Patents Assigned to AGCO
  • Harvester header pitch adjustment apparatus
    Patent number: 10257979
    Abstract: An agricultural harvester comprises a feederhouse pivotally attached to a chassis, where the feederhouse defines a conduit for conveying crop material rearwardly from a front opening. A header interface frame is pivotally mounted to the feederhouse over the front opening to permit header pitch adjustment around a pitch adjustment axis. Upper and lower linear actuators are connected on one side of the feederhouse between the feederhouse and interface frame to control the pitch adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO DO BRASIL SA LTDA
    Inventor: Airton Solimar Walter
  • Crop processing apparatus in a combine harvester
    Patent number: 10257983
    Abstract: A combine harvester includes a grain pan arranged to catch a crop stream, the grain pan being driven in an oscillating manner to convey the crop stream rearwardly to a rear edge. A cleaning unit includes a fan for generating a cleaning airstream which is directed under the rear edge. The grain pan includes a floor profile which defines a transverse profile having ridges and troughs. The troughs provide a plurality of longitudinal channels, wherein the ridge-to-trough height increases in the direction of conveyance. Crop material conveyed by the grain pan experiences channels that deepen towards the rear edge of the pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventor: Morten Leth Bilde
  • Method for estimating feed quality of alfalfa as it is cut
    Patent number: 10251340
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method implemented in an agricultural machine harvesting alfalfa plants, the method comprising: receiving, in real time, input corresponding to a plurality of sensed parameters corresponding to alfalfa plant height and cut alfalfa volume; associating the cut alfalfa volume to an alfalfa stem diameter; and automatically determining a feed quality value for the alfalfa plants based on the sensed alfalfa plant height and the alfalfa stem diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignees: AGCO Corporation, HARVEST TEC, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sullivan Roberts, Ryan Paul Johnson, Grant Lewis Good, Nyle C. Wollenhaupt, L. Grant Macneill
  • Hydraulic arrangement for a lifting unit
    Patent number: 10253789
    Abstract: A hydraulic arrangement for lifting and/or lowering at least one implement carrying arm on an agricultural machine. The arrangement comprises an inlet hydraulic line and an outlet hydraulic line connecting a fluid pump and a fluid reservoir respectively to a first valve means, said arrangement comprising at least one dual acting hydraulic cylinder for lifting/and or lowering the implement carrying arm. The at least one cylinder is connected to the first valve means allowing the cylinder to be switched between a single acting mode wherein the arm can be lifted and a double acting mode wherein the arm can be lifted and lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Andreas Brockmann
  • Tyre in tyre systems
    Patent number: 10252582
    Abstract: A wheel provided with a tire in tire installation in which an outer ground engaging tire is mounted on a rim of the wheel and an inner inflatable member is mounted on the rim inside the outer tire. The inner surface of the outer tire and the outer surface of the inner inflatable member are provided with respective electrically conductive members suitably in the form of induction loops. A controller determines when the respective electrically conductive members come into close proximity or contact, enabling manual or automated adjustment of air pressure to minimize abrasion between the outer tire and inner inflatable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Mueller
  • Flow rate control for a combine harvester unloading system
    Patent number: 10244679
    Abstract: In a grain unloading system for a combine harvester a grain bin includes a frame, the frame has a floor with a trough disposed therein. An unloading auger is disposed at least partially within the trough. An auger cover at least partially covers the auger. The auger cover has a hat for a top portion of the auger cover and a pair of gates movable between the hat and locations on the floor that are proximal to the trough. A gate adjustment structure is coupled to the pair of gates to move the pair of gates relative to the auger. A control system is coupled to the gate adjustment structure and controls the gate adjustment structure. The gates are each provided with a plurality of external projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Frederic Ducroquet, Nicholas Henry Williams
  • Drive system for combine harvester processor and method of providing such
    Patent number: 10244683
