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Eric E. Aston — 37 Patents

FAFirefly Automatix: 27 patents #1 of 15Top 7%
Farmington, UT: #4 of 173 inventorsTop 3%
Utah: #339 of 19,430 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #88,321 of 4,157,543Top 3%
37 Patents All Time
Eric E. Aston has been granted 37 US patents while listed as an inventor at Firefly Automatix. The first was granted in 2014 and the most recent in May 2024. Eric E. Aston ranks #88,321 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.1%). Patent records list Eric E. Aston in Farmington, UT, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2014 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2021.peak 72014: 1 patents20142015: 4 patents2016: 2 patents20162017: 1 patents2018: 5 patents20182019: 2 patents2020: 4 patents20202021: 7 patents2022: 6 patents20222023: 2 patents2024: 3 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 37 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11993323 Steering system for a mower Steven R. Aposhian, Mark C. LeBlanc, Joshua W. Landry 2024-05-28
11971719 Performing low profile object detection on a mower Eli Wilson, Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker 2024-04-30
11864498 Forming a sod roll Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker, Mark C. LeBlanc, Austin J. Neuner, Seth W. Jeppson 2024-01-09
11844314 Sod roll stacking technique David Collier, Daniel A. Aposhian, Steven R. Aposhian 2023-12-19
11825777 Tuning synchronizing variables based on a sod harvester's speed Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker, Mark C. LeBlanc, Daniel A. Aposhian 2023-11-28
11528854 Adjusting a sod harvester's stacking position to form vertically aligned stacks Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker, Mark C. LeBlanc, Daniel A. Aposhian 2022-12-20
11483968 Dynamically adjusting the cutting height of a mower deck based on a mower's location Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker, Seth W. Jeppson, Mark C. LeBlanc, Austin J. Neuner +1 more 2022-11-01
11357167 Adaptive control of a mower Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker, Samuel H. Drake 2022-06-14
11357177 Sod harvester hydraulic system for actuating components with precise timing Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker, Samuel H. Drake 2022-06-14
11350578 Dynamically calculating a stacking head's path during a stacking operation Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker, Daniel A. Aposhian 2022-06-07
11304386 Sod roll stacking head Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker, Seth W. Jeppson, Mark C. LeBlanc, Austin J. Neuner 2022-04-19
11206822 Vented, waterproof container system and method Kenneth I. Aston, Timothy G. Jenkins 2021-12-28
11160207 Height adjustable mower deck Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker, Samuel H. Drake 2021-11-02
11160219 Counterbalanced cutting head for a sod harvester Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker, Mark C. LeBlanc, Austin J. Neuner, Seth W. Jeppson 2021-11-02
11111088 Sod roll stacking technique Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker, Mark C. LeBlanc, Austin J. Neuner, Sam B. Jensen 2021-09-07
11071250 Mower deck roller assembly Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker, Samuel H. Drake 2021-07-27
10980171 Facilitating turning of a mower Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker, Samuel H. Drake 2021-04-20
10939615 Adjustable mower deck Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker, Samuel H. Drake 2021-03-09
10779482 Sod harvester stacking head Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker, Samuel H. Drake 2020-09-22
10694731 Item-retention system and method Kenneth I. Aston, Timothy G. Jenkins 2020-06-30
10609861 Sod harvester having auxiliary stacking conveyor Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker, Samuel H. Drake, Daniel A. Aposhian, Matthew G. Aposhian 2020-04-07
10595459 Adaptive control of a mower Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker, Samuel H. Drake 2020-03-24
10433533 Fishing-hook retention and storage apparatus and method Kenneth I. Aston, Timothy G. Jenkins 2019-10-08
10299468 Fishing-hook-retention system and method Kenneth I. Aston, Timothy G. Jenkins 2019-05-28
10155632 Removing sod from a stacking conveyor Steven R. Aposhian, William M. Decker, Samuel H. Drake 2018-12-18