Patents Assigned to AGCO
  • System and method of bale collection
    Patent number: 11280614
    Abstract: A system comprises a mobile machine (14) for collecting a plurality of bales (10,12) dispersed across a ground surface and one or more computing devices. The one or more computing devices are configured to receive location and orientation information for the plurality of bales (10,12), the location and orientation information including a location and an orientation of each of the bales (10,12), automatically determine a preferred path for collecting the bales using the location and orientation information, and present information about the preferred path to an operator of the mobile machine (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Gerald R. Johnson
  • Towed agricultural implement
    Patent number: 11272654
    Abstract: A towed agricultural implement includes one or more processing units each supported on a chassis, in which each chassis supports at least one processing unit on a central axis, the chassis having a left hand side wheel assembly support and a right hand side wheel assembly support, free ends of the wheel assembly supports having wheel assemblies, each wheel assembly comprising a wheel mounted on a wheel mount, the wheel mount being rotatable about an inclined axis, and the wheel being rotatable about a horizontal axis. The wheel assembly supporting structures and the wheel mounts allow limited relative movement of each wheel mount with respect to the wheel assembly supporting structures which enables greater control when the towed agricultural implement is towed about a corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventor: Jürgen Riedel
  • QUICK-RELEASE LOCK FOR BALER KNOTTER HEAD
    Publication number: 20220071099
    Abstract: A bale binding mechanism is configured to secure a strand of binding material around a bale of severed crop material. The bale binding mechanism includes a chassis, a knotter head assembly, and a captive lock. The knotter head assembly is operable to form at least one knot in the strand of binding material. The knotter head assembly includes a knotter head frame swingably mounted relative to the chassis and rotatable into and out of an operating position where the knotter head assembly can form the at least one knot. The captive lock is shiftably supported by one of the chassis and the knotter head frame. The captive lock is removably engaged with the other one of the chassis and the knotter head frame to secure the knotter head assembly in the operating position, with the captive lock being releasable to permit rotation of the knotter head assembly out of the operating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery A. Baldauf, David A. Becker, Patrick Kendrick
  • System and method of bale collection
    Patent number: 11268815
    Abstract: A system comprising a mobile machine for collecting a plurality of bales dispersed across a ground surface, and one or more computing devices. The one or more computing devices are configured to receive location and orientation information for the plurality of bales, the location and orientation information including a location and an orientation of each of the bales, using the location and orientation information, automatically determine a preferred bale stacking location and a preferred path for collecting the bales, the preferred path for collecting the bales including placing the bales in the preferred stacking location, and present information about the preferred path to an operator of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Gerald R. Johnson
  • Rotary cleaning shoe
    Patent number: 11252871
    Abstract: A rotary sieve cleaning shoe for cleaning grain, having at least one rotary sieve with a generally cylindrical volume arranged to rotate around a longitudinal axis and having at least one beater bar within the cylinder which remains stationary when the rotary sieve rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Paolo Basso, Fabio Racchella
  • Independent planter closing system
    Patent number: 11229157
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a row unit, comprising an upright frame portion comprising front and rear-facing sides, the front facing side configured to be coupled to a tool bar; a fore and aft extending frame coupled on one end to the rear-facing side, the fore and aft extending frame operably coupled to one or more disc openers and plural gauge wheels; a pair of arms pivotably and independently coupled to the fore and aft extending frame; a pair of closing wheels, each operably coupled to one of the pair of arms; and a pair of down force components, each coupled between the upright frame and the one of the pair of arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Kevin J. Hamilton
  • Robust digital controller for skid-steer machine
    Patent number: 11231718
    Abstract: An autonomous skid-steer machine includes a chassis, a plurality of ground engaging elements supporting the chassis on a ground surface and one or more computing devices for controlling movement of the machine. The one or more computing devices are configured to generate a control signal for controlling operation of at least some of the plurality of ground engaging elements, the control signal being generated according to a control algorithm incorporating tuning parameters, and to automatically determine the tuning parameters in real time during operation of the machine such that the control algorithm is always optimized for a current speed of the machine. The tuning parameters are found using the machine's current speed, a natural frequency value and a damping value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventor: Benjamin Fernando Fernandez Guzmann
  • Belt drive transmission system
    Patent number: 11221064
    Abstract: A transmission system for a vehicle having a belt drive transmission. The belt drive has an adjustable input and output ratio, where the output of the belt drive is provided as a first input to a differential coupling. A further rotating connection is provided as a second input to the differential coupling, so that the output of the differential coupling is arranged as the output of the transmission system. Accordingly, the transmission output is based on the aggregate sum of the rotation of the first and second inputs to the differential coupling, wherein adjustment of the input and output ratio of the belt drive allows for a continuously variable transmission system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventor: Jakob Bro Sørensen
  • Variable capacity fuel tank
    Patent number: 11198362
    Abstract: A fuel tank for a vehicle, having a plurality of chambers, the chambers fluidly connected to allow a flow of fuel between the chambers, where at least one of the chambers has a flexible fluid container contained within an expandable rigid outer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Erich Freytag, Guido Naegele, Andreas Dornach
  • Agricultural baler pickup with lateral adjustment
    Patent number: 11191217
