Patents by Inventor Benedikt Jung

Benedikt Jung 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: 20230354751
    Abstract: A combination of a tractor and a baler includes a tractor control unit and a baler control unit. A driving speed of the tractor can be set and/or adjusted with the tractor control unit. The baler includes a bale sensor in order to sense the size of a bale in a baling chamber. The baler control unit is connected to the bale sensor and to the tractor control unit to send a stop signal to the tractor control unit when the bale signal of the bale sensor indicates that a bale has reached a size which is greater than or equal to a first predetermined size. The tractor control unit controls the tractor to initiate a braking operation for stopping the tractor and to adapt a driving rotational speed of the drive shaft of the baler when the tractor control unit receives the stop signal from the baler control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: PHILIPPE OSTERMANN, PIERRE DOMMANGE, BENEDIKT JUNG
  • Publication number: 20230359214
    Abstract: A method for operating a baler system including a combination of a tractor and a baler implement includes generating an adaptation signal with an input and output unit and sending the adaptation signal to a tractor control unit. The tractor control unit adapts a driving rotational speed of the drive shaft of the baler implement when the tractor control unit receives the adaptation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: PHILIPPE OSTERMANN, PIERRE DOMMANGE, BENEDIKT JUNG
  • Patent number: 11614139
    Abstract: An agricultural machine, the machine comprising: a distributor boom; a sensor for detecting a vibration of the distributor boom; an electronic control device in communication with the sensor; and a mobile mass coupled to the distributor boom and associated with an actuator, the electronic control device, upon detection of a vibration in the distributor boom, configured to actuate the actuator to relocate the mobile mass in the direction of the vibration to be damped with respect to the distributor boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Benedikt Jung, Christian Waibel, Martin Seimetz
  • Patent number: 11606910
    Abstract: A harvesting machine comprises a crop conveying channel with a movable bottom flap coupled to a hydraulic actuator controlling the position of the flap and a crop throughput sensing arrangement with a pressure sensor adapted to sense a hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Martin Seimetz, Kilian Wolff, Benedikt Jung, Pierre Dommange, Daniel E. Derscheid, Cole L. Murray
  • Patent number: 11589523
    Abstract: An agricultural spraying machine which is supported on the ground and is movable in a forward direction over a field, the agricultural spraying machine comprising: a chassis; a sprayer linkage, the sprayer linkage configured with a middle segment movably supported on the chassis; a pair of booms arranged on respectively one side of the middle segment and which are pivotable by respectively at least one actuator in relation to the middle segment about an axis extending in the forward direction; a control device configured to receive a signal from at least one sensor associated with the pair of booms and generate a control signal, the control device receiving the signal from the at least one sensor as an input variable and wherein the control device receives the signals provided by the at least one sensor in respect of the relative position of the pair of booms in relation to a field contour; and wherein an adjustment of the at least one actuator occurs using control signals from the control device, the control
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Dirk Alders, Benedikt Jung, Matthias Meyer, Willy Peeters, Ivo Op Het Veld, Artur Schuhmacher, Kilian Jung, Jörg Seewig, Viktor Follmann
  • Publication number: 20210289702
    Abstract: An apparatus for damping a pitching oscillation of a working vehicle comprising: a first actuator for adjusting a position of an implement couple to the working vehicle; a second actuator for adjusting a propulsion rate of the working vehicle; and a control device in communication with the first and second actuators, the control device configured to receive an operating mode signal corresponding to an operating mode of at least one of the working vehicle and implement, and to generate control signals to the first actuator and the second actuator as a function of the operating mode signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: BENEDIKT JUNG, Martin Seimetz
  • Publication number: 20200396902
    Abstract: A crop baler with a stuffer flywheel mass for baling a crop, the baler comprising: a supporting frame that can be moved across a field; a crop pick-up configured to pick up the crop from a ground of the field; a conveyor configured to convey the crop picked up by the crop pick-up; a pressing chamber having a stuffer configured to compress the crop conveyed into the pressing chamber by the conveyor into a form of a bale; and a drive for producing a reciprocating movement of the stuffer, the drive further comprising a flywheel mass with a variable moment of inertia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Valentin Gresch, Benedikt Jung, Christian Waibel
