Patents by Inventor Carlos J. A. Verheye
Carlos J. A. Verheye 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: 11214319Abstract: The present invention is related to a track unit for a vehicle, such as an agricultural harvesting combine. The track unit according to a first embodiment of the invention comprises one or more bogies arranged between front and rear guide wheels. The bogies are provided with wheel pairs that are rotatably arranged about a longitudinal axis of the bogie itself, and are thereby capable of adapting individually to transversal oscillations caused by the terrain. Preferably, the bogies are furthermore equipped to adapt to longitudinal oscillations as well, by the longitudinal portion of the bogie being rotatable about a transversal axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Patrick Piens, Jean-Pierre Vandendriessche, Carlos J. A. Verheye
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Patent number: 10710652Abstract: An agricultural vehicle has a chassis with a drivetrain and at least one rubber track assembly with a rubber track belt. The rubber track assembly has at least one idler, each of which has two idler wheels spaced apart on an axle. The idler wheels each have a tapered outer surface that together define a tapered profile that causes the rubber track belt to self-center upon the rubber track assembly. The tapered profile may define a pair of straight lines at a shallow angle, a portion of a circle, a portion of an ellipse, a parabola, or a hyperbola.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Bart De Brouwer, Patrick Piens, Jean-Pierre Vandendriessche, Carlos J. A. Verheye
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Publication number: 20190276101Abstract: The present invention is related to a track unit for a vehicle, such as an agricultural harvesting combine. The track unit according to a first embodiment of the invention comprises one or more bogies arranged between front and rear guide wheels. The bogies are provided with wheel pairs that are rotatably arranged about a longitudinal axis of the bogie itself, and are thereby capable of adapting individually to transversal oscillations caused by the terrain. Preferably, the bogies are furthermore equipped to adapt to longitudinal oscillations as well, by the longitudinal portion of the bogie being rotatable about a transversal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Patrick Piens, Jean-Pierre Vandendriessche, Carlos J.A. Verheye
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Patent number: 10308296Abstract: A track unit may include one or more bogies arranged between front and rear guide wheels. The bogies are provided with wheel pairs that are rotatably arranged about a longitudinal axis of the bogie itself, and capable of adapting individually to transversal oscillations caused by the terrain. The bogies can furthermore be equipped to adapt to longitudinal oscillations as well, by the longitudinal portion of the bogie being rotatable about a transversal axis. The track unit may also be equipped with a cutter, non-rotatably mounted on one or both outer faces of the rear guide wheel, in a position where said wheel is in direct contact with the track, the cutter configured to cut crop material transported upwards between the rear guide wheel and the track when the track unit moves forward.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Patrick Piens, Jean-Pierre Vandendriessche, Carlos J. A. Verheye
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Publication number: 20180170464Abstract: An agricultural vehicle has a chassis with a drivetrain and at least one rubber track assembly with a rubber track belt. The rubber track assembly has at least one idler, each of which has two idler wheels spaced apart on an axle. The idler wheels each have a tapered outer surface that together define a tapered profile that causes the rubber track belt to self-center upon the rubber track assembly. The tapered profile may define a pair of straight lines at a shallow angle, a portion of a circle, a portion of an ellipse, a parabola, or a hyperbola.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Bart De Brouwer, Patrick Piens, Jean-Pierre Vandendriessche, Carlos J.A. Verheye
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Patent number: 9867325Abstract: A steering system for a work vehicle includes a steering hand pump, a hydraulic main supply line fluidly coupled with the steering hand pump and including a check valve, and a normally open, two position valve. The valve includes an inlet fluidly couplable with a pressurized access point of a hydraulic sub-system, an outlet fluidly coupled with the main supply line on a downstream side of the check valve, and a pilot port fluidly coupled with the main supply line on an upstream side of the check valve. The valve is operable in the closed position based on pressure in the main supply line when the main supply line is pressurized from a pressure source, and operable in the open position and interconnecting the pressurized access point with the main supply line through the outlet when the main supply line is not pressurized from the pressure source.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Jimmie D. Clifford, Brent E. Smith, Bruce E. Anderson, Jeffrey C. Trowbridge, Guy H. J. Osselaere, Rik Vandendriessche, Carlos J. A. Verheye, Wim Leplae
