Patents by Inventor Benoît JARRASSIER

Benoît JARRASSIER 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: 20240081166
    Abstract: An agricultural facility arranged in a plot of farmland includes: a supply and/or maintenance station; an autonomous agricultural device performing an agricultural task in the plot of farmland; a control unit for moving the autonomous agricultural device and the station, which unit is configured to control movement of the autonomous agricultural device within the plot of farmland including a work area in which an agricultural task is performed by the autonomous agricultural device and an area to be worked in which an agricultural task is to be performed by the autonomous agricultural device. The control unit is configured to control movement of the station from the work area to the area to be worked if the autonomous agricultural device moves to perform an agricultural task in the area to be worked, movement of the station being independent from movement of the autonomous agricultural device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: KUHN SAS
    Inventors: Benoît JARRASSIER, Philippe POTIER
  • Publication number: 20240023475
    Abstract: A method for controlled seeding of a parcel of agricultural land by a seeding vehicle having a plurality of individual seeding members each producing a seeding line and being able to interrupt at least one seeding line so as to mark out the parcel, including: providing, in advance, a virtual plan of the parcel with the current portions of the arrangements of seeding lines to be realized; inferring therefrom the trajectories of the seeding vehicle; and controlling the latter to carry out controlled seeding with marking out for these current portions and for the particular trajectories at least during cornering, during U-turns or between the current portions, depending on the trajectories of the rolling members of the vehicle(s) or trailer(s) carrying out the subsequent operation(s) on these current portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: KUHN SAS
    Inventors: Benoît JARRASSIER, Philippe POTIER
  • Publication number: 20230371416
    Abstract: A method for working a plot of land simultaneously by agricultural robots in accordance with instructions and/or commands transmitted by a common central management and control system, the method including: subdividing the plot of land to be worked into distinct work zones as strips having respective ends at the two opposite extremities thereof, and into a turn zone extending along the various opposite ends of the trips; subdividing each turn zone into turn portions, each of which faces and continues from one of the two ends of one of the strips forming work zones; and assigning a fraction of a turn portion to the robot that either is about to pass or is in the process of passing through the designated turn portion, or is going to start, is in the process of completing or going to complete work in the work zone associated with the designated turn portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: KUHN SAS
    Inventors: Marie HOELLINGER, Philippe POTIER, Quentin LABOUREY, Benoît JARRASSIER
  • Publication number: 20230367333
    Abstract: A method for working a plot of land simultaneously by at least two agricultural robots operating autonomously and independently, in accordance with instructions and/or commands transmitted by a common central management and control system, includes subdividing said plot of land to be treated into at least two distinct work zones and allocating each work zone exclusively to one of the agricultural robots. At least during the working phase, the width of the majority of the work zones is equal to a multiple, greater than or equal to 1, of the working width of the agricultural robot to which it is exclusively allocated. During work on a plot of land, work zones not yet worked are exclusively allocated to various agricultural robots, respectively, in a gradual manner according to the completion of the work undertaken by the agricultural robots in the various zones allocated to them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: KUHN SAS
    Inventors: Marie HOELLINGER, Philippe POTIER, Quentin LABOUREY, Benoît JARRASSIER
  • Patent number: 10238099
    Abstract: A sprayer including a chassis supporting a main container, a spray boom, and an incorporation device, the incorporation device having an active state and an inactive state. A volume occupied by the incorporation device can be varied between its active state and its inactive state. The incorporation device has a larger capacity in its active state and is smaller in size in its inactive state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: KUHN-BLANCHARD SAS
    Inventor: Benoit Jarrassier
  • Publication number: 20170135331
    Abstract: A sprayer including a chassis supporting a main container, a spray boom, and an incorporation device, the incorporation device having an active state and an inactive state. A volume occupied by the incorporation device can be varied between its active state and its inactive state. The incorporation device has a larger capacity in its active state and is smaller in size in its inactive state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: KUHN-BLANCHARD SAS
    Inventor: Benoit JARRASSIER