  • Publication number: 20200315108
    Abstract: An agricultural spraying machine which is supported on the ground and is movable in a forward direction over a field, the agricultural spraying machine comprising: a chassis; a sprayer linkage, the sprayer linkage configured with a middle segment movably supported on the chassis; a pair of booms arranged on respectively one side of the middle segment and which are pivotable by respectively at least one actuator in relation to the middle segment about an axis extending in the forward direction; a control device configured to receive a signal from at least one sensor associated with the pair of booms and generate a control signal, the control device receiving the signal from the at least one sensor as an input variable and wherein the control device receives the signals provided by the at least one sensor in respect of the relative position of the pair of booms in relation to a field contour; and wherein an adjustment of the at least one actuator occurs using control signals from the control device, the control
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Dirk Alders, Benedikt Jung, Matthias Meyer, Willy Peeters, Ivo Op Het Veld, Artur Schuhmacher, Kilian Jung, Jörg Seewig, Viktor Follmann
  • Patent number: 10785917
    Abstract: A crop baler comprises a frame, a pressing chamber for crop, into which a stuffer can be introduced in order to compress the crop into a bale, a drive for producing a reciprocating movement of the stuffer, and a countermass coupled to the drive and configured to move in a counteracting direction to the movement of the stuffer, the countermass at least approximately compensates movement of the frame induced by the reciprocating mass of the stuffer and the drive unit thereof due to inertia. Alternatively or additionally, a flywheel mass of the drive can have a variable moment of inertia to similarly compensate movement of the frame induced by the reciprocating mass of the stuffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Valentin Gresch, Benedikt Jung, Christian Waibel
  • Publication number: 20200260645
    Abstract: A harvesting machine comprises a crop conveying channel with a movable bottom flap coupled to a hydraulic actuator controlling the position of the flap and a crop throughput sensing arrangement with a pressure sensor adapted to sense a hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Seimetz, Kilian Wolff, Benedikt Jung, Pierre Dommange, Daniel E. Derscheid, Cole L. Murray
  • Publication number: 20200224744
    Abstract: An agricultural machine, the machine comprising: a distributor boom; a sensor for detecting a vibration of the distributor boom; an electronic control device in communication with the sensor; and a mobile mass coupled to the distributor boom and associated with an actuator, the electronic control device, upon detection of a vibration in the distributor boom, configured to actuate the actuator to relocate the mobile mass in the direction of the vibration to be damped with respect to the distributor boom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Benedikt Jung, Christian Waibel, Martin Seimetz
  • Patent number: 10694670
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for control of the speed of a baler includes detection and mapping of one or more of a crop property and data derived therefrom during the harvesting of a field by a combine harvester. Crop residues are deposited in a windrow in the field. The method and arrangement control the speed of the baler in the pickup of the windrow while taking into account one or more of the mapped crop property and the data derived from the crop property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Valentin Gresch, Benedikt Jung
  • Patent number: 10676090
    Abstract: An agricultural spraying machine having a defined transport width includes a chassis supported on the ground and configured to be set into motion in a forward direction, and a sprayer boom mounted on the chassis. A controller operably controls an actuator influencing the propulsion speed or driving direction of the chassis or the sprayer boom for reducing an oscillation of the sprayer boom in the forward direction. The controller triggers the actuator in response to a detected or expected oscillation of the boom due to a resulting change of speed or travel direction of the chassis or sprayer boom. An oscillation in an opposite phase to the detected or expected oscillation of the sprayer boom is induced in the sprayer boom adapted to lead to the reduction or cancellation of the oscillation of the sprayer boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Martin Kremmer, Valentin Gresch, Benedikt Jung
  • Patent number: 10588258
    Abstract: An arrangement for the control of an actuator (48) for the adjustment of an adjustable element (16) of an agricultural work machine (10) is equipped with a control unit (50) to produce adjustment signals for the adjustable element (16) in the sense of moving to a theoretical position, a control arrangement (62) of the actuator (48), coupled with the adjustable element (16), which receives the adjustment signals of the control unit (50), and a determination device (54) to make available at least one parameter (?), determined with the aid of recorded vibration characteristics of the system consisting of the adjustable element (16) and the work machine (10). The determination device (54) can be operated so as to determine at least one parameter (?) at the successively following time points and to supply it to the control unit (50). The parameter (?) serves to optimize the regulating behavior of the control unit (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Benedikt Jung, Byron K. Miller, Philipp Muench
