Patents by Inventor ANDY C. LOCKEN

ANDY C. LOCKEN 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).

  • Crop attribute sensing with crop loss inhibitors
    Patent number: 10034424
    Abstract: A harvesting machine has a controlled subsystem that performs harvesting machine functionality, and a control system that controls the controlled subsystem. A header is mounted to the harvesting machine and has row dividers (that divide rows of crop stalks) and gathering chains. A set of crop loss inhibitors is mounted proximate a forward portion of each of the gathering chains, in a direction of travel of the harvesting machine. The crop loss inhibitors also include a sensor that senses a variable, indicative of a crop attribute, as each crop stalk passes through the set of crop loss inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Noel W. Anderson, Michael L. Rhodes, Andy C. Locken, Gurmukh H. Advani, Kevin P. Cowles
  • CROP ATTRIBUTE SENSING WITH CROP LOSS INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20170339827
    Abstract: A harvesting machine has a controlled subsystem that performs harvesting machine functionality, and a control system that controls the controlled subsystem. A header is mounted to the harvesting machine and has row dividers (that divide rows of crop stalks) and gathering chains. A set of crop loss inhibitors is mounted proximate a forward portion of each of the gathering chains, in a direction of travel of the harvesting machine. The crop loss inhibitors also include a sensor that senses a variable, indicative of a crop attribute, as each crop stalk passes through the set of crop loss inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: NOEL W. ANDERSON, MICHAEL L. RHODES, ANDY C. LOCKEN, GURMUKH H. ADVANI, KEVIN P. COWLES