    Abstract: A combine harvester including an axial flow crop processor fed by a tangentially impelling feed beater mounted for rotation on a substantially transverse axis, and a multi-speed beater drive system that includes a beater shaft upon which the beater is mounted via bearings to permit relative rotational movement, and a secondary shaft arranged parallel to the beater shaft. To achieve a first beater drive speed a first drive path is closed between the beater shaft and the beater. To achieve an alternative, second beater drive speed a second drive path is closed between the secondary shaft and the beater. Both the beater shaft and the secondary shaft are driven simultaneously during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Krishnamoorty Gopalakrishnan, Sivakumar Villappan, Ananthanarayanan Santhanagopalan, William Ryan Haar
  • Dual cam controlled reel tines
    Patent number: 10244681
    Abstract: A dual-cam linkage system controls the orientation of tines on a reel of a crop harvesting header. The dual-cam linkage system includes a stationary, substantially circular first cam track that has a rotational center that is offset from the rotational axis of the reel. A second cam track is located in a support plate on which a tine-supporting member is mounted. The dual-cam linkage system also includes a pivoting linkage having a crank, an arm. The crank has a first end fixedly attached to the tine-supporting member. The arm has an outer end attached to a second end of the crank. The first cam follower is attached at an inner end of the arm and engages the first cam track. The second cam follower is attached to the arm at a position between the first cam follower and the crank and engages the second cam track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Dustin Jost, Daniel Dreyer
  • Easy mount stalk stomper
    Patent number: 10231379
    Abstract: A row crop harvesting header (24) operable to be advanced along a forward travel direction to harvest a series of plants in a crop row. The row crop harvesting header broadly includes a row crop toolbar (48), a crop-gathering row unit assembly, and a plant stalk stomper (42). The row crop toolbar (48) extends laterally relative to the forward travel direction. The row unit assembly is supported by the toolbar (48) to define a forwardly extending row path, with the row unit assembly being operable to collect the crop row along the row path and sever crop stalks as the header (24) moves forwardly. The row unit housing (54) is attached to the row crop toolbar (48) with forward and aft fasteners (44). The plant stalk stomper (42) is attached to the toolbar (48) with at least one of the fasteners (44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Randall Lohrentz, Daniel Dreyer
  • Pre-filter system for a vehicle
    Patent number: 10227958
    Abstract: A pre-filter assembly for a vehicle arranged with an aspiration duct extending between the pre-filter and a fan of the vehicle. A variable valve element is provided as part of the aspiration duct adjacent the fan, such that the aspiration rate through the duct can be controlled by appropriate variation of the valve element, to control the rate of airflow drawn through the aspiration duct by the fan. This allows for the aspiration rate of the pre-filter to be at least partly independent of the flow rate of the fan, without the need for an additional motor-driven blower unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Laurent Meyer, Valentin Daniel Joel Leconte, Jonas Lécuelle
  • Method of performing a cleanout process of a mobile machine plumbing system
    Patent number: 10225979
    Abstract: A system and method for dispensing a liquid product from a mobile machine includes opening and closing a plurality of valves of a plumbing circuit, the plumbing circuit having a first fluid circuit and a second fluid circuit. Under influence of a pressurized gas, a flow of liquid product flows through plumbing of the first fluid circuit that has a temporarily inactive centrifugal pump and a flow of liquid product through plumbing of the second fluid circuit that has a boom plumbing assembly with plural nozzles coupled to the boom plumbing assembly. The flow of the liquid product through the first and second fluid circuits is controlled by the opening and closing of the plurality of valves and dispensing the liquid product of the first and second fluid circuits to either a product tank or through the plurality of nozzles based on the flows through the first and second fluid circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Dean L. Trask
  • Tire inflation control arrangement
    Patent number: 10220657
    Abstract: A tire pressurization arrangement on a vehicle in which the pressurization of the tire is controlled by a vehicle control unit and the vehicle control unit is notified of a desired tire pressure or desired tire volume. An air flow rate in a supply line to the tire is established so that the time to pressurize the tire to the desired tire pressure/volume is calculable, or the time taken to pressurize the tire to an interval pressure/volume is calculable, said interval pressure/volume being between a current tire pressure/volume and the desired pressure/volume, and if the time to pressurize the tire to the desired pressure is exceeded, the control unit gives a warning signal and/or stops deflation or inflation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Incorporated GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Hoeldrich, Frank Kreulich, Christian Pischulti, Stefan Prestel, Alexander Staedele, Benjamin Schmoelz
