416 patents
Utility
Vehicle Kick to Neutral Control
18 Jan 24
A vehicle control system for an agriculture vehicle.
Pawel Kuros, Nikolay Popov, Ramze Hasan, Bryan Lee Nannet
Filed: 15 Jul 22
Design
Lighting device for a work vehicle
16 Jan 24
Charles O'Connell, Eric Michael Jacobsthal, Adam Callif, Mitchell Sandey, Matthew William Gunlogson, John Piper, Michael Buckmeier, James R. Keppers
Filed: 8 Sep 21
Utility
System for detecting crop levels within an elevator of an agricultural harvester
16 Jan 24
In one aspect, a system for detecting crop levels within an agricultural harvester may include an elevator extending between a proximal end and a distal end, with the elevator being configured to carry harvested crops between the proximal end of the elevator and the distal end of the elevator.
Craig E. Murray, Carlos Visconti
Filed: 5 Mar 19
Utility
Baling machine including a drive-transferring driveline
16 Jan 24
A baling machine includes a rotary drive-transferring driveline including a rotary input shaft that is connected to provide rotary drive as an input to a transmission; a flywheel shaft supporting a flywheel that is rotatably driven as an output of the transmission, the flywheel shaft connecting directly or indirectly to a plunger of the baling machine; and the transmission that is drive-transferringly interposed between the input shaft and the flywheel shaft.
Xavier G. J. M. Bonte, Frederik Demon
Filed: 30 Apr 21
Utility
System for cleaning a flow of harvested crop
16 Jan 24
A system for cleaning a flow of harvested crop, including a conveyor to convey the flow downstream of the conveyor into a cleaning zone into which the flow is discharged, and a cleaning unit located above the cleaning zone and operable to generate an upward air flow through the cleaning zone for extracting residues contained in the discharged flow.
Vincent Rico
Filed: 26 Apr 19
Utility
Agricultural implement and ramp attachment system
16 Jan 24
An agricultural implement for mounting on a U-shaped foundation frame supported on wheels for travel over a ground surface where the foundation frame includes first and second laterally spaced mounting beams fixed to and extending from a base.
Norbert Beaujot
Filed: 14 Jul 22
Utility
System and method for automatically controlling a display system for a work vehicle
16 Jan 24
A method for automatically controlling a display system for a work vehicle having a first implement supported at a first end of a chassis, a second implement supported at a second end of the chassis, and a chair that is selectively movable between a first position oriented toward the first end of the work vehicle and a second position oriented toward the second end of the work vehicle.
Eric James Zieser, Randy Joe Hageman, Jeffrey Marc Stewart, Matthew D. Wagenbach, James Sutor
Filed: 26 May 21
Utility
Moveable Chaff Pan for Agricultural Vehicle
11 Jan 24
A chaff pan assembly for an agricultural vehicle includes a chaff pan that is moveable between raised and lowered positions.
Gilles Mommerency, Tim Passchyn, Nathan Isaac
Filed: 8 Jul 22
Utility
Agricultural System and Assembly for Supporting a Drawbar of an Agricultural Vehicle
11 Jan 24
An agricultural system for supporting a drawbar of an agricultural vehicle includes a drawbar hanger couplable to a rear frame of the agricultural vehicle, with the drawbar hanger defining an opening along a longitudinal direction.
John Rasset, Timothy Hertsgaard
Filed: 6 Jul 22
Utility
Belt Support for Draper Header of Agricultural Vehicle
11 Jan 24
A header for an agricultural vehicle includes a frame; a plurality of supports, each of the plurality of supports extending from a respective proximal end at the frame to a respective distal end located forward of the frame; a channel that is either formed on or mounted to at least one of the supports; and a belt positioned over and on the plurality of supports.
Eric Fredricks, Jeffrey Thomas, Joseph Russell Woelfling
Filed: 5 Jul 22
Utility
System and method for determining soil clod size or residue coverage of a field during a non-soil-working operation
9 Jan 24
In one aspect, a system for determining soil clod size or soil surface residue coverage of a field may include an agricultural implement configured to perform a non-soil-working operation on the field as the agricultural implement is towed across the field.
