Patents by Inventor PHILIP MAENHOUT

PHILIP MAENHOUT 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: 9788491
    Abstract: A rotor housing assembly for a harvester has at least one cover plate forming part of a generally cylindrical shaped rotor housing, a central longitudinal axis, and an inner surface, which, when mounted, faces the central longitudinal axis and has a first radius, and one or more rotatable vanes which each are rotatably mounted on an inner surface of the cover plate facing the central longitudinal axis at a rotation point. The one or more rotatable vanes have a contact surface with the inner surface. The contact surface has a second radius that is larger than the first radius of the cover plate. The inner surface of the top cover plate, per rotatable vane, has a symmetrically curved shape such that, during a rotation of the respective vane, the contact surface of the vane with the inner surface of the cover plate substantially follows the shape of the inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Frank R. G. Duquesne, Philip Maenhout, Bart M. A. Missotten, Johan A. Van Der Haegen
  • Publication number: 20160000009
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor housing assembly for a harvester, having at least one cover plate forming part of a generally cylindrical shaped rotor housing, a central longitudinal axis, and comprising an inner surface, which, when mounted, faces the central longitudinal axis and has a first radius, and one or more rotatable vanes which each are rotatably mounted on an inner surface of the cover plate facing the central longitudinal axis at a rotation point, the one or more rotatable vanes comprising a contact surface with the inner surface, the contact surface having a second radius being larger than the first radius of the cover plate, wherein the inner surface of the top cover plate, per rotatable vane, comprises a symmetrically curved shape such that, during a rotation of the respective vane, the contact surface of the vane with the inner surface of the cover plate substantially follows the shape of the inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: FRANK R.G. DUQUESNE, PHILIP MAENHOUT, BART M.A. MISSOTTEN, JOHAN A. VAN DER HAEGEN