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Maynard M. Herron — 26 Patents

AGAgco: 19 patents #10 of 399Top 3%
HIHay & Forage Industries: 4 patents #11 of 37Top 30%
HEHesston: 2 patents #15 of 59Top 30%
Hesston, KS: #3 of 103 inventorsTop 3%
Kansas: #268 of 12,005 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
Maynard M. Herron has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at Agco. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in May 2024. Maynard M. Herron ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list Maynard M. Herron in Hesston, KS, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11985921 Twine tension assembly Nathan K. Ensminger, Bernard D. Regier, Dino Rey Valdez 2024-05-21 $22,875,000
11950541 Knot tightener for baler twine Dino Rey Valdez, Nathan K. Ensminger, Bernard D. Regier 2024-04-09 $8,555,000
11856895 Baler slacker arm sensor for protecting against needle over-tension conditions Bernard D. Regier, Dino Rey Valdez, Patrick Kendrick, Nathan K. Ensminger 2024-01-02 $14,191,000
11382278 Twine severing blade for protecting against baler needle over-tension conditions Bernard D. Regier, Dino Rey Valdez, Patrick Kendrick, Nathan K. Ensminger 2022-07-12 $54,466,000
10212889 Baler with automated selection of ejector teeth Lawrence D. Retzlaff, Robert J. Waggoner 2019-02-26 $9,649,000
10188043 Variable speed round bale chamber control with accumulator sensor Brian D. Olander 2019-01-29 $28,453,000
10098282 Variable speed round bale chamber control using bale growth rate Brian D. Olander 2018-10-16 $22,753,000
9949441 Variable speed round bale chamber control with accumulator sensor Brian D. Olander 2018-04-24 $10,256,000
9832930 Combo crop harvester crop transfer means 2017-12-05 $7,466,000
9167750 Stuffer chute fill indicator 2015-10-27 $6,468,000
9095096 Uniform density packer stuffer system 2015-08-04 $9,668,000
8973493 Square baler having flywheel planetary drive David W. O'Reilly, Edward W. Esau 2015-03-10 $21,151,000
8584439 Tine pickup with narrow tine spacing for a baler Allen J. Kuhn, Patrick Kendrick, Thomas G. Schrag 2013-11-19 $24,513,000
8544243 Method of using an accumulation conveyor with a continuous round baler Robert A. Matousek, Cedric J. Blough, Patrick Kendrick, Brian D. Olander 2013-10-01 $13,169,000
8464509 Continuous round baler Robert A. Matousek, Cedric J. Blough, Patrick Kendrick, Brian D. Olander 2013-06-18 $8,583,000
8429881 Baler starter roll Charlie O. James, Cedric J. Blough 2013-04-30 $9,884,000
8413414 Continuous round baler with accumulation conveyor Robert A. Matousek, Cedric J. Blough, Patrick Kendrick, Brian D. Olander 2013-04-09 $8,743,000
8291687 Continuous round baler Robert A. Matousek, Cedric J. Blough, Patrick Kendrick, Brian D. Olander 2012-10-23 $6,985,000
7337713 Bale wrapping pattern controller and method Brian D. Olander, Charlie O. James, Robert J. Waggoner, Roger White 2008-03-04 $53,913,000
6050052 Round baler having positive start wrapper dispensing mechanism Howard J. Ratzlaff 2000-04-18
6032444 Non-row-sensitive forage harvester Howard J. Ratzlaff, Ferol S. Fell 2000-03-07
5127219 Safety chain and latchable hook therefor D. John Schroeder 1992-07-07
4944384 Trash discharge apparatus for crop transferring conveyor mechanism 1990-07-31
4846411 Tilt tub bale processor having tub-mounted rotor feed control grid Ferol S. Fell 1989-07-11
4520878 Spring cushion chisel plow shank assembly David R. Smith 1985-06-04 $250,000