Trevor Stanhope, James W. Henry
Filed: 6 Nov 19
Utility
Agricultural Baler with Conditioning Rotor and Shear Bar for Feeding Baling Chamber
4 Jan 24
An agricultural baler includes: a chassis; a pickup carried by the chassis and including a plurality of rotatable tines configured to pick up crop material; a baling chamber carried by the chassis and configured to form a bale from crop material; and a feeding assembly carried by the chassis and configured to receive picked up crop material from the pickup and supply crop material to the baling chamber.
Jonathan Shenk
Filed: 30 Jun 22
Utility
Agricultural Row Unit System and Method
4 Jan 24
A system for a row unit of a planting implement includes a frame and a closing sensor assembly configured to capture data indicative of a position of a component of a closing assembly relative to the frame.
Trevor Stanhope, Michael Christopher Conboy
Filed: 30 Jun 22
Utility
Systems and Methods for Automatically Identifying Sensors Associated with Agricultural Equipment
4 Jan 24
In one aspect, method for automatically identifying sensors provided in association with agricultural equipment includes actuating, with the computing system, agricultural equipment such that an orientation of the agricultural equipment is varied in at least one direction, and receiving, with the computing system, data from a plurality of sensors that is associated with a parameter that changes as the orientation of the agricultural equipment is varied, the plurality of sensors being installed relative to the agricultural equipment at spaced apart locations along the at least one direction.
Cory Douglas Hunt, Jethro Martin
Filed: 30 Jun 22
Utility
System and Method for Automatic Topper Control for an Agricultural Harvester
4 Jan 24
A system for automatic topper control for an agricultural harvester includes a topper assembly having a cutting disk, and a rotational drive source configured to rotationally drive the cutting disk.
Alysson Renato BENTO, João Augusto Marcolin LUCCA, Igor Alexander SPRENGEL
Filed: 26 Nov 21
Utility
System and Method for Agricultural Operations
4 Jan 24
A fleet operation system includes a remote platform including a server communicatively coupled with a first vehicle and a second vehicle.
Claudio Silva Ladeira, Daniel Danford, Douglas Walgren, Piet Haerens
Filed: 30 Jun 23
Utility
Agricultural header with swath gate for spreading and converging crop material
2 Jan 24
A header includes: a header frame; a cutter carried by the header frame; a roll disposed rearwardly of the cutter and configured to convey cut crop material rearwardly in a crop flow stream; a swath gate coupled to the header frame and movable between a spreading position and a converging position; a spreader coupled to the swath gate and configured to laterally spread the crop flow stream as the crop flow stream flows across the spreader; and a converger coupled to the swath gate and configured to converge the crop flow stream toward a centerline of the swath gate as the crop flow stream flows across the converger.
Frederick Ritchey, Jeffrey B. Fay, II, Scott Wangsgard, Terry S. Moyer, Kevin Cordes, Jeffrey A. Eavenson, Garin R. Ingalls
Filed: 9 Apr 21
Utility
Systems and methods for controlling an agricultural header
2 Jan 24
An agricultural system includes a controller comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the controller is configured to receive data from a first and second sensor, each of which are mounted on an agricultural header and configured to output data indicative of one-dimensional (1D) distances.
Cory Douglas Hunt, Herbert M. Farley
Filed: 26 Mar 21
Utility
Vehicle with repositionable ballast
2 Jan 24
A vehicle includes a frame, a first axle assembly coupled to the frame and including a first pair of tractive elements, a second axle assembly coupled to the frame and including a second pair of tractive elements, a prime mover coupled to the frame and configured to drive the first axle assembly and the second tractive assembly to propel the vehicle, a ballast movably coupled to the frame, and a ballast actuator configured to reposition the ballast relative to the frame to shift a center of gravity of the vehicle relative to the first axle assembly and the second axle assembly.
Daniel Payne
Filed: 17 Aug 21
Utility
Steering sensor drive for articulating ball joint
2 Jan 24
A steering system includes an arm, a knuckle, a joint, and a steering sensor.
Richard D. Kerner, Thomas J. Paulson
Filed: 17 Aug 21