  • Machine-to-machine sharing of wayline deviation information
    Patent number: 10219422
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprising wirelessly receiving a signal comprising information about a deviation to a first wayline; and applying the deviation to a second wayline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy Dan Buhler, Gerald R. Johnson
  • Tri-directional break-away boom assembly
    Patent number: 10212927
    Abstract: A break-away apparatus for a boom arm (11) is positioned at a joint between a main boom portion (14) and a boom tip (12) to allow the boom tip to assume a neutral position and forward, rearward, and upward positions. First and second plates (30, 28) are disposed at the joint and a hinge assembly (22) is positioned between the first and second plates (30, 28). The hinge assembly (22) includes a first ball joint (38); a first hinge pin (34); and a second hinge pin (36). The first and second plates (30, 28) are in a first position when the boom tip (12) assumes the neutral position, and the first and second plates (30, 28) are movable with respect to each other about the first hinge axis (25a), the second hinge axis (25b), and a pivot point defined by the first ball joint (38). A first spring (50) assists a return of the first and second plates (30, 28) to the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Petrus Henricus Johannes Bouten
  • Curved wayline extensions for contour path planning
    Patent number: 10212874
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for receiving a plurality of data points of a contour wayline having a starting point and an ending point, the contour wayline describing a curved path; generating a description of a curve corresponding to a number of data points; providing curved extensions of the contour wayline based on the description of the curve; and using the curved extensions and the contour wayline for auto-guidance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Paul Ross Matthews
  • Baler with automated selection of ejector teeth
    Patent number: 10212889
    Abstract: A system for ejecting a bale from a baler, wherein the ejection process is controlled by a control unit with input from various sensors and from a remote operator located on a tractor. The control unit automatically positions a chute, controls a power take-off from the tractor, depressurizes and opens a chamber door, ties the bale, selects and causes ejector teeth to project into a forming chamber to engage the bale, causes the ejector teeth to move toward a discharge outlet such that the engaged bale moves with them toward and through the discharge outlet, and determines when the bale has fully ejected from the baler. The remote operator may choose to eject only the bale or to eject the entire contents of the forming chamber, and if the former, the control unit determines the bale's length and selects a subset of the ejector teeth that corresponds to that length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Retzlaff, Robert J. Waggoner, Maynard M. Herron
  • ELECTROMAGNETIC BOOM BREAKAWAY
    Publication number: 20190053481
    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: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Todd B. Snyder
  • Roller for side-by-side conveyor
    Patent number: 10207873
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a shaft, a first barrel, and a second barrel. The shaft has a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis of rotation. The first barrel surrounds a first portion of the shaft and is fixed to the shaft to rotate therewith. The second barrel surrounds a second portion of the shaft and is configured to rotate about the axis independent of a rotation of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey Michael Zimmerman
  • Corn header configured to reduce kernel losses
    Patent number: 10194588
    Abstract: A corn harvesting header (24) includes a powered row unit (38) and a gathering hood (98). The row unit (38) defines a longitudinal crop row path that extends in a generally rearward crop travel direction and receives a corn row as the header (24) is advanced along the corn row. The gathering hood (98) partly overlies the row unit (38) and includes a laterally extending dam (132) that restricts corn from moving forwardly. The dam (132) at least partly defines a gutter to receive corn kernels and direct the corn kernels rearwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Randall Lohrentz
  • Agricultural sprayer with multi-section foldable boom
    Patent number: 10194648
    Abstract: An agricultural sprayer including an applicator boom which itself includes a centre boom frame and a pair of multi-section boom side assemblies. Each side assembly is mounted by a respective hinge to the centre boom frame. Neighbouring boom sections are mutually connected by a hinged joint which permits folding around an upright axis from a deployed operating configuration to a transport configuration. A spring and damper mechanism is associated with the hinged joint for controlling pivoting movement around the upright axis between said two boom sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Joris Jan Hiddema, Harm Martens