Stephen D Berry

US Patent:

6374759, Apr 23, 2002

Filed:

Mar 17, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/527160

Inventors:

Richard J. Crabb - Naperville IL
Guntis Ozers - Woodridge IL
David N. Slowinski - Naperville IL
Chad M. Johnson - Lockport IL
Donald Johnson - Lockport IL
Lisle J. Dunham - Downers Grove IL
John F. Stufflebeam - Romeoville IL
Thomas A. Olson - Bolingbrook IL
Stephen D. Berry - Plainfield IL
Thomas Brown - Romeoville IL
Gerald J. Tiedt - Willow Springs IL

Assignee:

Case Corporation - Racine WI

International Classification:

A01C 704

US Classification:

111185, 111900, 221211, 221264, 221266

Abstract:

A planter apparatus includes a seed meter including a housing assembly with a cover releasably connected to a shell. The housing assembly includes at least one opening formed therein adjacent a seed discharge area to promote the release of seeds from a disc rotatably attached to the housing assembly. The disc divides an interior of the housing assembly to include a vacuum chamber and a seed chamber. The disc including a plurality of openings formed adjacent a periphery of the disc. The planter apparatus may also include a singulator assembly having rotatably spools, a rotatable chute door, a disc having clusters of openings for simultaneous release, and a one-piece baffle.

US Patent:

6401638, Jun 11, 2002

Filed:

Mar 17, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/527747

Inventors:

Richard J. Crabb - Naperville IL
Guntis Ozers - Woodridge IL
David N. Slowinski - Naperville IL
Chad M. Johnson - Lockport IL
Donald Johnson - Lockport IL
Lisle J. Dunham - Downers Grove IL
John F. Stufflebeam - Romeoville IL
Thomas A. Olson - Bolingbrook IL
Stephen D. Berry - Plainfield IL
Thomas Brown - Romeoville IL
Gerald J. Tiedt - Willow Springs IL

Assignee:

Case Corporation - Racine WI

International Classification:

A01C 720

US Classification:

111185, 111200, 111900

Abstract:

A planter apparatus includes a seed meter including a housing assembly with a cover releasably connected to a shell. The housing assembly includes at least one opening formed therein adjacent a seed discharge area to promote the release of seeds from a disc rotatably attached to the housing assembly. The disc divides an interior of the housing assembly to include a vacuum chamber and a seed chamber. The disc including a plurality of openings formed adjacent a periphery of the disc. The planter apparatus may also include a singulator assembly having rotatably spools, a rotatable chute door, a disc having clusters of openings for simultaneous release, and a one-piece baffle.

US Patent:

6564730, May 20, 2003

Filed:

Dec 17, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/025719

Inventors:

Richard J. Crabb - Naperville IL
Guntis Ozers - Woodridge IL
David N. Slowinski - Naperville IL
Chad M. Johnson - Lockport IL
Donald Johnson - Lockport IL
Lisle J. Dunham - Downers Grove IL
John F. Stufflebeam - Romeoville IL
Thomas A. Olson - Bolingbrook IL
Stephen D. Berry - Plainfield IL
Thomas Brown - Romeoville IL
Gerald J. Tiedt - Willow Springs IL

Assignee:

Case Corporation - Racine WI

International Classification:

A01C 704

US Classification:

111185, 111900, 221211

Abstract:

A planter apparatus includes a seed meter including a housing assembly with a cover releasably connected to a shell. The housing assembly includes at least one opening formed therein adjacent a seed discharge area to promote the release of seeds from a disc rotatably attached to the housing assembly. The disc divides an interior of the housing assembly to include a vacuum chamber and a seed chamber. The disc including a plurality of openings formed adjacent a periphery of the disc. The planter apparatus may also include a singulator assembly having rotatably spools, a rotatable chute door, a disc having clusters of openings for simultaneous release, and a one-piece baffle.