    Abstract: An agricultural crop baler (20) includes a baling chamber (44), a crop pickup (26), and an adjustable partition mechanism (28). The crop pickup (26) is upstream from the baling chamber (44) to collect severed crop material and direct a flow of crop material toward the baling chamber. The partition mechanism is located between the crop pickup and the baling chamber to control the flow of crop material from the crop pickup to the baling chamber. The partition mechanism (28) includes a wall assembly (68) that at least partly defines a crop passage (76) extending along a crop-flow direction between the crop pickup (26) and the baling chamber (44). The wall assembly (68) includes a shiftable wall (74a, b) that is shiftable transversely to the crop-flow direction to adjustably vary the crop passage and thereby the flow of crop material to the baling chamber (44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Robert L. Figger
  • Four-point cab suspension system
    Patent number: 11173969
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a suspension system for a vehicle cab, the suspension system comprising: a structural assembly; a cab mounted to the structural assembly; and plural suspension units arranged between the cab and the structural assembly, the plural suspension units comprising, fore and aft, a first pair of suspension units and a second pair of suspension units, wherein a lateral distance between the second pair of suspension units is greater than a lateral distance between the first pair of suspension units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. Soldan, Jarred M. Jennings
  • Steering controller for an autonomous vehicle
    Patent number: 11175665
    Abstract: A mobile machine having a chassis, a plurality of ground-engaging elements, a plurality of actuators for driving movement of the ground-engaging elements, and a controller for controlling each of the actuators to cause the mobile machine to follow a guidance path along a ground surface. The controller is configured to generate a first set of control values for driving the machine according to a first heading based on a reference heading error of the machine and generate a second set of control values for driving the machine according to a second heading based on a distance heading error of the machine, determine a weight scheme for the first set of control values and the second set of control values dependent on a distance of the machine from the guidance path, combine the control signals using the weight scheme and drive the machine using the combined control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Noess
  • Agricultural sprayer boom
    Patent number: 11154045
    Abstract: A boom for mounting to an agricultural sprayer comprises an elongate frame supporting a plurality of liquid application devices, liquid delivery means connected to the application devices, 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 material 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: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: AGCO Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Joris Jan Hiddema, Harm Mertens
  • Feederhouse assembly having a rotational shaft with fluid passages
    Patent number: 11140826
    Abstract: A feederhouse assembly for an agricultural harvester includes a feederhouse comprising an inlet end, a rotational shaft coupled to the feederhouse and defining a plurality of fluid passages therethrough, and a frame adjacent the inlet end and arranged to pivot about the rotational shaft relative to the feederhouse. The frame defines a crop opening therethrough and is configured to carry a harvesting header. An agricultural harvester includes a chassis, the feederhouse assembly mounted to the chassis, and a processing system carried by the chassis and structured to receive crop material from the feederhouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventor: Fabio Racchella
  • Combine harvester tailings management
    Patent number: 11122744
    Abstract: A combine harvester including a cleaning shoe, having a tailings auger for collection of tailings, a tailings collection bin and apparatus for moving material from the tailings auger to the tailings collection bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Wire, Bernard Dean Regier
  • Land mapping and guidance system
    Patent number: 11125568
    Abstract: A system and method for generating land maps of a land area. The land maps can include two-dimensional and three-dimensional land maps. The land maps may be efficiently generated based on field data obtained by mobile machines configured to traverse the land area, with the mobile machines associated with one or more sensors. The land maps may be used to accurately and efficiently guide other mobile machines as such mobile machines traverse through or operate within the land area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Opitsch, Benno Pichlmaier, Pitt Oppermann
  • Adjustable dampening for planter row unit
    Patent number: 11116126
    Abstract: A row unit has a frame with an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion has a parallel linkage and the lower portion is coupled to plural gauge wheels. A first sensor is configured to provide an output signal and a controllable device is coupled to the upper portion and configured to provide an adjustable down force. A dampening device is coupled to the upper portion and configured to provide adjustable dampening of the row unit based on the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Kevin J Hamilton
  • Land mapping and guidance system
    Patent number: 11118917
    Abstract: A system and method for generating land maps of a land area. The land maps can include two-dimensional and three-dimensional land maps. The land maps may be efficiently generated based on field data obtained by mobile machines configured to traverse the land area, with the mobile machines associated with one or more sensors. The land maps may be used to accurately and efficiently guide other mobile machines as such mobile machines traverse through or operate within the land area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Ludwig Grandl, Pitt Oppermann
  • Steering controller for an autonomous vehicle with velocity regulation
    Patent number: 11119488
    Abstract: A mobile machine including a chassis, a plurality of ground-engaging elements, a plurality of actuators for driving movement of the ground-engaging elements, and a controller for controlling each of the actuators to cause the mobile machine to follow a guidance path along a ground surface. The controller is configured to generate a first set of control values for driving the machine according to a first heading based on a reference heading error of the machine, generate a second set of control values for driving the machine according to a second heading based on a distance heading error of the machine, generate a current machine velocity using a prescribed machine velocity, the reference heading error, and the distance heading error, and generate control signals for driving the machine by combining the first set of control values, the second set of control values, and the current machine velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Noess
  • Folding hitch
    Patent number: 11109522
    Abstract: A hitch assembly having a carrier for attachment to a working vehicle. A pair of lift arms, link member and actuator are pivotally interconnected such that the hitch assembly is lockable in working and folded configurations. In the working configuration, the lift arms are secured to the carrier and the actuator is operable to raise and lower the lift arms. In the folded configuration, the lift arms are pivotable relative to the carrier. Extension of the actuator folds the lift arms relative to the carrier to move the hitch assembly between the working and folded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Noemie Evrard, Francois Quoniam