Patents Assigned to AGCO
  • Patent number: 10492371
    Abstract: A bale identification assembly for use with an agricultural baler having a first supply roll mounted on the baler providing a binding material used by the knotter system to bind the formed bale, wherein the binding material on the first supply roll is free of identification tags. The bale identification assembly includes a second supply roll mounted on the baler providing an identifying filament. The knotter system joins the identifying filament from the second supply roll with the binding material from the first supply roll while tying a knot to bind the formed bale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin J. Hamilton, Emmanuel Regis Magisson, Daniel Soldan, Grant Lewis Good, Robert L. Figger, Shane A. Bollinger
  • Patent number: 10485160
    Abstract: A motor shaft assembly includes a first shaft, a first motor, a second shaft and a second motor. The first shaft has a first end and a second end. The first motor is attached to the first end of the first shaft and is configured to rotate the first shaft about a longitudinal axis. The first shaft and the first motor have a longitudinal bore. The second shaft has a first end and a second end, wherein a portion of the second shaft is positioned in the longitudinal bore. The second motor is attached to the first end of the second shaft and is configured to rotate the second shaft about the longitudinal axis. A conveyor assembly includes a first shaft, sprocket, motor, and conveyor, and a second shaft, sprocket, motor and conveyor. An agricultural apparatus includes a tank, a boom, conveyors and motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Zimmerman, Mark Ronald Wohlhuter
  • Patent number: 10485173
    Abstract: A windrower includes a header having a crop cutting and a crop conditioning mechanism for conditioning crop material severed from the field and for discharging the conditioned material in a rearwardly directed stream as the windrower moves across the field. The windrower has a crop merger attachment with a conveyor configured to receive crop material from the crop conditioning mechanism and direct the crop material to a side of the windrower to form a windrow on the ground to the side of the windrower when in an operation position or to direct the crop material to the ground beneath the windrower when in a nonoperational position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Brendon C. Nafziger, Douglas R. Treffer, Shane Bollinger
  • Patent number: 10462956
    Abstract: A row unit, including a frame with an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion having a parallel linkage, the lower portion having a gauge wheel depth control linkage, the gauge wheel depth control linkage coupled to plural gauge wheels; a first device coupled to the upper portion and configured to provide an adjustable down force; and an electric actuator coupled to the gauge wheel depth control linkage, the electric actuator configured to provide adjustable positioning of the gauge wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Kevin J Hamilton
  • Patent number: 10462954
    Abstract: An adjustable width quick hitch assembly for an agricultural vehicle. The quick hitch assembly is provided with spacer elements which can be incorporated into the assembly as required, where the selection and positioning of the spacer elements results in an assembled quick hitch having various hitch widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Francois Quoniam, Philippe Boittin, Mathieu Joel Baudoin
  • Patent number: 10448574
    Abstract: A compression roll housing for an agricultural machine, having a side panel provided with at least one elongated aperture for receiving a shaft of a compression roll and allowing movement of the shaft within the aperture. The housing is provided with a cover plate which rotates about an axis parallel to the shaft and is provided with an indentation to partially surround the shaft. Movement of the shaft, such as along a longitudinal axis of the aperture, causes the plate to rotate to provide a cover across the aperture to prevent the escape of any material from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Constantin Dreer, Johannes Haehnel
  • Patent number: 10436084
    Abstract: A cooling system for a utility vehicle comprises a first fluid circuit including a first fluid such as hydraulic oil and a second fluid circuit including a second fluid such as a coolant or lubricant. A heat exchanger couples the first and second fluid circuits enabling transfer of heat from one of the first and second fluids to the other. A fluid cooler in the first fluid circuit has a fan arranged to direct an airflow towards it, which fan is a hydraulically driven device connected in the first fluid circuit and driven by flow of the first fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventor: Gabriel Reitemann
  • Patent number: 10433535
    Abstract: A boom for mounting to an agricultural sprayer which includes an elongate frame that supports a plurality of liquid application and delivery means, and an elongate tray attached to, and extending along, the boom. The tray is movable between a first position in which the tray extends substantially horizontally beneath one or more of the application devices to prevent liquids from leaking onto the ground below, and a second position in which the tray is located clear of delivery paths of the liquid application devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Netherlands B.V
    Inventors: Joris Jan Hiddema, Harm Mertens
  • Patent number: 10421504
    Abstract: An agricultural machine, preferably a combine harvester, which has a pivoting vehicle cab. The cab is pivotable relative to the main frame of the machine, about an axis of rotation transverse to the direction of travel of the machine. The cab is pivoted to allow an operator to view a front coupling of the machine, to observe the attaching or detaching of a work implement to the front coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Fabio Racchella, Paolo Basso
  • Patent number: 10405533
