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Thomas D. Bebernes — 24 Patents

JDJohn Deere: 24 patents #112 of 5,518Top 3%
Ottumwa, IA: #7 of 143 inventorsTop 5%
Iowa: #454 of 15,303 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #168,038 of 4,157,543Top 5%
24 Patents All Time
Thomas D. Bebernes has been granted 24 US patents while listed as an inventor at John Deere. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in October 2020. Thomas D. Bebernes ranks #168,038 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.0%). Patent records list Thomas D. Bebernes in Ottumwa, IA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2016.peak 51997: 3 patents19971998: 1 patents2003: 1 patents20032010: 2 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents2014: 1 patents20142015: 2 patents2016: 5 patents20162018: 1 patents2019: 4 patents20192020: 2 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–24 of 24 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10793185 Charge pressure circuit arrangement for steering control for a vehicle David V. Rotole, Thomas A. Nichols, Kyle R. Teach 2020-10-06 $37,944,000
10766526 Multi-mode steering control for a vehicle Thomas A. Nichols, David V. Rotole, Walter C. Wright 2020-09-08 $87,641,000
10518804 Rear steering control for a vehicle Thomas A. Nichols, David V. Rotole, Walter C. Wright, Eric R. Lang, Mitchell R. Usasz 2019-12-31 $21,019,000
10207735 Multi-mode steering control for a vehicle Thomas A. Nichols, David V. Rotole, Walter C. Wright 2019-02-19 $33,717,000
10179606 Rear steering control for a vehicle Thomas A. Nichols, David V. Rotole, Walter C. Wright, Eric R. Lang, Mitchell R. Usasz 2019-01-15 $55,228,000
10179604 Charge pressure circuit arrangement for steering control for a vehicle David V. Rotole, Thomas A. Nichols, Kyle R. Teach 2019-01-15 $55,228,000
9950734 Automated re-centering of steering system Benjamin C. Potter 2018-04-24 $85,852,000
9439341 Multi-mode steering control for a vehicle Thomas A. Nichols, David V. Rotole, Walter C. Wright 2016-09-13 $29,838,000
9421999 Charge pressure circuit arrangement for steering control for a vehicle David V. Rotole, Thomas A. Nichols, Kyle R. Teach 2016-08-23 $32,192,000
9380737 Automated re-centering of steering system Benjamin C. Potter 2016-07-05 $30,494,000
9370138 Rear steering control for a vehicle Thomas A. Nichols, David V. Rotole, Walter C. Wright, Eric R. Lang, Mitchell R. Usasz 2016-06-21 $62,726,000
9227660 Fault detection for steering control for a vehicle Charles J. Bowden, David V. Rotole, Walter C. Wright 2016-01-05 $8,056,000
9120504 Steering linkage interface between steering cylinder and ground drive pump displacement control arms Stephen O'Brien, Thomas A. Nichols, Mitchell R. Usasz, Kyle R. Teach, David V. Rotole +1 more 2015-09-01 $21,509,000
8925672 Steering control system for hydrostatically driven front vehicle ground wheels and steerable rear caster wheels Stephen O'Brien 2015-01-06 $11,632,000
8678113 Steering and ground speed control mechanism of a dual-path hydrostatic drive arrangement 2014-03-25 $30,820,000
8496256 Steering assist for a rear caster wheel on a work machine Eric R. Lang, David V. Rotole, Timothy K. Dreger 2013-07-30 $13,473,000
8087225 Articulated transport arrangement for windrower with cutting platform Gordon Lee Salley 2012-01-03 $13,509,000
7789408 Suspension arrangement for rear castered wheels on a work machine Charles S. Sloan, Allan Wesley Rosenbalm 2010-09-07 $24,775,000
7661251 Header float system for use with an agricultural windrower or combine Charles S. Sloan, Steven K. Parsons, Lary Williams, Tom Nichols, Dave V. Rotole 2010-02-16 $45,467,000
6523635 Steering and ground speed control mechanism of a dual-path hydrostatic drive system Robert J. Johnston 2003-02-25 $67,995,000
5778644 Crop harvesting platform having a reversible drive for the reel, cutterbar center-feed augers and conditioner rolls Melvin William Keller, David Henry Diebold, Steven L. Schmid, Stanley P. Wellman, Frederick Carl Krambeck 1998-07-14 $23,299,000
5649606 Steering and ground speed control mechanism of a dual-path hydrostatic drive system Robert J. Johnston 1997-07-22 $83,226,000
5633452 Low pressure warning for hydraulic system of platform float suspension 1997-05-27 $40,700,000
5630489 Electrohydraulic parking brake control system for preventing brake engagement when vehicle is in motion 1997-05-20 $82,215,000