Patents Assigned to AGCO
  • Hydraulic component connection device
    Patent number: 11598352
    Abstract: An assembly system for components of a pressurized fluid supply system for an agricultural vehicle includes a body having at least one fluid duct connectable at one end to a pressurized fluid supply and having a socket at the other end. A detachable component such as an accumulator or oil filter is connectable in releasable mechanical engagement with the body to receive pressurized fluid from the at least one fluid duct. The engagement results from insertion of at least a portion of the component into the socket and rotation of the component to a locked position. The body has at least one discharge duct extending therethrough. In a partially rotated position of the component portion within the socket, the component remains mechanically attached to the body and the fluid duct and discharge duct are in fluidic connection, discharging accumulated pressure in the fluid duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventor: Benjamin Frommelt
  • In-line tandem axle assembly
    Patent number: 11596092
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an in-line tandem axle assembly comprising: a tandem wheel arm (46); a pair of wheel connecting assemblies (44A, 44B), each comprising a hub (60A, 60B) and a spindle (58A, 58B); a pair of mounts (50A, 50B) coupled respectively to the pair of wheel connecting assemblies; a pair of wheels (52A, 52B) coupled respectively to the pair of wheel connecting assemblies, the pair of wheels separated by the tandem wheel arm and in a same fore-and-aft position; and plural pairs of parallel links (48A, 48B) of equal length pivotably mounted to the pair of mounts and pivotably mounted to the tandem wheel arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Anson Fanshier, Ross Duerksen, Douglas Grollmes
  • Seed flow regulator
    Patent number: 11596096
    Abstract: A mini-hopper for an agricultural row unit that has a fill tube supplying material to a hopper. A backflow preventer is disposed in the fill tube or in a line to the inlet to prevent flow of material from the mini-hopper through the fill tube when the mini-hopper is in a transport position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: Precision Planting LLC, AGCO do Brasil Soluções Agrícolas Ltda.
    Inventors: Jeremy Hodel, Timothy Kater, Tracy Leman, Jarlis Luiz Matter
  • Baling apparatus
    Patent number: 11596106
    Abstract: A supply apparatus for supplying wrapping material to a wrapper inlet of a baling chamber, in which a bale is to be wrapped. A reservoir supplies the wrapping material to an upper driven roller forming a lower part of the wrapper inlet. The wrapping material is guided to the wrapper inlet from above the wrapper inlet. A displaceable supply unit is located between the reservoir and the upper driven roller, the supply unit being moveable between a baling position and a wrapping position about a pivot axis located above the wrapper inlet. A free end of the wrapping material outside of the baling chamber is protected by the displaceable supply unit from air turbulence during operation of the baling apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Malte Cornelius Schlichting, Harald Reupke, Christian Adam
  • Rotating boom cradle mechanism for agricultural applicator
    Patent number: 11589569
    Abstract: An agricultural applicator machine has a frame and at least one horizontally extending boom assembly. The boom assembly pivots to a folded position in which it is secured in a boom-cradle mechanism. The boom-cradle mechanism includes a crossmember and a boom rest at an outer end of the crossmember, the boom rest having a rigid inboard boom stop, a rigid outboard boom stop, and a saddle portion. The inboard boom stop extends from the saddle portion in an out-of-phase configuration relative the outboard boom stop. The boom-cradle mechanism has a locking assembly having an actuator assembly configured to rotate the crossmember, and thus the cradle boom rest. The actuator assembly connects to the crossmember through a linkage assembly. The actuator assembly causes the crossmember to rotate causing the boom rest to move between an open position and a locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua Aaron Rasa, Jeffrey Michael Zimmerman, Mark Aron Crowley
  • Armrest-mounted control device with fore/aft adjustment
    Patent number: 11591770
    Abstract: A vehicle control device is mounted on an adjustable armrest assembly coupled to a frame of a vehicle. The longitudinal position of the vehicle control device and an armrest may be adjusted by rotating the armrest upward towards a vertical position, sliding the armrest forward or rearward relative to the base and into the desired position, and then rotating the armrest downward toward the horizontal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Paul O'Halloran, Aaron Loggan, Paul Linwood Holman
  • Combine harvester and method of controlling a combine harvester
    Patent number: 11582915