    Abstract: An electromagnetic breakaway system having a boom assembly, including a frame including a first portion and a second portion hingably coupled to the first portion; and a hinge assembly hingably coupling the first and second portions, the hinge assembly includes first and second electromagnets coupled respectively to the first and second portions, the first and second electromagnets comprising a same charge polarity when the first and second portions form an angle within a first pivot range, the first and second electromagnets comprising a different charge polarity when the first and second portions form an angle within a second pivot range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Todd B. Snyder
  • Patent number: 10408236
    Abstract: A method of operating a variable displacement pump in a pressurized fluid supply system for an agricultural vehicle, including maintaining a constant displacement of the pump as rotational speed of the input drive to the pump increases to a first value of 1500 rpm and thereafter adjusting the displacement of the pump to maintain a constant output fluid flow 230 L/min or reduced flow as rotational speed of the input drive to the pump increases beyond the first value to a maximum value of 2100 rpm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Knobloch
  • Patent number: 10405494
    Abstract: A threshing apparatus in a combine harvester has a main frame and a threshing rotor supported by the main frame. A concave frame supports one or more interchangeable arcuate concave grate segments in a grate reception zone. An adjustment mechanism provides adjustment of clearance between the concave grate segments and the rotor. A multi-position stop device is provided to determine the lower limit of a concave adjustment range. The position of the stop device is determined by a profile of an installed one of the interchangeable concave grate segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Bernard D. Regier
  • Patent number: 10391503
    Abstract: A system and method for predicting a future wind direction and speed and, based thereon, determining a future wind-driven drift and providing the information to an operator or automatically acting to adapt application parameters to better control the wind-driven drift of a fluid during application of the fluid to land or crops by an agricultural machine. A processor receives machine and meteorological data, uses a model to predict the future wind direction and speed, and accesses a drift distance database to determine and visually depict the future wind-driven drift of the fluid. A sensitive area database stores information about sensitive areas bordering the target area, which may also be displayed, to facilitate controlling the wind-driven drift with regard to the sensitive areas. The mathematical model may be a kernel filter, an autoregressive model, an autoregressive integrated moving average model, or a hybrid model which incorporates features of different models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: H. Mark Hanna, Matthew Schramm, John Peterson, Jeffrey Michael Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 10390472
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for automated guidance comprising receiving an image of a field; identifying one or more characteristics of the field in the image; determining one or more geographic locations corresponding to the one or more characteristics of the field in the image; determining a path to be followed in the field using the one or more geographic locations; and automatically guiding the machine to follow the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Paul Ross Matthews
  • Patent number: 10394209
    Abstract: An electric motor addressing system and method for a planter implement receives, at an electronic control unit (ECU), an address claim request from each motor of a plurality of motors coupled to the ECU via a first bus. Each address claim request includes a requested bus address and a binary value corresponding to a pin connector setting associated with a harness connector of the respective motor. The system associates the binary value with a physical address for each motor without reference to the bus address and maps each bus address to the physical address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew D. Goodon, Monte J. Rans, Paul M. Scott
  • Patent number: 10375949
    Abstract: A boom assembly, including a frame comprising a first portion and a second portion hingeably coupled to the first portion; and a hinge assembly hingeably coupling the first and second portions, the hinge assembly including first and second electromagnets coupled respectively to the first and second portions; a first switch membrane coupled to the second portion and configured to control an energy state of the first and second electromagnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Todd B. Snyder
  • Patent number: 10375889
    Abstract: A dual conveyor assembly for a windrower includes upper and lower conveyors. Each conveyor includes an endless conveyor element and rotatable supports spaced along a longitudinal conveyor path and entrained by the endless conveyor element. The endless conveyor elements define vertically spaced opposed runs that define the longitudinal conveyor path therebetween. The opposed runs are operable to be driven together to move a flow of severed plant material along the path. At least one of the opposed runs is shiftable relative to the other opposed run in an upright direction, while the runs are driven together, such that the opposed runs remain in moving engagement with the flow of severed plant material as the amount of severed plant material passing between the opposed runs varies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Robert L. Figger, Robert A. Matousek, Shane A. Bollinger
  • Patent number: 10375884
    Abstract: A self-propelled harvester such as a combine harvester including a frame having a main frame assembly and a pair of secondary frame members attached thereto. The main frame assembly supports crop processing apparatus. A feederhouse and a tangential-flow crop impelling rotor are journaled between the secondary frame members. The secondary frame members are conveniently removable from the main frame assembly for accessing the processing apparatus from a front end of the harvester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Bryan S. Claerhout, James H. Rogers, Justin Dameron
  • Patent number: D857749
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Jarret Lee Brinker, Michael Dennis Schmidt
  • Patent number: D858574
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Jarret Lee Brinker, Michael Dennis Schmidt