Patents Assigned to CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
  • Publication number: 20200364955
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a cause of error in an agricultural working machine with a faulty component is disclosed. An analysis routine may analyze various types of data, such as operating data of the agricultural working machine, including workload data of the agricultural working machine, and/or design data of the agricultural working machine, such as design data of the faulty component of the agricultural working machine, in order to determine a cause of error, as indicated by cause of error data. Specifically, the analysis routine may analyze one or both of operating data and design data in order to determine whether a workload of the agricultural working machine and/or a design of the agricultural working machine, such as the design of the faulty component of the agricultural working machine, can be excluded and/or identified as the cause of error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Thöle, Patrick Venherm, Thilo Dasenbrock
  • Publication number: 20200364807
    Abstract: A method for servicing or repair of an agricultural work machine, wherein an outage duration probability and/or a damage probability of the agricultural work machine and/or of a component part of the agricultural work machine is determined in an analysis routine based on operating data of the agricultural work machine, and wherein a delivery routine comprising a delivery of a replacement part corresponding to a component part of the agricultural work machine to a service point associated with the agricultural work machine is initiated based on the analysis routine for reducing the outage duration probability and/or the damage probability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph THOELE, Patrick VENHERM, Thilo DASENBROCK
  • Patent number: 10827681
    Abstract: A combine harvester is disclosed with an infeed arrangement for receiving the harvested material, with a threshing device for degraining the harvested material, and with a cleaning device that is downstream from the threshing device for segregating the harvested material, and thereby separating the grain from the non-grain components. The cleaning device has a sieve device that can rotate about a rotational axis with an at least sectionally sieve-shaped sieve jacket that extends in a peripheral direction around the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Schwarz
  • Patent number: 10830287
    Abstract: A drive train for driving a working unit of a self-propelled harvester is disclosed. The drive train includes a selectable belt drive with a drive belt, which operationally combines a drive belt pulley and an output belt pulley. The output belt pulley of the belt drive is operationally connected to the working unit via a drive shaft. The drive train comprises a clutch system, combining the functions of a belt clutch and an overload clutch into a single construction unit, with the response characteristic of the overload clutch system being hydraulically adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Pautz
  • Patent number: 10820517
    Abstract: A combine harvester is disclosed with an infeed arrangement for receiving the harvested material, with a threshing device for degraining the harvested material, and with a cleaning device that is downstream from the threshing device for segregating the harvested material, and thereby a separating the grain from the non-grain components. The cleaning device includes has a sieve device that can rotate about a rotational axis with an at least sectionally sieve-shaped sieve jacket that extends in a peripheral direction around the rotational axis. Separating the grain from the non-grain components is performed by the cleaning device by superimposing a rotary movement and oscillating movement of the sieve jacket such that the oscillating movement is directed transverse to the rotational axis of the sieve device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20200337245
    Abstract: A separator arrangement has an inlet head housing, a feed drum and two axial separating rotors projecting by one end portionwise into the inlet head housing. The inlet head housing has planar inlet portions which extend over the width of the respective axial separating rotor and between which is arranged a ramp-shaped housing portion extending paraxial to the conveying direction of the axial separating rotors and which assists in dividing a harvested material flow into partial flows to be fed to the axial separating rotors. At least one separating element is associated with the ramp-shaped housing portion and has a base body which extends perpendicular to the surface of the housing portion and which has an end face formed as a cutting edge. A coating comprising a wear-resistant second material is arranged on the end face and extends substantially medially in the longitudinal direction of the end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Markus PELLMANN, Jens BUSSMANN, Bernd HOLTMANN
  • Publication number: 20200323136
    Abstract: A harvesting machine has a crop tank and a conveyor screw inside the tank which extends from a material inlet opening on a wall of the crop tank into the interior of the crop tank. The conveyor screw comprises at least one proximal portion adjacent to the material inlet opening and one distal portion spaced apart from the material inlet opening at least by the proximal portion. The proximal portion and distal portion are rotatable around conveying axes running in different directions. The conveyor screw can be operated in a work position in which the conveying axis of the distal portion is oriented to be steeper than the conveying axis of the proximal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Jonas BRANDMEIER
  • Publication number: 20200305352