    Abstract: A combine harvester includes threshing apparatus, separating apparatus, a grain cleaning system located downstream of the separating apparatus, and a material conveyance system arranged to convey crop material from the separating apparatus to the grain cleaning system. The grain cleaning system includes screening apparatus, a fan arranged to generate a cleaning airstream through the screening apparatus, and a fan control system configured to control a fan speed. The fan control system includes a proximity sensor mounted above the material conveyance system for sensing a material volume. The fan control system controls the fan speed in dependence upon the material volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Dan Hermann, Morten Leth Bilde
  • Automation of networking a group of machines
    Patent number: 11589399
    Abstract: A method including entering, by machine, a first field defined by first field boundaries; and automatically associating the machine with a first wireless network defined by the first field boundaries, the first wireless network comprising a secured data communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Paul Ross Matthews
  • Agricultural implement having arms movable to headland positions
    Patent number: 11582914
    Abstract: An agricultural implement having an elongated main chassis member, ground engaging wheels for supporting the main chassis member on the ground and at least one set of two arms, each arm being provided with at least one working implement and each arm being pivotably connected to the main chassis member and adapted to be moved between a working position, a headland position and a transport position. In the headland position, an inner working implement of the at least one set of arms is displaced laterally away from the main chassis member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventor: Felix Riedel
  • Vortex prevention adapter and related systems
    Patent number: 11582902
    Abstract: An apparatus to prevent formation of a vortex has a ring-shaped gasket having a bottom surface and a top surface; and a blade assembly mounted on the top surface and comprising a center portion and plural blades of a defined height. Each of the blades extend from the center portion to the top surface, with each pair of the plural blades defining a filter based at least in part on spacing between the pair of plural blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Bram J. A. Kemperman, Guill Roefs
  • Easy adjust tensioner assembly
    Patent number: 11578787
    Abstract: A tensioning bar assembly for a tensioning assembly of a drive system of an agricultural machine includes a longitudinal bar having a top end, a bottom end, and a threaded portion. An attachment device is coupled to the top end to attach to a tensioning arm. A compression spring is located around a portion of the longitudinal bar. A first spring retainer engages with and retains a first end of the spring. A first locking nut fits to the threaded portion of the bar and retains the first spring retainer longitudinally in place relative to the bar. The longitudinal bar is rotationally freely coupled to the attachment device to permit free axial rotation of the bar about its longitudinal axis relative to the attachment device, and an engagement head is attached to and located at or proximate the bottom end of the longitudinal bar for engagement with a tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Veer, William Ryan Haar
  • Dual wheel tyre inflation pressure control system
    Patent number: 11577556
    Abstract: A dual wheel tyre inflation pressure control system including a pair of vehicle wheels having tyre interiors providing first and second fluid chambers. A first valve arrangement is installed remote from the wheels and is connectable to a pressurised fluid source. A second valve arrangement, suitably mounted on one of the wheels, is connected to the first valve arrangement by means of first and second fluid connections. The second valve arrangement is controllably operable to connect the first fluid connection to either fluid chamber. Controlled variation of fluid pressure in and between the fluid connections is provided by the first valve arrangement to control said second valve arrangement for operating the tyre pressure control system to connect the second fluid chamber to the first valve arrangement, and to connect the first and second fluid chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventor: Felix Sodermanns
  • Endless track system suspension
    Patent number: 11554822
    Abstract: An undercarriage assembly for a work machine including a drive wheel; front and rear idler wheels; an endless track belt about the drive and idler wheels; mid-rollers located between the front and rear idler wheels to engage the endless track belt; a track roller frame mounted on the machine at a main pivot, between front and rear ends of an elongate member, with the front idler wheel connected near the front end of the roller frame; a major bogie connected to the roller frame at a major bogie pivot, and the rear idler wheel connected to a trailing arm of the major bogie; a minor bogie, mounted on a forward arm of the major bogie, and pivotably connected to the major bogie at a minor bogie pivot, and including front and rear axles, supported by a suspension that provides damping between the front and rear axles and the minor bogie pivot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: AGCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Evan Thomas Smith, Alan D. Gustafson, Derek D. Hruska
