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).
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Patent number: 12063895Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Valentin Gresch, Benedikt Jung, Christian Waibel
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Publication number: 20230359214Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: PHILIPPE OSTERMANN, PIERRE DOMMANGE, BENEDIKT JUNG
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Publication number: 20230354751Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: PHILIPPE OSTERMANN, PIERRE DOMMANGE, BENEDIKT JUNG
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Patent number: 11614139Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Benedikt Jung, Christian Waibel, Martin Seimetz
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Patent number: 11606910Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Martin Seimetz, Kilian Wolff, Benedikt Jung, Pierre Dommange, Daniel E. Derscheid, Cole L. Murray
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Patent number: 11589523Abstract: 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 controlType: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Dirk Alders, Benedikt Jung, Matthias Meyer, Willy Peeters, Ivo Op Het Veld, Artur Schuhmacher, Kilian Jung, Jörg Seewig, Viktor Follmann
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Publication number: 20210289702Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: BENEDIKT JUNG, Martin Seimetz
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Publication number: 20200396902Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Valentin Gresch, Benedikt Jung, Christian Waibel
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Publication number: 20200315108Abstract: 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 controlType: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Dirk Alders, Benedikt Jung, Matthias Meyer, Willy Peeters, Ivo Op Het Veld, Artur Schuhmacher, Kilian Jung, Jörg Seewig, Viktor Follmann
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Patent number: 10785917Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Valentin Gresch, Benedikt Jung, Christian Waibel
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Publication number: 20200260645Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Martin Seimetz, Kilian Wolff, Benedikt Jung, Pierre Dommange, Daniel E. Derscheid, Cole L. Murray
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Publication number: 20200224744Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Benedikt Jung, Christian Waibel, Martin Seimetz
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Patent number: 10694670Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Valentin Gresch, Benedikt Jung
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Patent number: 10676090Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 14, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Martin Kremmer, Valentin Gresch, Benedikt Jung
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Patent number: 10588258Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Benedikt Jung, Byron K. Miller, Philipp Muench
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Publication number: 20180317388Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Valentin Gresch, Benedikt Jung
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Publication number: 20180281798Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Martin Kremmer, Valentin Gresch, Benedikt Jung
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Publication number: 20180125010Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Valentin Gresch, Benedikt Jung, Christian Waibel
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Patent number: 9868438Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Benedikt Jung, Guenther Wolf, Philipp Muench
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Patent number: 9832926Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 6, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Benedikt Jung, Philipp Muench