    Abstract: A method for the operation of a combine harvester includes processing a harvested material flow by at least one axial separator and ejecting a residual material flow formed in this way from the combine harvester by at least two ejection devices. The axial separator is formed by a movable vane element by means of which the residual material flow exiting from the axial separator is distributed on a work member downstream of the axial separator. In order to further improve the distribution of the residual material flow on the field, an actual distribution of the residual material flow on the two ejection devices is detected, wherein, when a deviation of the actual distribution from a predetermined reference distribution is detected, the vane element is readjusted so that the actual distribution is at least approximated to the reference distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Jens BUSSMANN, Bernd HOLTMANN, Andreas DIEKAMP, Benedikt POELLING
  • Publication number: 20200281119
    Abstract: An agricultural harvesting machine and a method for operating an agricultural harvesting machine is disclosed. The agricultural harvesting machine includes an attachment configured to receive a crop containing grain components, at least one work assembly for processing the received crop, a transfer device, a near-infrared (NIR), and an evaluation device. The crop is received by the attachment and traverses the harvesting machine, thereby defining a crop stream. The NIR sensor is positioned along the crop stream downstream from the at least one work assembly and generates one or more signals indicative of at least one aspect of the grain components in the crop stream. Further, the evaluation device receives and analyzes the signals from the NIR sensor in order to determine a degree to which the grain components contained in the crop stream are cracked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Sander, Mathias Escher, Carsten Grove, Alexander Kirchbeck
  • Publication number: 20200269938
    Abstract: A harvester and a method for harvesting a crop is disclosed. The harvester includes two track drives positioned on opposite ends of a front axle of the harvester, each of the track drives including two main wheels that are arranged successively in the driving direction of the harvester, at least one auxiliary wheel positioned between the main wheels, and at least one track that surrounds the main wheels. The auxiliary wheel can interact with a bottom section of the track so that the forces to be deflected via the particular track drive into ground can be deflected at least proportionately using the auxiliary wheel. To reduce the shearing forces into the ground when the harvester turns, a control unit, depending on the steering angle of the harvester, controls a lifting unit to lift a front main wheel of a particular track drive from its home position to a lifted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Silies, Sascha Rackow, Wolfgang Meier
  • Patent number: 10736265
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a cutting unit (1) that has a cutter bar (6) that is operated rigidly or flexibly, depending on the harvest conditions, which can be operated in at least two different operating modes, wherein the cutting unit (1) includes a first sensor assembly (1) disposed on the cutting unit (1) that can be deactivated, which is for operating the cutting unit (1) in a first operating mode, and a second sensor assembly (17) for operating the cutting unit (1) in a second operating mode, wherein, when switching between the at least two operating states, the first sensor assembly (13) or the second sensor assembly (17) is activated without interruption in operation, to execute a distance determination, depending on the selected operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Fuchtling, Andreas Wielenberg, Udo Beschorn
  • Patent number: 10737635
    Abstract: An agricultural working machine with a seat for an operator of the agricultural working machine, with a monitor for displaying data, such as operating data of the agricultural working machine, and/or an attachment of the agricultural working machine, and with an adjustable holding device that holds the monitor. The adjustable holding device enables adjustment of the height, tilt, and distance of the monitor relative to the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Tepper, Bernd Kleffmann, Udo Heidecker
  • Patent number: 10674663
    Abstract: An agricultural harvesting system has an agricultural harvesting machine with at least one agricultural working unit that performs agricultural work, and an adjusting unit for adjusting the parameters of the particular working unit, a conveyor channel for a crop stream generated in a harvesting process by harvesting a field of crop, and an NIR sensor unit containing an NIR sensor which is configured for detecting constituents and/or properties of the crop stream. The crop stream in the conveyor channel can be guided past the NIR sensor. An on-line data processing unit controls the particular working unit, and generates control data on the basis of crop stream data which have been generated by the NIR sensor unit and correspond to the constituents and/or properties detected by the NIR sensor, and the adjusting unit carries out a parameter adjustment of the particular working unit on the basis of the control data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Kirchbeck, Stefan Sander
  • Patent number: 10620023
