Patents by Inventor Ana E. Carbunaru

Ana E. Carbunaru 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).

  • Closed loop billet length control system for a harvester
    Patent number: 11832555
    Abstract: A harvester includes a feed system operable at a feed speed and configured to feed a crop towards a blade. The blade is configured to cut the crop into crop billet and is operable at a cutting speed. The harvester further includes an optical sensor configured to generate a signal corresponding to a length of the crop billet and a control system with a processor, a memory, and a human-machine interface. The control system is configured to receive the signal and programmed to adjust one or both of the cutting speed or the feed speed based on the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Alexander C. Reiners, John A. Dighton, Ana E. Carbunaru
  • CLOSED LOOP BILLET LENGTH CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A HARVESTER
    Publication number: 20220167557
    Abstract: A harvester includes a feed system operable at a feed speed and configured to feed a crop towards a blade. The blade is configured to cut the crop into crop billet and is operable at a cutting speed. The harvester further includes an optical sensor configured to generate a signal corresponding to a length of the crop billet and a control system with a processor, a memory, and a human-machine interface. The control system is configured to receive the signal and programmed to adjust one or both of the cutting speed or the feed speed based on the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander C. Reiners, John A. Dighton, Ana E. Carbunaru