Michael J. Covington
49Patents
9h-index
35Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 22, 1980 → May 23, 2011
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5584762A | Apparatus and method for compacting cotton materials in a basket | Human Necessities | 19 | Expired |
| US4722173A | Cotton harvester harvesting unit support system | Human Necessities | 19 | Expired |
| US6536197B1 | Mobile cotton harvester with cotton module building capability | Performing Operations; Transporting | 14 | Expired |
| US4993216A | Cotton harvester mounting and supporting system with high lift capacity | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US6530199B1 | Method for building a cotton module on a mobile cotton harvester | Human Necessities | 11 | Expired |
| US5616077A | Control system for a cotton harvester | Human Necessities | 10 | Expired |
| US5063728A | Apparatus for mounting a row unit for lateral movement | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US4341423A | Basket lift apparatus | Human Necessities | 9 | Expired |
| US4922695A | Multi-row cotton harvester | Human Necessities | 9 | Expired |
| US5857908A | Duct structure for a cotton harvester | Human Necessities | 9 | Expired |
| US6766634B2 | Unloader control for a combined cotton harvester and module builder and method of operation of the same | Human Necessities | 9 | Expired |
| US5105609A | Method and system for mounting and supporting harvesting units of a cotton harvester | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Expired |
| US5081828A | Method of accessing adjacent harvesting units of a cotton harvester | Human Necessities | 7 | Expired |
| US5343677A | Method and system for mounting and supporting row units on an agricultural implement | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Expired |
| US5533932A | Method and apparatus for compacting cotton within basket | Human Necessities | 7 | Expired |
| US5556338A | Cotton harvester receptacle | Human Necessities | 7 | Expired |
| US7275357B2 | Cotton module program control using yield monitor signal | Human Necessities | 5 | Expired |
| US7677169B2 | Apparatus and method using imaging in building a cotton module | Human Necessities | 5 | Active |
| US7267051B2 | Cotton receiving and densification apparatus for a cotton module builder of a cotton harvesting machine | Performing Operations; Transporting | 4 | Expired |
| US8689349B2 | Information flow tracking and protection | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US5077960A | Latching mechanism for a harvesting unit of a cotton harvester | Human Necessities | 4 | Expired |
| US5036649A | Cotton conveying structure for a cotton harvester | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Expired |
| US5088274A | Cotton conveying structure for a cotton harvester | Human Necessities | 4 | Expired |
| US6682417B2 | Folding door arrangement for an onboard cotton module builder of a cotton harvester and method of operation of the same | Human Necessities | 4 | Expired |
| US7059242B2 | Compactor position sensing for module builder | Human Necessities | 4 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.