Patents
US 8746387 B2: Exhaust system outrigger assembly for a crop sprayer
- Granted
- 2014-06-10
- Filed
- 2011-07-23 application 13189493
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
- Elsewhere
- Google Patents ↗ · USPTO patent document ↗ · USPTO Patent Center record ↗
Abstract
A crop sprayer comprises a cab having i) a left lateral wall structure including a first door, and ii) a right lateral wall structure including a second door. A first platform having a first foot support is positioned adjacent to the first door. A second platform having a second foot support is positioned adjacent to the second door. The second platform defines a routing space located beneath the second foot support. An exhaust assembly includes i) a muffler having a muffler inlet and a muffler outlet, ii) an inlet conduit in fluid communication with the muffler inlet, and iii) an outlet conduit in fluid communication with the muffler outlet. The second platform defines a forward platform portion and a trailing platform portion. The muffler is located within the routing space with the inlet conduit extending into the routing space at the leading platform portion and the outlet conduit extending from the routing space at the trailing platform portion.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg140610.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ET Works, LLC 14 patents | US company or organization | Mooresville, IN | ET WORKS, INC State business registration FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad A. Ringer | Trafalgar, IN | 18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Justin Honegger | Plainfield, IN | 12 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Ryan Larsh | Bargersville, IN | 8 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jarrett Waters | Camby, IN | 15 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B60K | Arrangement or mounting of propulsion units or of transmissions in vehicles; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers in vehicles; auxiliary drives for vehicles; instrumentation or dashboards for vehicles; arrangements in connection with cooling, air intake, gas exhaust or fuel supply of propulsion units in vehicles | B60K13/04 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A01M | Catching, trapping or scaring of animals ; apparatus for the destruction of noxious animals or noxious plants | A01M7/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B60G | Vehicle suspension arrangements | B60G9/02 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B60R | Vehicles, vehicle fittings, or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided for | B60R3/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B62D | Motor vehicles; trailers | B62D33/0617 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F01N | Gas-flow silencers or exhaust apparatus for machines or engines in general; gas-flow silencers or exhaust apparatus for internal-combustion engines | F01N13/08 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F16J | Pistons ; cylinders; sealings | F16J12/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H01L | Semiconductor devices not covered by class h10 | H01L2924/0002 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y10T | Technical subjects covered by former us classification | Y10T137/794 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-17 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ET WORKS, INC. signed 2018-08-24 | EXEL INDUSTRIES EPERNAY | 49214/88 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2019-05-17 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ET WORKS, LLC signed 2018-08-24 | ET WORKS, INC. MOORESVILLE, IN | 49213/869 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2012-11-12 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HONEGGER, JUSTIN signed 2012-10-24 LARSH, RYAN signed 2012-10-24 RINGER, CHAD signed 2012-10-24 WATERS, JARRETT signed 2012-10-24 | ET WORKS, LLC MOORESVILLE, IN | 29278/888 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2011-10-11 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HONEGGER, JUSTIN signed 2011-09-16 LARSH, RYAN signed 2011-09-16 RINGER, CHAD signed 2011-09-16 WATERS, JARRETT signed 2011-09-16 | EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. MOORESVILLE, IN | 27044/450 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
USPTO bulk data: PatentsView granted patents, disambiguated (PVGPATDIS) for patents, assignees, inventors, places and CPC categories; the USPTO Patent Assignment Dataset (ECORSEXC) for assignments and security interests. Patents filed in the last 20 years. No claims or full text. Links to other records are by name (and state): EXACT means the identical full name and state; FUZZY means a looser name match, with the confidence shown.