Patents Assigned to AGCO
  • Vehicle cooling arrangement
    Patent number: 9616741
    Abstract: A vehicle engine cooling arrangement including a fan, a radiator and a mounting plate. The plate provides a fan mounting surface and a radiator mounting surface so that the fan and radiator are in a spaced arrangement. The plate extends from under the fan at the front of the vehicle to under the radiator downstream of the fan and guides air from the fan to the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Marco Opitz, Alexander Barzen
  • Windscreen air distribution system
    Patent number: 9616850
    Abstract: Vehicle cab windscreen air distribution system for a windscreen (1) provided with an external windscreen wiper (5) and a windscreen wiper motor (2a) mounted on the inside of the windscreen. The distribution system comprises an air distribution housing (3) which at least partially surrounds the wiper motor (2, 2a), the housing defining a passage (3a) for the supply of air onto the windscreen (1a) in the vicinity of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Geiss, Alexander Zeller, Andreas Stieglitz, Patrick Hoerting
  • Rotatable shroud for directional control of application area
    Patent number: 9610595
    Abstract: A controlled droplet application (CDA) nozzle has a CDA nozzle cone having a first axis of rotation in a first position and, after adjustment, a second axis of rotation in a second position orthogonal to the first. A rotationally adjustable directional shroud surrounds at least a portion of the cone, the directional shroud blocking at least a portion of a lip of the cone regardless of whether the cone is positioned in the first or second axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: John Peterson, Jeffrey Zimmerman, Justin Bak
  • Single cam double bow knotter for baler
    Patent number: 9603309
    Abstract: A knotter assembly for a baler allows for two bow knots to be formed per knotter tie cycle using a single drive cam gear and two bill hooks while maintaining needle penetration requirements. The knotter assembly includes a first twine disc driven by a first twine disc drive gear and a second twine disc driven by a second twine disc drive gear. The knotter assembly includes a first bill hook driven by a first bill hook drive gear and a second bill hook driven by a second bill hook drive gear. The knotter assembly also includes a cam gear driving the bill hook drive gears and the twine disc drive gears and a main knotter drive shaft driving the cam gear. A needle is located adjacent the twine discs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: David A. Becker
  • Machine suspension and height adjustment
    Patent number: 9604519
    Abstract: An assembly for supporting a vehicle chassis on a ground engaging element of the vehicle includes a first attachment component for attaching the assembly to the ground engaging element, a second attachment component for attaching the assembly to the chassis and an adjustment component for shifting the first attachment component between a plurality of operating positions relative to the second attachment component. A suspension component is operably interposed between the first attachment component and the second attachment component is configured to regulate motion transfer between the first attachment component and the second attachment component. The suspension component functions independently of the operating position. A locking mechanism mechanically locks the assembly into any of the plurality of operating positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: James Slawson
  • Leaf screen cleaner
    Patent number: 9603307
    Abstract: A leaf screen cleaner system to remove crop material such as leaves and stalks from one or more leaf screens of a combine harvester, the system including a slotted carriage movable in opposing directions, a screen having plural members, each of the plural members disposed in a respective slot of the carriage. A pulley assembly is coupled to the carriage and a feeder house is coupled to the pulley assembly. Based on pivotal motion of the feeder house, the carriage moves relative to the screen along the plural members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Zane W Unrau
  • Retractable row crop tire guard
    Patent number: 9603305
    Abstract: A tire guard for a wheel of an agricultural vehicle includes a fender having a first width substantially covering a width of the wheel and a crop shield having a forward area and a back area. A first bracket connects the fender to the wheel and a second bracket connects the crop shield to the wheel. The crop shield is movable over the fender between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the forward area of the crop shield is disposed proximate an upper portion of the wheel and the back area of the crop shield is disposed proximate a rear portion of the wheel. In the second position, the forward area of the crop shield is disposed proximate a front portion of the wheel and the back area of the crop shield is disposed proximate an upper portion of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremiah T. Rau, Todd B. Snyder
  • Electrical supply arrangement on a vehicle
    Patent number: 9604514
    Abstract: An electrical connection arrangement on a vehicle comprising vehicle contact means connectable to an implement contact means associated with an implement. The vehicle and/or implement contact means is connectable to a control unit which determines wear or damage of the vehicle and/or implement contact means and the wear or damage is communicated to the vehicle operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventor: Daniel Vonroth
  • Seat latching and storage mechanism
    Patent number: 9592753
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, an instructor seat for the cab of an agricultural vehicle is convertible between a sitting condition when the seat is in a forward position and a non-sitting condition when the seat is in a rearward position. The instructor seat may include a seat base and seat back, a conveyor to move the seat between a forward position and a rearward position, and a latch mechanism to place the seat back in a generally vertical position when the seat is in a forward position and force the seat back into a generally horizontal non-sitting position when the seat is in a rearward position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy Allen Murray, Stephen Nuemeyer
  • Flexible draper and cutter bar having shiftable crop divider with deflector
    Patent number: 9578805
    Abstract: A harvesting machine includes a harvesting header with a header frame, a cutterbar assembly attached to the header frame along the length thereof and configured to cut a crop, and a draper assembly positioned behind the cutterbar assembly and operable to receive severed crop material from the cutterbar assembly. The draper assembly includes a center draper that delivers crop material to a feeder house of the harvesting machine and oppositely spaced side drapers that deliver crop material to the center draper. The harvesting header is operable to flex and thereby follow an uneven terrain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Gagan Sethi
  • Fan shroud on an agricultural vehicle
    Patent number: 9561717
    Abstract: An agricultural vehicle having a cooling system comprising a fan. The cooling system is housed in a bonnet of the vehicle. When the bonnet is closed it forms a part of a fan shroud of the fan and directs air in a direction parallel or substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: AGCO INTERNATIONAL GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Barzen, Marco Opitz, Georg Jutz, Erich Freytag, Thomas Maier, Jan Weigand, Hartmut Kolmer
