Patents by Inventor Pieter M. I. Steen

Pieter M. I. Steen 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: 9955630
    Abstract: An agricultural harvester including a storage tank that includes a tank body and a tank cover assembly. The tank cover assembly has a travel state and an operational state. The tank cover includes a fabric wall element which is moveably connected to the tank body. In the operational state, the fabric wall element provides an upward extension of at least a part of the circumferential wall. In the travel state, the fabric wall element covers at least a part of the open top of the tank body. The fabric wall element includes a rigid area. The cover actuator assembly includes at least one cover actuator that is adapted to bring the tank cover assembly from the travel state into the operational state and vice versa, and to engage the fabric wall element at the rigid area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Pieter M. I. Steen
  • Patent number: 9736982
    Abstract: A grain tank for an agricultural harvester includes a floor, a plurality of upstanding walls, and an unloading conveyance. The floor has a plurality of side edges. Each wall has a lower edge positioned along a corresponding side edge of the floor. The unloading conveyance has an inlet in communication with an interior of the grain tank adjacent to the floor. At least one of the walls of the grain tank is movable relative to the floor between an expanded harvest position and a folded transport position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Pieter M. I. Steen
  • Publication number: 20160338269
    Abstract: An agricultural harvester including a storage tank that includes a tank body and a tank cover assembly. The tank cover assembly has a travel state and an operational state. The tank cover includes a fabric wall element which is moveably connected to the tank body. In the operational state, the fabric wall element provides an upward extension of at least a part of the circumferential wall. In the travel state, the fabric wall element covers at least a part of the open top of the tank body. The fabric wall element includes a rigid area. The cover actuator assembly includes at least one cover actuator that is adapted to bring the tank cover assembly from the travel state into the operational state and vice versa, and to engage the fabric wall element at the rigid area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Pieter M.I. Steen
  • Publication number: 20160021821
    Abstract: A grain tank for an agricultural harvester includes a floor, a plurality of upstanding walls, and an unloading conveyance. The floor has a plurality of side edges. Each wall has a lower edge positioned along a corresponding side edge of the floor. The unloading conveyance has an inlet in communication with an interior of the grain tank adjacent to the floor. At least one of the walls of the grain tank is movable relative to the floor between an expanded harvest position and a folded transport position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventor: Pieter M.I. Steen
  • Patent number: 7021702
    Abstract: A cab for an agricultural vehicle has a roof structure formed of spaced inner and outer skins, wherein the separation of the skins is greater at the front of the cab than at the rear. The reduction in the depth of the roof structure at the rear allows the door height to be raised and the vertical visibility to be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Vandendriessche, Pieter M. I. Steen, Liesbeth M. M. Longueville
  • Patent number: D528134
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Vandendriessche, Pieter M. I. Steen, Liesbeth M. M. Longueville
  • Patent number: D544886
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Marco Pedracini, Jan P. Raaben, Pieter M. I. Steen
  • Patent number: D643052
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Carl J. Hagele, Pieter M. I. Steen, Sandor W Van Vooren, Jan H. W. Raaben
  • Patent number: D648357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Carl J. Hagele, Pieter M. I. Steen, Sandor W Van Vooren, Jan H. W. Raaben