Patents by Inventor Bart Missotten

Bart Missotten 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).

  • Publication number: 20240324513
    Abstract: The invention provides a positioning apparatus (17) for a rotary combine harvester (100) having a threshing concave (6a) and a separation grate (6b). The apparatus (17) has a concave adjustor mechanism for adjusting a threshing gap between the threshing concave (6a) and a rotor or rotors (5) of the harvester (100). The concave adjustor mechanism has a concave actuator (33) including a concave hydraulic cylinder having an adjustable hydraulic pressure to cause rotation of a concave control arm (31) so as to control a position of the threshing concave (6a). The apparatus (17) also has a grate adjustor mechanism for adjusting a separation gap between the separation grate (6b) and the rotor or rotors (5) of the harvester (100). The grate actuator mechanism has a grate actuator (330) including a grate hydraulic cylinder having an adjustable hydraulic pressure to cause rotation of the grate control arm (310) so as to control a position of the separation grate (6b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Pieter Van Overschelde, Frederik Tallir, Bart Missotten, Dré Jongmans, Glenn Aesaert, Johan Van Der Haegen, Bart Van Hullebusch
  • Publication number: 20230210054
    Abstract: A method for automatically controlling a harvesting parameter on a header of a combine harvester. The combine harvester includes the header, a feeder, and a downstream processing device. Crop is cut by the header, transferred to the feeder, and then transported to the processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Bart Lenaerts, Bart Missotten, Dré Jongmans, Bertram Van Soom, Dirk Leroy
  • Patent number: 9101092
    Abstract: A square baler having a control system including at least one density sensor for measuring the relative density of crop slices within the intake duct and/or the intake region of the baling chamber. A correlation function is determined by correlating the measured relative density of slices in the intake duct and/or the intake region of the baling chamber with the cumulative weight of these slices after they have been compressed and bound to form a completed bale. The control system predicts a weight of the slice in the intake duct and/or the intake region of the baling chamber derived from the measured relative density values of this slice and the computed correlation function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Didier Verhaeghe, Bart Missotten
  • Publication number: 20120240797
    Abstract: A square baler having a control system including at least one density sensor for measuring the relative density of crop slices within the intake duct and/or the intake region of the baling chamber. A correlation function is determined by correlating the measured relative density of slices in the intake duct and/or the intake region of the baling chamber with the cumulative weight of these slices after they have been compressed and bound to form a completed bale. The control system predicts a weight of the slice in the intake duct and/or the intake region of the baling chamber derived from the measured relative density values of this slice and the computed correlation function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Didier Verhaeghe, Bart Missotten
  • Publication number: 20070135935
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for improving the operation of a grain cleaning system in a combine harvester characterized in that the method comprises the step of adjusting the position of the upper sieve in the grain cleaning system upon registering a deviance from a threshold value for crop material load on the upper sieve such that the material return flow is adjusted. The present invention further relates to a sieve overload control algorithm capable of activating an optimal sieve control action upon registration of a deviance from a threshold value for crop material load on the upper sieve of a grain cleaning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Koen Maertens, Bart Missotten
  • Publication number: 20050245300
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for improving the operation of a grain cleaning system in a combine harvester characterized in that the method comprises the step of adjusting the position of the upper sieve in the grain cleaning system upon registering a deviance from a threshold value for crop material load on the upper sieve such that the material return flow is adjusted. The present invention further relates to a sieve overload control algorithm capable of activating an optimal sieve control action upon registration of a deviance from a threshold value for crop material load on the upper sieve of a grain cleaning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Koen Maertens, Bart Missotten