  • Agricultural implement mounting
    Patent number: 9554499
    Abstract: An agricultural vehicle has an implement connection hitch which is moveable relative to a rear axle of the vehicle. A system for controlling movement of the connection hitch is coupled with position sensors such as a GPS receiver. During turning maneuvers, the control system moves the hitch relative to the rear axle of the vehicle until it reaches an offset position such as to reduce the turning circle of the vehicle and a connected implement. The extent of offset may be determined automatically by the control system on identification of a connected implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Müller, Benno Pichlmaier, Jakob Kreitmayr
  • System and method of communicating GNSS information between mobile machines
    Patent number: 9541648
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprising, receiving at a moving vehicle first global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) information broadcasted from a base station and second GNSS information provided by one or more satellites; determining by a processor residing in the vehicle a position of the vehicle based on the first and second GNSS information; and re-broadcasting the first GNSS information to a receiver located remotely from the moving vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Isaac Ralphs, Aaron Patrick Osner
  • AUTOMATIC LOAD CONTROL FOR SELF-PROPELLED WINDROWER
    Publication number: 20170000030
    Abstract: A windrower has a hydrostatic header drive system with a header drive pump and one or more header drive motors. The windrower also has a chassis with wheels coupled thereto, an engine, and a ground drive system coupled to the wheels and the engine. A control system has plural sensors having first, second, and third sensors, wherein the first sensor monitors engine load, the second sensor monitors hydrostatic header drive pressure, and the third sensor monitors ground speed. The control system has one or more controllers configured to receive input from the plural sensors, compare the input with respective target values for engine load, header drive pressure, and ground speed throughout a range of ground speeds defined based on an operator configured maximum ground speed, and automatically adjust the ground speed based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel SOLDAN, Brendon C. NAFZIGER, Shane BOLLINGER
  • Variable precharge accumulator for agricultural header
    Patent number: 9532497
    Abstract: A harvesting header for use with a crop harvesting machine has a feederhouse interface and a header frame providing structural support for the harvesting header. A pivotable connection between the feederhouse interface and the header frame enable the header frame to pivot with respect to the feederhouse interface. At least one hydraulic ram connects between the feederhouse interface and the header frame to pivot the harvesting header on the feederhouse interface. A hydraulic supply provides pressurized hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic ram. An accumulator assembly fluidically connects between the hydraulic supply and the at least one hydraulic ram. The accumulator assembly has a precharge fluid/gas interface between a gas chamber and the hydraulic supply, and a working fluid/gas interface between the gas chamber and the at least one hydraulic ram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Randy Lohrentz, Emmanuel R. Magisson
  • Self propelled agricultural application machine
    Patent number: 9526202
    Abstract: A self-propelled agricultural application machine (10) comprising a chassis (100) which carries a storage tank (15) for the material to be applied is provided. The chassis (100) comprises a central longitudinal beam (110) from which at least a pair of wheels (12, 14) are suspended. The narrow chassis (100) allows steerable wheels to be positioned at tolerable track widths while permitting a large steering angle and thus small turning radii.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: AGCO Netherlands B.V
    Inventor: Joris Hiddema
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CHANGING MACHINE CONTROL STATE
    Publication number: 20160360697
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a control system for a land machine, the control system comprising: a position indication component configured to generate position information that indicates a current geographic position of the machine; and a control unit configured to: receive the position information from the position indication component; and change a control state of the machine by either disabling, or enabling engagement of, an automatic steering function of the machine depending on the position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: AGCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Diego F. Diaz
  • Combine harvester residue management system
    Patent number: 9497903
    Abstract: A combine harvester including a residue management system having a chaff spreader and a straw chopper, coupled by a mechanical linkage. Movement of the straw chopper from an operating position to the non-operating position is translated into pivoting of the chaff spreader from a spreading position to a non-spreading position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph Mark Biggerstaff
  • Planter with post seed tube mounted row cleaner and depth control tool
    Patent number: 9497900
    Abstract: A planter unit for planting seeds as it traverses a field in a direction of travel includes a seed delivery tube and a furrow opener configured to open a furrow in the soil for receiving seeds dropped through the delivery tube. A gauge wheel assembly controls the depth of penetration of the furrow opener. The planter unit also has a furrow closing tool that closes the furrow, the furrow closing tool positioned after the delivery tube in the direction of travel. The planter unit also has a row cleaning and depth control tool positioned after the furrow closing tool. The row cleaning and depth control tool has first and second row whippers that push excess soil out away from above where seeds were dropped in the furrow, wherein vertical position of first and second row whippers is selectively adjustable relative the vertical position of the furrow opener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Darren J. Nelson, Nyle C. Wollenhaupt, Erik L. Barnes
  • Tank for the storage of hydrogen in the form of metallic hydries
    Patent number: 9500318
    Abstract: A tank intended for the storage of hydrogen by absorption into material, including a first part and a second part, each of the first and second parts including a barrel, closed at one first longitudinal end by a substantially hemispherical part, the two parts being joined by the second open longitudinal end of the barrel by an assembly plate, the above-mentioned tank including two heat exchangers, each being contained in one of the two parts and intended to be under the same hydrogen pressure, the above mentioned tank also having apparatus of supply and evacuation of heat transfer medium circulating in the above mentioned heat exchangers integrated in the assembly plate, and apparatus of supply and collection of hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignees: AGCO, SA, COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Olivier Gillia, Frederic Ducroquet, Gabriel Menier, Geoffroy Husson, Jean-Philippe Poirot-Crouvezier, Albin Chaise