Patents by Inventor Christopher Sauerwein

Christopher Sauerwein 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).

  • Skid plate for crop header having flexible cutterbar
    Patent number: 9271443
    Abstract: A harvesting header includes a header frame, a flexible cutterbar assembly, and a draper assembly. The cutterbar assembly is mounted to the header frame and includes a plurality of skids. Each of the skids has a lower margin configured to engage the ground such that the skids cooperatively cause flexing of the cutterbar assembly along the length thereof in response to changes in terrain as the header is advanced. Each skid presents a skid surface extending from the lower skid margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Gagan Sethi, Christopher Sauerwein, Robert Honas
  • SKID PLATE FOR CROP HEADER HAVING FLEXIBLE CUTTERBAR
    Publication number: 20150000240
    Abstract: A harvesting header includes a header frame, a flexible cutterbar assembly, and a draper assembly. The cutterbar assembly is mounted to the header frame and includes a plurality of skids. Each of the skids has a lower margin configured to engage the ground such that the skids cooperatively cause flexing of the cutterbar assembly along the length thereof in response to changes in terrain as the header is advanced. Each skid presents a skid surface extending from the lower skid margin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Gagan Sethi, Christopher Sauerwein, Robert Honas
  • Combine Harvester Draper Header Having Flexible Cutterbar
    Publication number: 20070193243
    Abstract: A harvesting header having a flexible cutterbar assembly utilizes draper belts behind the cutterbar assembly to gently consolidate the severed crop materials and deliver them to a point of discharge and delivery, such as to the feederhouse of a combine harvester. One embodiment has draper assemblies and a central conveyor fixed relative to the flexible cutterbar assembly, while another has the draper assemblies and central conveyer flexible with the cutterbar assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: James Schmidt, Christopher Sauerwein, Randy Lohrentz, Bernard Regier, Stanley Clark, Alan Bergkamp