    Abstract: A method for determining a mass flow composed of bulk material, in particular grain, which is conveyed by means of a continuous, circulating conveyor, having planar conveyor elements, from a lower bulk material receiving area to a higher bulk material delivery area, in which the bulk material delivered by the conveyor is deflected by a guide surface disposed in the bulk material delivery area toward a measuring device, wherein the mass flow is determined by the measurement of a resulting force (F_G) exerted on a sensor surface of the measuring device, wherein at least two parameters having an effect on the force measurement, in particular parameters independent of bulk material properties, are compensated for. A control and regulating device for executing the method for determining a mass flow composed of bulk material is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Jonas Brandmeier, Gunnar Quincke, Martin Kubbeler, Sebastian Neu, Markus Brune
  • Patent number: 10604190
    Abstract: A cab for an agricultural working vehicle has a cab base, a cab body situated thereon and consisting of a frame structure, and a cab roof which comprises at least two shells. The cab roof is designed as a prefabricated module which can be placed onto the cab body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Behnke, Markus Deppe, Florian Dannigkeit
  • Publication number: 20200084965
    Abstract: An agricultural harvesting machine, particularly a combine harvester or a forage harvester, has a supporting frame, a cutting mechanism, an inclined conveyor and a driver's cab. The cutting mechanism is arranged at the supporting frame by the inclined conveyor. The driver's cab is arranged at the supporting frame with the intermediary of at least one damper unit. At least one camera is arranged in an interior of the driver's cab. The camera is oriented to the cutting mechanism and/or to the inclined conveyor through a front windshield of the driver's cab. The camera is arranged in an operative area of a cleaning device of the front windshield so that a detection area of the camera can be optically acquired at least through a portion of the operative area of the cleaning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis NEITEMEIER, Marvin BARTHER, Frédéric FISCHER, Boris KETTELHOIT
  • Patent number: 10583863
    Abstract: A cab for an agricultural working vehicle has a cab base and a cab roof, between which a windshield and side windows are situated in a frame structure, and a driver's seat situated on the cab base. There is at least one air treatment device for cooling and heating an inlet air flow which is supplied to the cab through an intake duct. The air treatment device has at least one first air distribution duct having at least one first air outlet opening, and at least one second air distribution duct having at least one second air outlet opening. The first air outlet opening outputs a first air flow substantially along the windshield and the second air outlet opening outputs a second air flow directed in the direction of the driver's seat. The first air flow has a higher temperature than the second air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Behnke, Markus Deppe, Florian Dannigkeit
  • Publication number: 20200068804
    Abstract: An agricultural work machine, in particular a harvester, has a header for performing agricultural work and having a control device which has at least one sensor unit for detecting a crop stream in and/or around the header and an image processing unit for processing images which are generated by the sensor unit based on the crop stream detected via sensor. The control device is configured to detect regions of like characteristics, components of the header and properties of the crop stream and is configured to use that which has been detected for open loop control and/or closed loop control of process sequences in the agricultural work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Marvin Barther, Dennis Neitemeier, Frédéric Fischer, Boris Kettelhoit
  • Patent number: 10575467
    Abstract: A header has a middle section disposed on a main frame and at least two side sections disposed adjacent to the middle section, a cutterbar extending substantially across the width of the header, and at least one conveyor device which conveys crop cut by the cutterbar laterally in the direction of the middle section. The conveyor device has a central conveyor including an endlessly circulating, endless conveyor belt which is guided around two rollers disposed on two support elements extending in parallel to the conveyance direction and are each mounted on bearing points provided on the support elements. The support elements each have a guide recess and in which one of the rollers is displaceable so that the conveyor belt can be transferred from an operating position, in which the conveyor belt is tensioned, into a maintenance position, in which the conveyor belt sags, in sections, in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Fuechtling, Thomas Hinz, Mathieu Koehler
  • Publication number: 20200060092
    Abstract: A combine harvester for carrying out an agricultural harvesting process has a plurality of working units and a driver assistance system for controlling at least some of the working units. The combine harvester accommodates as working units a chaff cutter for comminuting harvested produce and a produce distributing arrangement in the rear area of the combine harvester downstream of the chaff cutter for distributing harvested produce on the field soil in adjustable throw directions. The respective throw direction comprises vector components of a horizontal throw direction and a vertical throw direction. The driver assistance system is adapted to optimize the control of the produce distributing arrangement by at least one of the substrategies including “throw direction correction” and/or “inclination-dependent produce distribution” and/or “produce distribution in longitudinal direction” and/or “produce distribution in transverse direction” with respect to at least one optimization criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Baumgarten, Bastian Bormann, Andreas Wilken, Christopher Vieregge, Stefan Teroerde, Christoph Heitmann, Klaus Schaefer