  • Engine damper cooling utilizing cab A/C circuit
    Patent number: 11549425
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for cooling an engine damper, including converting a gas to a liquid, and cooling an engine damper by passing the liquid through a tube portion located between fan air flow and the engine damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Joshua Alan Peterson
  • Method of unloading batch grain quantities for harvesting machines
    Patent number: 11533845
    Abstract: An apparatus is presented that receives first and second parameters including first parameters from plural harvesting machines, determines a batch unload for a specified quantity of material to unload from each of the harvesting machines, requests permission to receive the batch unload from one of the harvesting machines, and communicates a control signal to trigger the requested batch unload from the one of the harvesting machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Jared J Koch, Joshua Ekholm
  • Air treatment apparatus
    Patent number: 11518211
    Abstract: An air filtration system for an operator environment of an agricultural vehicle including at least one external inlet, a first filtration device having a coarser level of filtration located between the external inlet and an HVAC system, a second filtration device having a second finer level of filtration and an associated blower located between the external inlet and the HVAC system where the air filtration system selectively connects either the first filtration device to the HVAC system blower or the second filtration device and its associated blower to the HVAC system blower and a bypass permanently connects the HVAC system blower and the second filtration device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Haf, Alexander Zeller, Michael Krösser
  • Rotating toolbar with double rod cylinder
    Patent number: 11470761
    Abstract: An implement comprising a center section and a pair of wing sections, each of the sections comprising a pair of parallel frame members pivotably coupled to each other, wherein one of the frame members comprises a toolbar; and a plurality of hydraulic cylinders enabling rotational movement between the parallel frame members, wherein the hydraulic cylinders of the wing sections comprise double-rod cylinders and the hydraulic cylinders of the center section comprises single-rod cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Anson Fanshier, Ross Duerksen, Douglas J. Grollmes
  • Tillage implement with gauge wheels having hydraulic down-pressure
    Patent number: 11464153
    Abstract: A tillage implement has a frame with a center section and first and second outer wing sections hingedly attached to respective outer ends of the center section. Controlling a pressure in a secondary side of a hydraulic circuit enables adjustment of the downward pressure precharge provided by hydraulic cylinders based on a desired stiffness of the implement. Flow from a hydraulic supply through a pressure-reducing valve puts the downward pressure precharge on gauge wheels. Once this desired downward pressure precharge has been achieved, flow from the hydraulic supply is shut off and a check valve holds the pressure such that the hydraulic cylinders hold the gauge wheels in the desired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Jarret Lee Brinker, Jeffrey Scott Hughes
  • Anti-rollover for harvesters with electronic steering
    Patent number: 11458955
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a steering system for a machine, the steering system comprising: a steer-by-wire system configured to provide rear wheel based steering, the steer-by-wire system comprising: a human-machine-interface (HMI) configured to provide a force feedback to the HMI that influences the HMI to a center position; plural sensors; and one or more controllers configured by executable code to receive input from one or more of the plural sensors and reduce a risk of rollover by: causing the rear wheels to maintain or return to straight forward travel in conjunction with the force feedback; and limiting a steering angle of the machine, beyond which a rollover condition occurs, based on computation of a rollover equation with parameters corresponding to the input and machine geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Christian Roberto Kelber
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    Patent number: D980263
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: AGCO Corporation, AGCO do Brasil Soluções Aerícolas Ltda.
    Inventors: Jared J. Koch, Jay Anthony Leininger, Rodrigo Souza