  • Publication number: 20180317388
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for control of the speed of a baler includes detection and mapping of one or more of a crop property and data derived therefrom during the harvesting of a field by a combine harvester. Crop residues are deposited in a windrow in the field. The method and arrangement control the speed of the baler in the pickup of the windrow while taking into account one or more of the mapped crop property and the data derived from the crop property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Valentin Gresch, Benedikt Jung
  • Publication number: 20180281798
    Abstract: An agricultural spraying machine having a defined transport width includes a chassis supported on the ground and configured to be set into motion in a forward direction, and a sprayer boom mounted on the chassis. A controller operably controls an actuator influencing the propulsion speed or driving direction of the chassis or the sprayer boom for reducing an oscillation of the sprayer boom in the forward direction. The controller triggers the actuator in response to a detected or expected oscillation of the boom due to a resulting change of speed or travel direction of the chassis or sprayer boom. An oscillation in an opposite phase to the detected or expected oscillation of the sprayer boom is induced in the sprayer boom adapted to lead to the reduction or cancellation of the oscillation of the sprayer boom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Martin Kremmer, Valentin Gresch, Benedikt Jung
  • Publication number: 20180125010
    Abstract: A crop baler comprises a frame, a pressing chamber for crop, into which a stuffer can be introduced in order to compress the crop into a bale, a drive for producing a reciprocating movement of the stuffer, and a countermass coupled to the drive and configured to move in a counteracting direction to the movement of the stuffer, the countermass at least approximately compensates movement of the frame induced by the reciprocating mass of the stuffer and the drive unit thereof due to inertia. Alternatively or additionally, a flywheel mass of the drive can have a variable moment of inertia to similarly compensate movement of the frame induced by the reciprocating mass of the stuffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Valentin Gresch, Benedikt Jung, Christian Waibel
  • Patent number: 9868438
    Abstract: An arrangement for damping a possible pitching oscillation of a working vehicle supported on the ground by elastic elements is equipped with means to detect an expected and/or existing pitching oscillation of the working vehicle, and a control device, which is connected to the means and to an actuator to influence the propulsion rate of the working vehicle and which can be operated to control the actuator so as to damp the pitching oscillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Benedikt Jung, Guenther Wolf, Philipp Muench
  • Patent number: 9832926
    Abstract: An arrangement for triggering an actuator for adjusting an adjustable element of an agricultural working machine comprises: a specifying device for generating adjustment commands for the adjustable element; a control arrangement for the actuator; and a signal-shaping unit which, upon receipt of an adjustment command, initially applies a first signal dependent on the adjustment command to the control arrangement, and then applies a second signal, which is dependent on the adjustment command and delayed in time relative to the first signal, the second signal leading to a reduction or cancellation of a natural oscillation generated by the first signal in the system consisting of working machine and element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Benedikt Jung, Philipp Muench
  • Publication number: 20170245434
    Abstract: An arrangement for the control of an actuator (48) for the adjustment of an adjustable element (16) of an agricultural work machine (10) is equipped with a control unit (50) to produce adjustment signals for the adjustable element (16) in the sense of moving to a theoretical position, a control arrangement (62) of the actuator (48), coupled with the adjustable element (16), which receives the adjustment signals of the control unit (50), and a determination device (54) to make available at least one parameter (0), determined with the aid of recorded vibration characteristics of the system consisting of the adjustable element (16) and the work machine (10). The determination device (54) can be operated so as to determine at least one parameter (0) at the successively following time points and to supply it to the control unit (50). The parameter (0) serves to optimize the regulating behavior of the control unit (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Benedikt Jung, Byron K. Miller, Philipp Muench