Patents by Inventor Frank Dupire

Frank Dupire has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8560182
    Abstract: An adjustable height implement system for an agricultural vehicle. A harvesting implement has an adjustable height. A control system is operably connected in a first operating mode to the harvesting implement to adjust the height of the harvesting implement with respect to the ground. The control system is operably connected in a second operating mode to the harvesting implement to maintain at least a predetermined distance between the harvesting implement and the ground. The second operating mode is engaged in response to the agricultural vehicle satisfying at least one predetermined vehicle operating parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Justin Ringwald, Frank Dupire, James Keppers
  • Publication number: 20100287900
    Abstract: An adjustable height implement system for an agricultural vehicle. A harvesting implement has an adjustable height. A control system is operably connected in a first operating mode to the harvesting implement to adjust the height of the harvesting implement with respect to the ground. The control system is operably connected in a second operating mode to the harvesting implement to maintain at least a predetermined distance between the harvesting implement and the ground. The second operating mode is engaged in response to the agricultural vehicle satisfying at least one predetermined vehicle operating parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: CNH AMERICA, LLC
    Inventors: Justin RINGWALD, Frank DUPIRE, James KEPPERS
  • Publication number: 20100287898
    Abstract: An adjustable height implement system for an agricultural vehicle. The system includes a harvesting implement having an adjustable height, a control system operably connected to the harvesting implement to adjust the height of the harvesting implement with respect to the ground and a sensor configured to determine a ground speed. The control system alters the rate of the height adjustment in response to the ground speed. A method and agricultural vehicle are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: CNH AMERICA, LLC
    Inventors: Justin Ringwald, Frank Dupire, James Keppers
  • Publication number: 20070084172
    Abstract: A guidance indication system for use during the unloading of a load from a crop harvesting machine that determines a required steering correction as a function of wheel position when the machine is deviating from a desired path during the unloading process, and displays the steering correction to the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Kevin Richman, Hyppolite Kuissi, Frank Dupire, Bruce Hadley
  • Publication number: 20070066374
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a compactor in a cotton harvester includes lowering a compactor frame to a first height to compact the cotton bolls, raising it to a second height, and distributing the cotton bolls fore-and-aft when the frame is at the second height. These steps may be repeated until a cotton module is built. The method is preferably computer-implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Tracy Archer, Yun Ho, Timothy Meeks, Frank Dupire
  • Publication number: 20060225397
    Abstract: A cotton compacting apparatus and method for a cotton compactor chamber of a cotton module builder or packager, including a frame movable downwardly against cotton for compacting the cotton into a cotton module or package, the frame including at least one auger having a right hand helical flight and at least one auger having a left hand flight, the opposite hand augers being counter-rotatable in a manner for effecting desired movement of cotton within the module builder for building a module having a desired shape and density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Frank Dupire, Timothy Meeks, Michael Covington