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Patent number: 9555830Abstract: An axle assembly for a vehicle includes an axle having opposite axle ends and a pair of axle hubs. The axle assembly has a pair of double kingpin hinge arrangements, each including a first pivot pin connected with a respective one of the axle ends, a second pivot pin operatively associated with a respective axle hub, and a knuckle interconnecting the first pivot pin and the second pivot pin. At least one steering cylinder is associated with each double kingpin hinge arrangement. Each steering cylinder is interconnected between the axle and the knuckle or the axle hub.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Sam Reubens, Jean-Pierre Vandendriessche, Carlos J. A. Verheye, Tom A. De Lathauwer
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Publication number: 20160144891Abstract: An axle assembly for a vehicle includes an axle having opposite axle ends and a pair of axle hubs. The axle assembly has a pair of double kingpin hinge arrangements, each including a first pivot pin connected with a respective one of the axle ends, a second pivot pin operatively associated with a respective axle hub, and a knuckle interconnecting the first pivot pin and the second pivot pin. At least one steering cylinder is associated with each double kingpin hinge arrangement. Each steering cylinder is interconnected between the axle and the knuckle or the axle hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Sam Reubens, Jean-Pierre Vandendriessche, Carlos J.A. Verheye, Tom A. De Lathauwer
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Publication number: 20160121946Abstract: A track unit may include one or more bogies arranged between front and rear guide wheels. The bogies are provided with wheel pairs that are rotatably arranged about a longitudinal axis of the bogie itself, and capable of adapting individually to transversal oscillations caused by the terrain. The bogies can furthermore be equipped to adapt to longitudinal oscillations as well, by the longitudinal portion of the bogie being rotatable about a transversal axis. The track unit may also be equipped with a cutter, non-rotatably mounted on one or both outer faces of the rear guide wheel, in a position where said wheel is in direct contact with the track, the cutter configured to cut crop material transported upwards between the rear guide wheel and the track when the track unit moves forward.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Patrick Piens, Jean-Pierre Vandendriessche, Carlos J.A. Verheye
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Publication number: 20150305225Abstract: A steering system for a work vehicle includes a steering hand pump, a hydraulic main supply line fluidly coupled with the steering hand pump and including a check valve, and a normally open, two position valve. The valve includes an inlet fluidly couplable with a pressurized access point of a hydraulic sub-system, an outlet fluidly coupled with the main supply line on a downstream side of the check valve, and a pilot port fluidly coupled with the main supply line on an upstream side of the check valve. The valve is operable in the closed position based on pressure in the main supply line when the main supply line is pressurized from a pressure source, and operable in the open position and interconnecting the pressurized access point with the main supply line through the outlet when the main supply line is not pressurized from the pressure source.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2015Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventors: Jimmie D. Clifford, Brent E. Smith, Bruce E. Anderson, Jeffrey C. Trowbridge, Guy H.J. Osselaere, Rik Vandendriessche, Carlos J.A. Verheye, Wim Leplae
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Patent number: 6929334Abstract: A management system is disclosed for controlling the tension of an endless track by regulating the hydraulic pressure in a hydraulic jack acting on a roller serving to tension the track. The tension management system comprises two accumulators of different capacity that are connected to the jack. Both accumulators are in permanent direct communication with the jack and the larger accumulator is preloaded to a higher pressure than the smaller accumulator.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2003Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: CNH America LLCInventors: Carlos J. A. Verheye, Thierry E. G. Devriese, Tom A. De Lathauwer, Jean-Pierre Vandendriessche
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Publication number: 20040026994Abstract: A management system is disclosed for controlling the tension of an endless track by regulating the hydraulic pressure in a hydraulic jack acting on a roller serving to tension the track. The tension management system comprises two accumulators of different capacity that are connected to the jack. Both accumulators are in permanent direct communication with the jack and the larger accumulator is preloaded to a higher pressure than the smaller accumulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2003Publication date: February 12, 2004Inventors: Carlos J.A. Verheye, Thierry E.G. Devriese, Tom A. De Lathauwer, Jean-Pierre Vandendriessche