Patents Examined by Árpád Fábián Kovács
  • Patent number: 12135571
    Abstract: A receiving vehicle is automatically identified and the number of times it is filled is automatically counted. Control signals can be generated based on the number of times the receiving vehicle is filled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Jeremy J. Faust, Kellen O'Connor
  • Patent number: 12109900
    Abstract: A mower is provided and includes: a case; a charging circuit provided in the case, and a combination of a wheel assembly and a charging interface assembly arranged on the case. The combination is electrically connected to the charging circuit. The combination includes: a wheel assembly; and a charging interface assembly electrically connected to the charging circuit. The wheel assembly and the charging interface assembly are integrated molding structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Globe (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bui Van Cuong, Wanghao Li, Jie Gao, Jin Cao, Zhigao Pu, Huage Wang, Xian Zhuang, Zhiyuan Li, Yupu Zhou, Stefan Strandberg
  • Patent number: 12108707
    Abstract: A method of harvesting a seed from a rooted plant utilizing a seed harvester. The method includes dislodging the seed from the rooted plant via a seed dislodging system on the seed harvester by contacting the rooted plant with at least one of a plurality of dislodging members of the seed dislodging system. The method also includes collecting the seed via a seed collection system on the seed harvester. The method further includes transporting the seed via a seed transport system on the seed harvester from the seed collection system to a seed isolation system on the seed harvester. The method also includes isolating the seed from a waste material via the seed isolation system. A seed harvester is also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Russell E. Prock, David A. Dierig
  • Patent number: 12102041
    Abstract: Methods and systems utilize multiple components to improve the threshing operation within an agricultural combine. The methods and systems include a unique concave design, open valley rasp bars, and restrictor plates. Application of the methods and systems' components allows more efficient threshing operations for large grains such as corn and, also, for small grains such as soybeans resulting in an increased capture and retention of seed from the threshing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: CALMER HOLDING COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Marion Calmer, Daniel Wallerstedt
  • Patent number: 12096719
    Abstract: In a combine harvester, the header is lifted up by the feeder and secured thereto by a mechanism including a pair of securing pins on the feeder's carrier structure. The securing pins are provided with stops protruding towards the header and which include a sloped surface, configured to interact with positioning aids on the header. The lateral outward or inward movement of the securing pins is driven by a centrally placed actuator. As the actuator is extended, the positioning aids roll or glide down the sloped surfaces, enabling a gradual approach of the header towards the feeder, up to a point where the securing pins become aligned with slots on the header. Continued actuation of the pin motion then establishes the securing of the header to the feeder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Frank R. G. Duquesne, Dré W. J. Jongmans, Bart M. A. Missotten, Sam Reubens, Frederik Tallir, Pieter Van Overschelde
  • Patent number: 12089530
    Abstract: A walking power control system for wolfberry picking, including a frame, a turntable, rotating rods, first gears, second gear, gear racks, supporting rods, hydraulic motors, a front traveling wheel, a left traveling wheel and a right traveling wheel. Hydraulic motors rotate to drives three traveling wheels to rotate, thereby driving the frame to move, when it is necessary to turn, a turntable is rotated, the turntable rotates to drive two first gears to rotate, and the two first gears rotate to drive the supporting rods to rotate, thereby driving the left traveling wheel and the right traveling wheel to rotate, so that the traveling direction of the frame is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Wolfberry Scientific Institute, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and forestry Sciences, Ningxia Keqi Modern Agricultural Machinery Technology Service Co. LTD
    Inventors: Zhigang Shi, Ru Wan, Tinghui Ma, Guoli Dai, Libin Yang, Xiao Wang, Youlong Cao, Wei An, Xiyan Zhang, Yunxiang Li, Xueqin Jiang, Ken Qin, Jianhua Zhao, Xiuying Wang, Jian Zhang, Feng Wei, Xinlin Sha, Lina Zhou, Jie Lu, Danqing Zhao
  • Patent number: 12082515
    Abstract: A method is carried-out by a controller architecture coupled to a beam assembly actuator, which is included in an articulating tongue arrangement connecting an agricultural implement to a tow vehicle. In an embodiment, the method includes: (i) monitoring, via the controller architecture, an effective tow length of an articulating beam assembly further included in the articulating tongue arrangement, the effective tow length measured along a straight line extending from a leading pivot joint of the articulating tongue arrangement to a trailing pivot joint of the articulating tongue arrangement; (ii) determining, at the controller architecture, an effective tow length target of the articulating tongue arrangement based upon operator input, sensor input, or a combination thereof; and (iii) transmitting commands from the controller architecture to the beam assembly actuator to maintain the effective tow length of the articulating beam assembly in conformance with the effective tow length target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Austin J. Jones
