Philo IL, US

Assignee:

CNH America LLC - New Holland PA

International Classification:

A01B 5/00

US Classification:

172178, 172133, 172176, 172196, 172582

Abstract:

In an embodiment, an agricultural implement includes at least a first row of ground engaging tools, each of the tools spaced a first distance apart from one another, and a second row of ground engaging tools disposed behind the first row of ground engaging tools, each of the second row of ground engaging tools spaced a second distance apart from one another. The implement also includes a row of soil shaping disks disposed behind the second row of ground engaging tools, wherein a spacing between each of the soil shaping disks is not uniform and corresponds to whether the spacing is behind the first row of ground engaging disks or behind the second row of ground engaging disks.

US Patent:

8074727, Dec 13, 2011

Filed:

Apr 30, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/433635

Inventors:

Michael George Kovach - Morton IL, US
Tracey Duane Meiners - Mackinaw IL, US
Dean Alan Knobloch - Goodfield IL, US
Gaylen James Kromminga - Morton IL, US
Gregory S. Smart - Bettendorf IA, US

Assignee:

CNH America LLC - New Holland PA

International Classification:

A01B 5/00

US Classification:

172166, 172551, 172581, 172599

Abstract:

A tilling implement has a front row of concave disc blades having a front right portion and a front left portion symmetrically disposed about a centerline of the implement. A rear row of concave disc blades has a rear right portion and a rear left portion symmetrically disposed about the centerline of the implement. The rear right portion follows behind the front right portion in a right path and the rear left portion follows the front left portion in a left path when the implement is displaced through a field. The implement includes no ground engaging tool in the right path between the front right portion and the rear right portion, and no ground engaging tool in the left path between the front left portion and the rear left portion. A ground engaging tool is disposed generally along the centerline of the implement between the right and left paths.

US Patent:

8074728, Dec 13, 2011

Filed:

Apr 30, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/433687

Inventors:

Michael George Kovach - Morton IL, US
Tracey Duane Meiners - Mackinaw IL, US
Dean Alan Knobloch - Goodfield IL, US
Gaylen James Kromminga - Morton IL, US
Gregory S. Smart - Bettendorf IA, US

Assignee:

CNH America LLC - New Holland PA

International Classification:

A01B 5/00

US Classification:

172166, 172551, 172581, 172599

Abstract:

A tilling implement has a front row of shallow concave disc blades having a front right portion and a front left portion symmetrically disposed about a centerline of the implement. A rear row of shallow concave disc blades has a rear right portion and a rear left portion symmetrically disposed about the centerline of the implement. The rear right portion following behind the front right portion in a right path and the rear left portion following the front left portion in a left path when the implement is displaced through a field. The implement includes no ground engaging tool in the right path between the front right portion and the rear right portion, and no ground engaging tool in the left path between the front left portion and the rear left portion. The shallow concave disc blades have a concavity of between approximately 1. 25 and 1. 69 inches over an outer diameter of approximately 20 inches.

US Patent:

8074729, Dec 13, 2011

Filed:

Nov 28, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/946310

Inventors:

Michael George Kovach - Morton IL, US
Tracey Duane Meiners - Mackinaw IL, US
Dean Alan Knobloch - Goodfield IL, US
Gaylen James Kromminga - Morton IL, US
Gregory S. Smart - Morton IL, US

Assignee:

CNH America LLC - Racine WI

International Classification:

A01B 49/00

US Classification:

172311, 172170, 172579

Abstract:

A vertical tilling implement to be pulled behind and agricultural vehicle having a number of gangs of fluted-concave disc blades, rolling baskets, and wheels connected to a main frame. As the vertical tilling implement is pulled, the fluted-concave disc blades move the soil in a direction lateral to the side of the blades as well as up. Meanwhile, the rolling bars aid in leveling the seedbed and crushing the remaining large pieces of soil. The vertical tilling implement reduces the amount of subsoil compaction and cuts through heavy residue making it ideal for use in the fall or in the spring.

US Patent:

8074730, Dec 13, 2011

Filed:

Jan 10, 2011

Appl. No.:

12/987408

Inventors:

Michael George Kovach - Morton IL, US
Tracey Duane Meiners - Mackinaw IL, US
Dean Alan Knobloch - Goodfield IL, US
Gaylen James Kromminga - Morton IL, US
Gregory S. Smart - Morton IL, US

International Classification:

A01B 49/00

US Classification:

172311, 172170, 172579

Abstract:

A vertical tilling implement to be pulled behind and agricultural vehicle having a number of gangs of fluted-concave disc blades, rolling baskets, and wheels connected to a main frame. As the vertical tilling implement is pulled, the fluted-concave disc blades move the soil in a direction lateral to the side of the blades as well as up. Meanwhile, the rolling bars aid in leveling the seedbed and crushing the remaining large pieces of soil. The vertical tilling implement reduces the amount of subsoil compaction and cuts through heavy residue making it ideal for use in the fall or in the spring.