Patents by Inventor Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg
Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg 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).
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Patent number: 11252935Abstract: A feed control system, a feeding system and a method for feeding animals comprises an autonomous feed displacer which displaces animal feed and subsequently measures the height of the displaced animal feed using a feed level meter. Since the displaced, pushed back animal feed results in heaps of surprisingly constant shape, it is possible to obtain a reliable indication of the quantity using only the feed level.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2012Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Lely Patent N.V.Inventor: Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg
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Patent number: 11122771Abstract: The invention provides a feed-mixing wagon (1) for animal feed, comprising a frame with a drive, a container (4) with a continuous wall (5) with a feed-unload opening, a feed auger which is arranged in the container for mixing and cutting animal feed and comprising an auger shaft (8) and an auger body (10) which is arranged around it in a spiral which has several blades, wherein the blades comprise at least one blade (11) of a first, long type and at least one blade (12) of a second, short type, and wherein at least one blade of the short type is situated closer to the bottom (6) than at least one blade of the long type. As a result of the various blades in the described configuration, the cutting and mixing behaviour can be adjusted in an optimum way.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: LELY PATENT N.V.Inventors: Jan Lambertus Pastoor, Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg, Karel Van Den Berg, Howard Sie
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Patent number: 10136616Abstract: A livestock feed wagon includes a moving frame, a feed container which is fitted on the frame for accommodating animal feed, in particular provided with feed mixer, and a movable arm construction having an operable gripper fitted thereto for grabbing an amount of animal feed. The arm construction is configured in such a way that the arm construction can pivot the gripper only in one plane from a first position for grabbing animal feed next to the livestock feed wagon to a second position for releasing the animal feed above the feed container. This makes it possible to provide a very simple and compact construction.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: LELY PATENT N.V.Inventors: Karel Van Den Berg, Jan Lambertus Pastoor, Howard Sie, Arie Huyzer, Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg
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Patent number: 10039260Abstract: The present invention relates to an unmanned self-propelled and self-steering device for removing manure present on a floor, including a manure slide and a drive for moving the device over the floor, wherein the manure slide is substantially U-shaped or V-shaped with two legs in order to define autonomously a manure-accommodating-space which opens in a forward direction and is closed in a rearward direction, and wherein the legs have a length in the order of magnitude of the width of the manure slide.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: LELY PATENT N.V.Inventors: Matthew Van Meurs, Roelof Stapel, Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg, Karel Van Den Berg, Jan Lambertus Pastoor
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Patent number: 10039261Abstract: The present invention relates to an unmanned self-propelled and self-steering device for removing manure present on a floor, including a manure slide and a drive for moving the device over the floor, wherein the manure slide is substantially U-shaped or V-shaped with two legs in order to define autonomously a manure-accommodating-space which opens in a forward direction and is closed in a rearward direction, and wherein the legs have a length in the order of magnitude of the width of the manure slide.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: LELY PATENT N.V.Inventors: Matthew Van Meurs, Roelof Stapel, Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg, Karel Van Den Berg, Jan Lambertus Pastoor
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Patent number: 10004207Abstract: A livestock feed wagon includes a frame, a feed container which is fitted on the frame, in particular provided with a feed mixer, a gripper construction having a movable arm construction and a gripper fitted thereon for grabbing an amount of animal feed from a pile of animal feed, and a weighing device. The weighing device is arranged and configured to weigh a grabbed amount of animal feed by determining a change in the weight of at least the feed container and the gripper construction with the grabbed amount of animal feed. As a result thereof, it is possible to determine both the total loaded weight in the feed container and the weight of a grabbed chunk of animal feed using the same weighing device, so that the chunk, if it is either too heavy or too light, can be returned prior being unloaded, if desired.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: LELY PATENT N.V.Inventors: Karel Van Den Berg, Jan Lambertus Pastoor, Howard Sie, Arie Huyzer, Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg
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Patent number: 9924699Abstract: A system for performing an animal-related action includes a self-propelled vehicle with a regulating unit including a transmitting and receiving device. The regulating unit is connected to a drive and control system of the vehicle, including an electric drive motor and a battery system. The system includes a central operating system provided with a transmitting and receiving device designed to communicate with the transmitting and receiving device of the vehicle. The central operating system includes a memory in which data are stored comprising navigation data, on the basis of which the vehicle is able to travel a predetermined route from a charging station, through at least a part of the operating area, and then back to the charging station. The central operating system transmits a packet of data including these navigation data to the regulating unit of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: LELY PATENT N.V.Inventors: Dik-Jan Wisse, Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg, Karel Van Den Berg, Pieter Jacob Kik
