Patents by Inventor Simon Blackmore

Simon Blackmore 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).

  • Crop width measuring apparatus
    Patent number: 6668223
    Abstract: A crop width measuring assembly is mounted to a harvesting assembly of an agricultural machine for measuring the actual width of the crop swath received by the harvesting assembly. The crop width measuring assembly comprises a plurality of crop presence sensors distributed along the width of the harvesting assembly. The crop width measuring assembly is in communication with a processor for monitoring different crop parameters in relation to their geographic location in a field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Simon Blackmore, Richard J. Godwin, David M. W. Pullen, Paul N. Wheeler
  • Crop width measuring apparatus
    Publication number: 20020173893
    Abstract: A crop width measuring assembly is mounted to a harvesting assembly of an agricultural machine for measuring the actual width of the crop swath received by the harvesting assembly. The crop width measuring assembly comprises a plurality of crop presence sensors distributed along the width of the harvesting assembly. The crop width measuring assembly is in communication with a processor for monitoring different crop parameters in relation to their geographic location in a field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Simon Blackmore, Richard J. Godwin, David M. W. Pullen, Paul N. Wheeler
  • Vehicle with weight sensing
    Patent number: 6150617
    Abstract: An agricultural vehicle is provided with means for continuously sensing the weight of an accumulated payload and a GPS navigation system (18). Weight and positional information, and optionally also sensed vehicle speed, are analysed in an analysis/display unit (14) and a map generated of e.g. weight/hectare. The principal application is an agricultural trailer with payload weight sensors (15), towed by a tractor with GPS and analysis systems. A map of yield of e.g. a root crop may be generated as the crop is harvested and continuously deposited into the trailer as it moves along.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: AGCO Limited
    Inventors: Peter John Hart, David Forbes Smith, Benjamin Simon Blackmore, Richard John Godwin, Paul Nicholas Wheeler, Colin Duncan Watt