  • Patent number: 12082528
    Abstract: An agricultural header includes a frame and a mount having a mount opening. The agricultural header also includes an arm configured to rotate about a pivot axis relative to the frame and to support a cutter bar assembly of the agricultural header. In addition, the agricultural header includes a pin coupled to a first element and extending through the mount opening. The first element includes one of the arm and the frame. The agricultural header also includes a fastener configured to non-movably couple the mount to a second element while the fastener is in a locked state and to enable the mount to move relative to the second element while the fastener is in an unlocked state. The second element includes the other of the arm and the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin David Kemmerer, Joel Timothy Cook, Jeffrey D. Thomas
  • Patent number: 12082529
    Abstract: A wheel assembly of a harvester header includes a latch and a pin. The pin is configured to engage the latch while a wheel of the wheel assembly is at a first position and the pin is configured to disengage the latch while the wheel of the wheel assembly is at a second position. Engagement of the pin and the latch is configured to block movement of the wheel relative to a frame of the harvester header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Trowbridge, Jeffrey D. Thomas, Joel Timothy Cook
  • Patent number: 12082523
    Abstract: A handle adjustment assembly is attached to a walk-behind lawn mower, wherein the handle adjustment assembly is rotatably adjustable relative to a deck of the mower to allow the handle to be adjusted to multiple different heights relative to the ground at distinct operative positions. The handle adjustment assembly is also rotatable to allow the handle to be adjusted to a stored position adjacent to the deck, wherein the mower can be stored in a substantially vertical orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventor: Mark Driscoll
  • Patent number: 12082532
    Abstract: An agricultural combine has a cleaning shoe including an upper sieve or chaffer over a lower sieve. The lower sieve is over a clean gain chute. A return chute open to a return opening is under the clean grain chute. The clean grain chute receives clean grain from the chaffer and the lower sieve. The return chute receives unclean grain and tailings from the cleaning shoe through the return opening. The chaffer's rear extremity extends beyond the lower sieve's rear extremity configured with a sieve chute. The sieve chute is spaced under the chaffer's rear extremity and extends rearward and angularly upward above the return opening toward the chaffer's rear extremity from the lower sieve's rear extremity, allowing the sieve chute to intercept grain from the chaffer and divert it forward to the lower sieve and away from the return opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventor: Ronald J. Kile
  • Patent number: 12075727
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a ratooning rice harvesting header and a harvester including the same. The ratooning rice harvesting header includes a multi-layer adjustable disc cutter, a header, and an ear cutter. The multi-layer adjustable disc cutter is mounted below the header and located below a rear portion of the ear cutter. The ear cutter is mounted at a front end of the header. The multi-layer adjustable disc cutter includes at least one group of multi-layer disc cutting assemblies. Each group of multi-layer disc cutting assemblies includes two multi-layer disc cutting assemblies. Each of the multi-layer disc cutting assemblies includes three layers of vertically arranged blades. The use of the multi-layer adjustable disc cutter in cooperation with the ear cutter can reduce the straw-grain ratio of the part cut from the crops to reduce the power consumption of the harvester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Jiangsu University
    Inventors: Yaoming Li, Hanhao Wang, Mingsen Huang
  • Patent number: 12079002
    Abstract: An autonomous work machine for automatically performing a work on a work area while moving in the work area, includes an image capturing unit configured to capture the work area; and a control unit configured to specify, based on an image of the work area captured by the image capturing unit, contents of a failure having occurred in the work area, and control the autonomous work machine based on the specified contents of the failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Yamamura, Hiroto Takahashi, Takamasa Udagawa
  • Patent number: 12075732