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Patent number: 9723810Abstract: An apparatus for mixing and cutting animal feed including a container with a sidewall, a rotary mixing and cutting device positioned inside the container and arranged to be driven by a driving unit. At least one counter element is provided at the sidewall. The apparatus includes a positioning device for moving the counter element between a retracted position and an inserted position, and a control unit to control the positioning device of the counter element and arranged to determine an indication of the amount of instantaneous power consumed by the driving units for driving the rotary mixing and cutting device and to control positioning device based on the determined indication of the amount of instantaneous power.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: LELY PATENT N.V.Inventors: Arie Huyzer, Howard Sie, Jan Lambertus Pastoor, Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg
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Patent number: 9622452Abstract: Unmanned vehicle to carry out an animal-related action, provided with a frame and a control device to control the vehicle and a locomotion device to move the unmanned vehicle, and with a protective device to protect the vehicle against obstacles, wherein the protective device includes a touchable electrical conductor which extends on the outside of, advantageously around, the vehicle, and a voltage source to supply voltage to the conductor under the control of the control device.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2011Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: LELY PATENT N.V.Inventors: Karel Van Den Berg, Matthew Van Meurs, Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg
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Patent number: 9622455Abstract: A feed system (1) for the feeding of animals, comprising: —a feed wagon (3), having: •a holder (4), •a dispensing device (5), •a regulating unit (8), comprising a sending and receiving device (9), and being connected to a drive and control system, and —a feed loading device (12), —a feed site, —a central control system (16) provided with a sending and receiving device (17) which is configured to communicate wirelessly with the sending and receiving device of the regulating unit, and comprising a memory in which are stored navigation data on the basis of which the feed wagon is capable of covering a route from the feed loading site to the feed site, and wherein the central control system transmits a packet of data comprising these navigation data to the regulating unit. The regulating unit regulates the drive and control system on the basis of that packet of data.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: LELY PATENT N.V.Inventors: Dik-Jan Wisse, Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg, Karel Van Den Berg, Pieter Jacob Kik
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Patent number: 9541923Abstract: A system and method for control of the system, with a plurality of autonomous vehicles having intersecting routes, a control, an operational area, and a predefined place with positions provided with a vehicle presence detection device. The method includes detecting the presence of the vehicles in a detection device, and beginning to travel with a first vehicle according to a travel action. The travel action is chosen from travelling of a route through the operational area from a predefined place, and an advancing action within a predefined place from a first detection device to a second detection device which is not yet occupied. Beginning to travel is carried out only if each of the vehicles has been detected as present at one of the predefined places, or, at most one vehicle has the status “not present at one of the predefined places” if the travel action relates to an advancing action.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Lely Patent N.V.Inventors: Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg, Karel Van Den Berg
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Patent number: 9522811Abstract: The invention provides a livestock feed-displacing device and system, with a grab bucket which can be positioned above a feed kitchen with feed positions by a control unit, wherein the control unit is designed to compose an amount of animal feed from feed material provided in the feed kitchen by positioning the grab bucket at a grabbing position, grabbing livestock feed underneath said grabbing position, positioning the grab bucket at a desired feed-unloading point, such as in a feed wagon, and unloading the grabbed livestock feed at the feed-unloading point, wherein the control unit is designed to earmark, if at least one predetermined clearing-up criterion has been met, livestock feed in the feed kitchen as waste to be removed and to make the device carry out a clearing-up operation, wherein the clearing-up operation comprises the removal of the livestock feed at said feed position by displacing it to another position in the feed kitchen.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2013Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Lely Patent N.V.Inventors: Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg, Karel Van Den Berg, Martinus Cornelis Johannes Buijs
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Publication number: 20160255804Abstract: The invention provides a feed-mixing wagon (1) for animal feed, comprising a frame with a drive, a container (4) with a continuous wall (5) with a feed-unload opening, a feed auger which is arranged in the container for mixing and cutting animal feed and comprising an auger shaft (8) and an auger body (10) which is arranged around it in a spiral which has several blades, wherein the blades comprise at least one blade (11) of a first, long type and at least one blade (12) of a second, short type, and wherein at least one blade of the short type is situated closer to the bottom (6) than at least one blade of the long type. As a result of the various blades in the described configuration, the cutting and mixing behaviour can be adjusted in an optimum way.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.Inventors: Jan Lambertus PASTOOR, Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg, Karel Van Den Berg, Howard Sie
