Kent D Barnard

US Patent:

6456938, Sep 24, 2002

Filed:

Jul 21, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/620784

Inventors:

Kent Deon Barnard - Wayne City IL 62895-0285

International Classification:

G01S 500

US Classification:

701213, 701208, 701215, 34235703, 342 3509, 340990, 473407

Abstract:

A personal owned palm-held device consisting of software executed on a palm-held personal computer (PC) saddled into and connected directly to a dGPS receiver such that an individual golf player may map a golf course by traversing its attributes, displaying said map and collecting golf play data for any golf course. In addition, the ability to upload and download golf course maps to an Internet web site shall reduce the need for subsequent users to repeat the effort of mapping the same course more than once. Also, downloadable courses will facilitate the use of the palm-held PC by users that do not have a dGPS attachment. When used without a dGPS attachment, ball locations will be determined manually by estimating the ball location with reference to visual salient course attributes.

US Patent:

60033878, Dec 21, 1999

Filed:

Sep 24, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/936503

Inventors:

Tad D. Larson - Anamosa IA
Kent D. Barnard - Wayne City IL

Assignee:

Rockwell International Corporation - Milwaukee WI

International Classification:

G01F 130

US Classification:

7386173

Abstract:

An improved flow sensor is disclosed for use with a crop harvesting device to determine flow volume of a crop yield product. The improved flow sensor is of the type which uses a strain gauge and includes an improved probe coupled to the strain gauge and adapted to cooperate with the strain gauge to produce a signal indicative of pressure being applied to the probe by the crop yield product. The improved probe includes first and second connection members adapted to couple the probe to the strain gauge. A probe middle portion is coupled to each of the first and second connection members and extends from a location between the first and second connection members into a middle portion of the flow path of the crop yield product. First and second probe legs are coupled to and extend from first and second sides of the probe middle portion into first and second sides of the flow of crop yield product.