Patents by Inventor Alex D. Foessel

Alex D. Foessel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10757865
    Abstract: An agricultural material baling system comprises, in one example, a bale forming component configured to form a bale of agricultural material from a terrain, and a control system configured to determine that the bale is to be released from the baling system onto the terrain, determine that a current location of the baling system has a slope above a threshold, determine a different location, that is spaced apart from the current location, for releasing the bale onto the terrain, and provide an output indicative of the different location. In one example, the control system is configured to receive yield data indicative of a volume of agricultural material in a path of the baler and to control the baling system based on the yield data. In one example, the yield data is obtained from a raking operation that rakes the agricultural material into a windrow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Nathan A. Chaney, Craig E. Wenzel, Alex D. Foessel, Henry D. Anstey, Jeremy M. Erdmann, Rodrigo H. Nomura, Anand Gupta
  • Patent number: 10311527
    Abstract: Performance information indicative of operator performance of a mobile machine is received. A performance opportunity space is identified, indicative of possible performance improvement. Savings identified in the performance opportunity space are quantified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Dohn W. Pfeiffer, Timothy A. Deutsch, John F. Reid, Alex D. Foessel
  • Publication number: 20180184594
    Abstract: An agricultural material baling system comprises, in one example, a bale forming component configured to form a bale of agricultural material from a terrain, and a control system configured to determine that the bale is to be released from the baling system onto the terrain, determine that a current location of the baling system has a slope above a threshold, determine a different location, that is spaced apart from the current location, for releasing the bale onto the terrain, and provide an output indicative of the different location. In one example, the control system is configured to receive yield data indicative of a volume of agricultural material in a path of the baler and to control the baling system based on the yield data. In one example, the yield data is obtained from a raking operation that rakes the agricultural material into a windrow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Nathan A. Chaney, Craig E. Wenzel, Alex D. Foessel, Henry D. Anstey, Jeremy M. Erdmann, Rodrigo H. Nomura, Anand Gupta
  • Patent number: 9930834
    Abstract: An agricultural material baling system comprises, in one example, a bale forming component configured to form a bale of agricultural material from a terrain, and a control system configured to determine that the bale is to be released from the baling system onto the terrain, determine that a current location of the baling system has a slope above a threshold, determine a different location, that is spaced apart from the current location, for releasing the bale onto the terrain, and provide an output indicative of the different location. In one example, the control system is configured to receive yield data indicative of a volume of agricultural material in a path of the baler and to control the baling system based on the yield data. In one example, the yield data is obtained from a raking operation that rakes the agricultural material into a windrow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Nathan A. Chaney, Craig E. Wenzel, Alex D. Foessel, Henry D. Anstey, Jeremy M. Erdmann, Rodrigo H. Nomura, Anand Gupta
  • Publication number: 20170118918
    Abstract: An agricultural material baling system comprises, in one example, a bale forming component configured to form a bale of agricultural material from a terrain, and a control system configured to determine that the bale is to be released from the baling system onto the terrain, determine that a current location of the baling system has a slope above a threshold, determine a different location, that is spaced apart from the current location, for releasing the bale onto the terrain, and provide an output indicative of the different location. In one example, the control system is configured to receive yield data indicative of a volume of agricultural material in a path of the baler and to control the baling system based on the yield data. In one example, the yield data is obtained from a raking operation that rakes the agricultural material into a windrow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Nathan A. Chaney, Craig E. Wenzel, Alex D. Foessel, Henry D. Anstey, Jeremy M. Erdmann, Rodrigo H. Nomura, Anand Gupta
  • Publication number: 20150199775
    Abstract: Performance information indicative of operator performance of a mobile machine is received. A performance opportunity space is identified, indicative of possible performance improvement. Savings identified in the performance opportunity space are quantified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Dohn W. Pfeiffer, Timothy A. Deutsch, John F. Reid, Alex D. Foessel
  • Patent number: 8618766
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system for recharging a mobile robot as a power source. In one embodiment the system comprises a power transmission link having a first end positioned at a selectively located charging station and a second end connected to the battery carried by the robot, the transmission link being configured to transmit power from its first end to its second end to charge the battery. The system further comprises a first wireless power transmitter coupled to receive power from a specified power source, and a first wireless power receiver, connected to the first end of the transmission link and located at a prespecified distance from the first wireless power transmitter. The first wireless power receiver is configured to receive power transmitted across the prespecified distance from the first wireless power transmitter, and to provide power to the first end of the transmission link, for transmission to charge the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Noel Wayne Anderson, Alex D. Foessel, Andrew Joseph Valentine
  • Publication number: 20120074891
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system for recharging a mobile robot as a power source. In one embodiment the system comprises a power transmission link having a first end positioned at a selectively located charging station and a second end connected to the battery carried by the robot, the transmission link being configured to transmit power from its first end to its second end to charge the battery. The system further comprises a first wireless power transmitter coupled to receive power from a specified power source, and a first wireless power receiver, connected to the first end of the transmission link and located at a prespecified distance from the first wireless power transmitter. The first wireless power receiver is configured to receive power transmitted across the prespecified distance from the first wireless power transmitter, and to provide power to the first end of the transmission link, for transmission to charge the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Noel Wayne Anderson, Alex D. Foessel, Andrew Joseph Valentine