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Publication number: 20160219831Abstract: A livestock feed wagon includes a moving frame, a feed container which is fitted on the frame for accommodating animal feed, in particular provided with feed mixer, and a movable arm construction having an operable gripper fitted thereto for grabbing an amount of animal feed. The arm construction is configured in such a way that the arm construction can pivot the gripper only in one plane from a first position for grabbing animal feed next to the livestock feed wagon to a second position for releasing the animal feed above the feed container. This makes it possible to provide a very simple and compact construction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2014Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.Inventors: Karel VAN DEN BERG, Jan Lambertus PASTOOR, Howard SIE, Arie HUYZER, Jan Martinus VAN KUILENBURG
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Publication number: 20160198677Abstract: A livestock feed wagon includes a frame, a feed container which is fitted on the frame, in particular provided with a feed mixer, a gripper construction having a movable arm construction and a gripper fitted thereon for grabbing an amount of animal feed from a pile of animal feed, and a weighing device. The weighing device is arranged and configured to weigh a grabbed amount of animal feed by determining a change in the weight of at least the feed container and the gripper construction with the grabbed amount of animal feed. As a result thereof, it is possible to determine both the total loaded weight in the feed container and the weight of a grabbed chunk of animal feed using the same weighing device, so that the chunk, if it is either too heavy or too light, can be returned prior being unloaded, if desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2014Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.Inventors: Karel VAN DEN BERG, Jan Lambertus PASTOOR, Howard SIE, Arie HUYZER, Jan Martinus VAN KUILENBURG
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Publication number: 20150289471Abstract: The present invention relates to an unmanned self-propelled and self-steering device for removing manure present on a floor, including a manure slide and a drive for moving the device over the floor, wherein the manure slide is substantially U-shaped or V-shaped with two legs in order to define autonomously a manure-accommodating-space which opens in a forward direction and is closed in a rearward direction, and wherein the legs have a length in the order of magnitude of the width of the manure slide.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.Inventors: Matthew VAN MEURS, Roelof STAPEL, Jan Martinus VAN KUILENBURG, Karel VAN DEN BERG, Jan Lambertus PASTOOR
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Publication number: 20150289472Abstract: The present invention relates to an unmanned self-propelled and self-steering device for removing manure present on a floor, including a manure slide and a drive for moving the device over the floor, wherein the manure slide is substantially U-shaped or V-shaped with two legs in order to define autonomously a manure-accommodating-space which opens in a forward direction and is closed in a rearward direction, and wherein the legs have a length in the order of magnitude of the width of the manure slide.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.Inventors: Matthew VAN MEURS, Roelof STAPEL, Jan Martinus VAN KUILENBURG, Karel VAN DEN BERG, Jan Lambertus PASTOOR
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Publication number: 20150230427Abstract: A system for performing an animal-related action includes a self-propelled vehicle with a regulating unit including a transmitting and receiving device. The regulating unit is connected to a drive and control system of the vehicle, including an electric drive motor and a battery system. The system includes a central operating system provided with a transmitting and receiving device designed to communicate with the transmitting and receiving device of the vehicle. The central operating system includes a memory in which data are stored comprising navigation data, on the basis of which the vehicle is able to travel a predetermined route from a charging station, through at least a part of the operating area, and then back to the charging station. The central operating system transmits a packet of data including these navigation data to the regulating unit of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2013Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.Inventors: Dik-Jan Wisse, Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg, Karel Van Den Berg, Pieter Jacob Kik
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Patent number: 9095116Abstract: The present invention relates to an unmanned self-propelled and self-steering device for removing manure present on a floor, including a manure slide and a drive for moving the device over the floor, wherein the manure slide is substantially U-shaped or V-shaped with two legs in order to define autonomously a manure-accommodating-space which opens in a forward direction and is closed in a rearward direction, and wherein the legs have a length in the order of magnitude of the width of the manure slide.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2011Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: LELY PATENT N.V.Inventors: Matthew Van Meurs, Roelof Stapel, Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg, Karel Van Den Berg, Jan Lambertus Pastoor
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Publication number: 20150115084Abstract: A feed-mixing wagon for animal feed, including a frame with a drive, a container with a continuous wall with a feed-unload opening, a feed auger which is arranged in the container for mixing and cutting animal feed and including an auger shaft and an auger body which is arranged around it in a spiral which has several blades. The blades include at least one blade of a first, long type and at least one blade of a second, short type, and at least one blade of the short type is situated closer to the bottom than at least one blade of the long type. As a result of the various blades in the described configuration, the cutting and mixing behaviour can be adjusted in an optimum way.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: Lely Patent N.V.Inventors: Jan Lambertus Pastoor, Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg, Karel Van Den Berg, Howard Sie