US Patent:

D476682, Jul 1, 2003

Filed:

Nov 9, 2001

Appl. No.:

29/152897

Inventors:

Stephen D. Berry - Plainfield IL
John C. Olson - Chicago IL
Earle Cramer - Chicago IL
Scott Kouri - Chicago IL
Eric B. Heitmann - Kenosha WI
Stephen P. Corr - Gurnee IL
Josh P. Goldfarb - Newport Beach CA

Assignee:

ACCO Brands, Inc. - Lincolnshire IL

International Classification:

1904

US Classification:

D19 27, D19 26

US Patent:

6739272, May 25, 2004

Filed:

Mar 13, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/388347

Inventors:

Richard J. Crabb - Naperville IL
Guntis Ozers - Woodridge IL
David N. Slowinski - Naperville IL
Chad M. Johnson - Lockport IL
Donald Johnson - Lockport IL
Lisle J. Dunham - Downers Grove IL
John F. Stufflebeam - Romeoville IL
Thomas A. Olson - Bolingbrook IL
Stephen D. Berry - Plainfield IL
Thomas Brown - Romeoville IL
Gerald J. Tiedt - Willow Springs IL

Assignee:

CNH America LLC - Racine WI

International Classification:

A01C 704

US Classification:

111185, 111900, 221211, 221264, 221266

Abstract:

A planter apparatus includes a seed meter including a housing assembly with a cover releasably connected to a shell. The housing assembly includes at least one opening formed therein adjacent a seed discharge area to promote the release of seeds from a disc rotatably attached to the housing assembly. The disc divides an interior of the housing assembly to include a vacuum chamber and a seed chamber. The disc including a plurality of openings formed adjacent a periphery of the disc. The planter apparatus may also include a singulator assembly having rotatably spools, a rotatable chute door, a disc having clusters of openings for simultaneous release, and a one-piece baffle.

US Patent:

6742465, Jun 1, 2004

Filed:

Mar 13, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/387609

Inventors:

Richard J. Crabb - Naperville IL
Guntis Ozers - Woodridge IL
David N. Slowinski - Naperville IL
Chad M. Johnson - Lockport IL
Donald Johnson - Lockport IL
Lisle J. Dunham - Downers Grove IL
John F. Stufflebeam - Romeoville IL
Thomas A. Olson - Bolingbrook IL
Stephen D. Berry - Plainfield IL
Thomas Brown - Romeoville IL
Gerald J. Tiedt - Willow Springs IL

Assignee:

CNH America LLC - Racine WI

International Classification:

A01C 704

US Classification:

111185, 111900, 221211, 221264, 221266

Abstract:

A planter apparatus includes a seed meter including a housing assembly with a cover releasably connected to a shell. The housing assembly includes at least one opening formed therein adjacent a seed discharge area to promote the release of seeds from a disc rotatably attached to the housing assembly. The disc divides an interior of the housing assembly to include a vacuum chamber and a seed chamber. The disc including a plurality of openings formed adjacent a periphery of the disc. The planter apparatus may also include a singulator assembly having rotatably spools, a rotatable chute door, a disc having clusters of openings for simultaneous release, and a one-piece baffle.

US Patent:

6776108, Aug 17, 2004

Filed:

Mar 13, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/388342

Inventors:

Richard J. Crabb - Naperville IL
Guntis Ozers - Woodridge IL
David N. Slowinski - Naperville IL
Chad M. Johnson - Lockport IL
Donald Johnson - Lockport IL
Lisle J. Dunham - Downers Grove IL
John F. Stufflebeam - Romeoville IL
Thomas A. Olson - Bolingbrook IL
Stephen D. Berry - Plainfield IL
Thomas Brown - Romeoville IL
Gerald J. Tiedt - Willow Springs IL

Assignee:

CNH America LLC - Racine WI

International Classification:

A01C 704

US Classification:

111185, 111900, 221211, 221264, 221266

Abstract:

A planter apparatus includes a seed meter including a housing assembly with a cover releasably connected to a shell. The housing assembly includes at least one opening formed therein adjacent a seed discharge area to promote the release of seeds from a disc rotatably attached to the housing assembly. The disc divides an interior of the housing assembly to include a vacuum chamber and a seed chamber. The disc including a plurality of openings formed adjacent a periphery of the disc. The planter apparatus may also include a singulator assembly having rotatably spools, a rotatable chute door, a disc having clusters of openings for simultaneous release, and a one-piece baffle.

US Patent:

D402148, Oct 27, 1998

Filed:

Oct 17, 1997

Appl. No.:

D/078402

Inventors:

John Michael Brassil - Glenview IL
John Andrew Lake - Evanston IL
Andrew C. Burroughs - Kenosha WI
Stephen D. Berry - Plainfield IL
Shu Kun Chang - Evanston IL
Roberto Giovanni Fraquelli - Vale of Health, London NW3 1AR, GB
David Howard Meldrum Annett - Harrogate, North Yorkshir, N92 9NS, GB

International Classification:

1509

US Classification:

D15125