Patents by Inventor Christian Holtkötter

Christian Holtkötter 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).

  • Agricultural distribution device
    Patent number: 12004505
    Abstract: An agricultural distribution device includes a plurality of spreading elements arranged on a distribution linkage and adapted to spread granular material on an agricultural land, a detection device adapted to detect plant rows on the agricultural land, an adjustment device configured to change an impact area of the granular material dispensed by one or more of the spreading elements on the agricultural land during a spreading process, and a control device which is adapted to control the adjustment device as a function of the plant rows on the agricultural land detected by the detection device during the spreading process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: AMAZONEN-WERKE H. DREYER SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Volker Ehlen, Stefan Jan Johannaber, Stefan Kiefer, Christian Holtkötter, Timo Klemann, Florenz Hilbert
  • AGRICULTURAL DISTRIBUTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210291216
    Abstract: An agricultural distribution device includes a plurality of spreading elements arranged on a distribution linkage and adapted to spread granular material on an agricultural land, a detection device adapted to detect plant rows on the agricultural land, an adjustment device configured to change an impact area of the granular material dispensed by one or more of the spreading elements on the agricultural land during a spreading process, and a control device which is adapted to control the adjustment device as a function of the plant rows on the agricultural land detected by the detection device during the spreading process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Volker Ehlen, Stefan Jan Johannaber, Stefan Kiefer, Christian Holtkötter, Timo Klemann