Patents by Inventor Cedric Halter

Cedric Halter 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: 20220095523
    Abstract: A towed or semi-mounted agricultural machine having a chassis on which an axle device connecting two wheels to the chassis is mounted, this axle device being provided with at least one movable part and one fixed part in such a way that the spacing between the wheels can be modified, at least one of the wheels being integral with a movable part that is connected slidingly along a longitudinal axis to the fixed part, which is integral with the chassis. Each movable part is additionally connected mechanically to the chassis by a respective articulated link, which is articulated on the one hand with the movable part by a first articulation and on the other hand with the chassis by a second articulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: KUHN SAS
    Inventor: Cédric HALTER
  • Patent number: 10045480
    Abstract: An agricultural machine including at least one working tool which can be driven by a drive mechanism which can have a variable drive speed, at least one movable shield which can be moved at least between operational and non-operational positions, and a device for moving the at least one shield, including at least one adjusting actuator and a device for locking the shield. The movement device includes a circuit for controlling the actuator which includes the locking device, which circuit automatically converts a variable input quantity into a control quantity which can adopt a first control value used to prevent the adjusting actuator from being moved out of a first configuration, the input quantity being a value which is a function of or dependent on the drive speed of the drive mechanism or on the working speed of the at least one tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: KUHN S.A.
    Inventor: Cedric Halter
  • Publication number: 20170172062
    Abstract: An agricultural machine including at least one working tool which can be driven by a drive mechanism which can have a variable drive speed, at least one movable shield which can be moved at least between operational and non-operational positions, and a device for moving the at least one shield, including at least one adjusting actuator and a device for locking the shield. The movement device includes a circuit for controlling the actuator which includes the locking device, which circuit automatically converts a variable input quantity into a control quantity which can adopt a first control value used to prevent the adjusting actuator from being moved out of a first configuration, the input quantity being a value which is a function of or dependent on the drive speed of the drive mechanism or on the working speed of the at least one tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: KHUN S.A.
    Inventor: Cedric HALTER
  • Patent number: 9408340
    Abstract: A coupling device for an agricultural machine including a support for hitching to a tractor and at least one arm articulated to the support and protruding from the support in a direction parallel to a direction of advance of the tractor, the arm carrying, in an articulated manner, a chassis carrying a work element having a cutting angle relative to the ground to allow fine control of the cutting angle during movements of the work element. The coupling device further includes an upper connecting-rod, a lower connecting-rod, and a central connecting-rod, each of the upper and lower connecting-rods is articulated to the support and the central connecting-rod to form, projected in a vertical plane parallel to the direction of advance, a deformable quadrilateral, and the central connecting-rod is articulated to the chassis. An agricultural machine can include the coupling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: KUHN S.A.
    Inventors: Cedric Halter, Joel Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 9198341
    Abstract: Agricultural machine including a central frame and two work devices, the central frame being connectable to a tractor, and being provided with wheels, each work device being connected to the central frame by a first articulation and being able to be moved between a transport position and a work position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: KUHN S .A.
    Inventors: Cedric Halter, Joel Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20150107211
    Abstract: A coupling device for an agricultural machine including a support for hitching to a tractor and at least one arm articulated to the support and protruding from the support in a direction parallel to a direction of advance of the tractor, the arm carrying, in an articulated manner, a chassis carrying a work element having a cutting angle relative to the ground to allow fine control of the cutting angle during movements of the work element. The coupling device further includes an upper connecting-rod, a lower connecting-rod, and a central connecting-rod, each of the upper and lower connecting-rods is articulated to the support and the central connecting-rod to form, projected in a vertical plane parallel to the direction of advance, a deformable quadrilateral, and the central connecting-rod is articulated to the chassis. An agricultural machine can include the coupling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: KUHN S.A.
    Inventors: Cedric Halter, Joel Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20140033671
    Abstract: Agricultural machine including a central frame and two work devices, the central frame being connectable to a tractor, and being provided with wheels, each work device being connected to the central frame by a first articulation and being able to be moved between a transport position and a work position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: KUHN S.A.
    Inventors: Cedric Halter, Joel Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 7712295
    Abstract: An agricultural machine comprising: a motor vehicle that can move in two opposite directions, a direction of travel for work, and a transport direction, a driver's cabin that can move along the motor vehicle, at least one central support connected to the lifting device of the motor vehicle and supporting front working units intended to cut standing plant products, the working units that protrude laterally from the motor vehicle being able to be moved by means of the central support into a transport position in which they are positioned longitudinally at least partly above the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Kuhn S.A.
    Inventors: Rene Walter, Cedric Halter, Philippe Potier
  • Patent number: 7610741
    Abstract: A mower includes a support structure on which are articulated about substantially horizontal axes at least two mowing units each including a frame carrying at least one cutterbar and one conveyor belt, which mowing units can be moved about the axes from a working position to a transport position. The conveyor belts are articulated relative to the cutterbars about conveyor belt axes and the mower further includes a mechanism for automatically moving the conveyor belts about their axes of articulation to bring them closer to the carrier frames and consequently to the middle of the mower when placed in the transport position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Kuhn S.A.
    Inventors: Cedric Halter, Martin Walch
  • Publication number: 20060254238
    Abstract: An agricultural machine comprising: a motor vehicle that can move in two opposite directions, a direction of travel for work, and a transport direction, a driver's cabin that can move along the motor vehicle, at least one central support connected to the lifting device of the motor vehicle and supporting front working units intended to cut standing plant products, the working units that protrude laterally from the motor vehicle being able to be moved by means of the central support into a transport position in which they are positioned longitudinally at least partly above the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: KUHN S.A.
    Inventors: Rene Walter, Cedric Halter, Philippe Potier
  • Publication number: 20060254242
    Abstract: A mower comprising a support structure on which are articulated by means of substantially horizontal axes at least two mowing units each comprising a frame carrying at least one cutterbar and one conveyor belt, which mowing units can be moved about said axes from a working position to a transport position. The said conveyor belts are articulated relative to the cutterbars by means of axes and there are means for automatically moving said conveyor belts about their axes of articulation to bring them closer to the carrier frames and consequently to the middle of the mower when placed in the transport position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: KUHN S.A.
    Inventors: Cedric Halter, Martin Walch
  • Patent number: D693855
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Kuhn S.A.
    Inventor: Cedric Halter