    Abstract: A striper arrangement (200) for striping a lawn (1) configured to be arranged on a robotic work tool (100). The striper arrangement (200) comprises a striper mat (10) and a holding arrangement (300) for holding the striper mat (10) in contact with a N surface of a lawn (1) and is configured such that the striper mat (10) is movable in upwards and downwards direction; and further configured to bias the striper mat (10) in downwards direction by a biasing force (BF), such that movement of the striper mat (10) in upwards direction is restricted until a counter force (CF) exerted by the striper mat (10) onto the holding arrangement (300) exceeds the biasing force (BF). The counterforce (CF) is the force exerted by the striper mat (10) onto the holding arrangement (300) when the striper mat (10) transits from a convex bent shape to a concave bent shape or vice versa. A robotic work tool 100 comprising a striper arrangement (200) for striping a lawn (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventor: Anders Danling
  • Patent number: 12075730
    Abstract: A concave for a combine harvester is disclosed having a first side support member and a second side support member, and a threshing bar secured to the first and second side support members, wherein the threshing bar is at a non-perpendicular angle relative to the first and second side support members. The threshing bar may be disposed between the first and second side support members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Inventor: Brian G. Robertson
  • Patent number: 12069990
    Abstract: A device (1) for thinning in fruit growing includes at least one support (3) connected to a tube (2) to which are connected to one or More flexible elements/whips (6), the support (3) connected by at least one plate (10) to an operating machine. The tube (2) is connected to at least one air compressor to supply at least air with variable pressure and/or flow rate to the tube (2), the tube (2) being crossed by the flow of air flowing in the one or more flexible elements (6). The flexible elements/whips (6) are hollow and are able to move when crossed by the flow of air, the movement of the whips modulated by compressed air. The whips (6) have a random oscillatory movement for striking the parts to be thinned with a modulated force depending on the pressure and flow rate of the air flow delivered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Inventor: Giorgio Ioris
  • Patent number: 12066038
    Abstract: A baler connectable to a tractor for providing round bales comprises: a frame supported on a wheel axle; a chamber, for receiving crops and for housing a formed bale, the chamber having a fixed, predetermined size; a tailgate connected to the frame and movable between a closed position and an open position; a conveying assembly which has a first portion provided in the frame and a second portion provided in the tailgate; a cylinder-piston actuator, which includes a closing chamber and moves the tailgate from the open position to the closed position; a binder, configured for binding the formed bale with a fastening element; a pressure sensor for detecting a control signal representative of a pressure inside the closing chamber of the cylinder-piston actuator; a control unit, configured to generate an alert signal as a function of the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: KVERNELAND GROUP RAVENNA S.RL.
    Inventors: Valerio Casadei, Cosimo Frascella
  • Patent number: 12058957
    Abstract: A mower includes: a housing; a movable upper cover, disposed on the housing; and a cutting assembly, disposed on the housing. The cutting assembly includes a blade carrier assembly, and the blade carrier assembly includes a blade carrier and a blade. The blade carrier includes a disc body and a blade receiving groove recessed inwardly from an edge of the disc body along an axial direction of the disc body. The blade is mounted in the blade receiving groove and arranged to be that the blade is not protruded out of the blade receiving groove in the axial direction of the disc body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Globe (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhigao Pu, Wanghao Li, Jie Gao, Jin Cao
  • Patent number: 12058962
    Abstract: A lockout device for a round baler. The lockout device has a body configured for being connected to a side of the tailgate of the round baler, a handle pivotally connected to the body at a pivot point, a wedge pivotally connected to the body at the same pivot point, and a biasing member connected in between the handle and the wedge. The handle is configured for pivoting in between a closed position and an open position for pivoting the wedge to be at least partially within the bale chamber to lock out the bale chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Charles Brandon Peterson
  • Patent number: 12054900
    Abstract: A work machine includes a motive portion, a work portion driven by the motive portion, a discharge path for discharging a work object obtained as a result of the work portion rotating, and a control portion for controlling the motive portion. The control portion includes a detection portion for detecting that the discharge path is clogged with the work object, and a work control portion for, upon the detection portion detecting that the discharge path is clogged with the work object, controlling the work portion and performing an elimination operation for eliminating the clogging with the work object in the discharge path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Kuriyagawa