Patents by Inventor Clemens Weitenberg

Clemens Weitenberg 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: 20240130287
    Abstract: A harvesting attachment for whole plant harvesting includes a pick-up for picking up plants from a field, a first transverse conveyor belt and a second transverse conveyor belt for conveying the plants picked up transversely in a direction toward of a longitudinal center plane of the harvesting attachment, and two longitudinal conveyor belts which are arranged side-by-side and adjacent to the longitudinal center plane of the harvesting attachment and are set up to convey the plants entering from the transverse conveyor belts rearward to a rear discharge point of the harvesting attachment. The two longitudinal conveyor belts are inclined vertically upward in a direction toward the center plane at least over part of their length along the center plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Maximilian Schroeder, MARTIN HUENING, CLEMENS WEITENBERG, JAN-DIRK SCHILD, RALF LEVELING
  • Patent number: 11172613
    Abstract: An arrangement for controlling the height and/or incline of a combine header for harvesting thin-stemmed crops includes a control system which is connected to a sensor for detecting the height of the combine header above the ground, and to an actuator for controlling the height and/or incline of the combine header and which can be operated to control the actuator in dependence on signals of the sensor. A mulching appliance with a cultivating tool for shredding plant stumps is attached to the combine header in a vertically movable manner following the contour of the ground, and the sensor is set up to detect the position of the mulching appliance relative to the combine header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Clemens Weitenberg, Juergen Effsing
  • Publication number: 20200084968
    Abstract: An arrangement for controlling the height and/or incline of a combine header for harvesting thin-stemmed crops includes a control system which is connected to a sensor for detecting the height of the combine header above the ground, and to an actuator for controlling the height and/or incline of the combine header and which can be operated to control the actuator in dependence on signals of the sensor. A mulching appliance with a cultivating tool for shredding plant stumps is attached to the combine header in a vertically movable manner following the contour of the ground, and the sensor is set up to detect the position of the mulching appliance relative to the combine header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: CLEMENS WEITENBERG, JUERGEN EFFSING
  • Patent number: 10398080
    Abstract: A mulching device is equipped with a tool that can be set into rotation about an axis of rotation tilted upwards and to the rear in order to process plant stubble. The rotational direction of the tool can be selected such that the tool is pressed back out of the ground by the driving torque in the event of an overload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Clemens Weitenberg, Juergen Effsing, Bernd-Clint Hungerhoff, Marco Messing, Paul Loebbing, Michael Schlamann
  • Patent number: 10188030
    Abstract: A cutting mechanism for the harvesting of whole plants can include a number of mowing elements, which include a lower cutting disk and conveyor rotors located above, two transverse conveyors located in the back, and a delivery conveyor. The cutting disks of the mowing elements work together with a frame-affixed counter-blade and can be driven together with the corresponding conveyor rotors by a shaft. The shafts are driven by a gear arrangement that extends, on the front side, over the width of the cutting mechanism. The frame of the cutting mechanism can include a middle part and lateral parts that are placed so they can swivel, on the middle part, between a horizontal operating position and a raised transporting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Clemens Weitenberg, Jan-Dirk Schild, Gregor Sueck, Leo Schulze Hockenbeck, Daniel Gevers, Martin Huening, Bernd-Clint Hungerhoff, Juergen Effsing
  • Publication number: 20180020617
    Abstract: A mulching device is equipped with a tool that can be set into rotation about an axis of rotation tilted upwards and to the rear in order to process plant stubble. The rotational direction of the tool can be selected such that the tool is pressed back out of the ground by the driving torque in the event of an overload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: CLEMENS WEITENBERG, JUERGEN EFFSING, BERND-CLINT HUNGERHOFF, MARCO MESSING, PAUL LOEBBING, MICHAEL SCHLAMANN
  • Publication number: 20160330904
    Abstract: A cutting mechanism for the harvesting of whole plants can include a number of mowing elements, which include a lower cutting disk and conveyor rotors located above, two transverse conveyors located in the back, and a delivery conveyor. The cutting disks of the mowing elements work together with a frame-affixed counter-blade and can be driven together with the corresponding conveyor rotors by a shaft. The shafts are driven by a gear arrangement that extends, on the front side, over the width of the cutting mechanism. The frame of the cutting mechanism can include a middle part and lateral parts that are placed so they can swivel, on the middle part, between a horizontal operating position and a raised transporting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: CLEMENS WEITENBERG, JAN-DIRK SCHILD, GREGOR SUECK, LEO SCHULZE HOCKENBECK, DANIEL GEVERS, MARTIN HUENING, BERND-CLINT HUNGERHOFF, JUERGEN EFFSING
  • Patent number: 7905078
    Abstract: A machine for the harvest of stalk-like plants with a cutting arrangement for cutting plant stalks that extends in a plane terminating in a cutting edge and a conveying arrangement for taking up and conveying away the cut plant stalks. The plane of the cutting arrangement is inclined upward in the forward operating direction (V) of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Clemens Rickert, Jens Grobmeier, Martin Hüning, Leo Schulze Hockenbeck, Clemens Weitenberg
  • Publication number: 20090158700
    Abstract: A machine for the harvest of stalk-like plants with a cutting arrangement for cutting plant stalks that extends in a plane terminating in a cutting edge and a conveying arrangement for taking up and conveying away the cut plant stalks. The plane of the cutting arrangement is inclined upward in the forward operating direction (V) of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Clemens Rickert, Jens Grobmeier, Martin Huning, Leo Schulze Hockenbeck, Clemens Weitenberg