Patents by Inventor Daniel Vergara

Daniel Vergara 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: 20230392683
    Abstract: A gerotor pump arrangement for extracting hydraulic fluid from a transmission housing of a transmission. A first gerotor set has a first inner rotor and a first outer rotor, and a second gerotor set has a second inner rotor and a second outer rotor. The first gerotor set forms a hydraulically drivable drive side of the gerotor pump arrangement, and the second gerotor set forms a pump side, driven by the first gerotor set, wherein the first and second inner rotors are rotationally fixedly mounted on a common shaft which is rotatable about a rotational axis. A transmission with such a gerotor pump arrangement is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Javier Jose Perez, Daniel Vergara Martinez
  • Patent number: 11585427
    Abstract: A lubrication arrangement includes at least one housing, at least one shaft, at least one bearing system configured to hold the at least one shaft in the at least one housing and to permit the at least one shaft to rotate, lubricant distributed in the at least one housing with the rotation of the at least one shaft, and a lubricant deflector provided in a stationary manner relative to the at least one housing above the at least one shaft. The lubricant strikes against the lubricant deflector and, by action of gravity, the lubricant is conducted to the at least one bearing system of the at least one shaft so that the at least one bearing system is supplied with the lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Francisco De Asis F Ruiz, Jorge J. Moreno, Daniel Vergara Martinez, Jonathan D. Bridges, Prashant M. Jundale
  • Patent number: 11384835
    Abstract: A switching device for a transmission have a first and a second transmission housing portion. The switching device comprises a shift collar, a shift fork which engages in the shift collar, a control actuator which is arranged in the first transmission housing portion and an actuator rod which is connected at one end to the control actuator and at the other end to the shift fork. The actuator rod is supported in a first guiding hole which is formed in the first transmission housing portion. It is proposed that a second guiding hole which is formed in the first transmission housing portion parallel with the first guiding hole be formed and a guide rod which is orientated parallel with the actuator rod be provided and be connected at one end to the shift fork and at the other end be supported in the second guiding hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Daniel Vergara Martinez, Javier Jose Perez Ramirez
  • Patent number: 11324168
    Abstract: Feederhouse gearboxes are provided for installation on combine harvesters. In embodiments, the feederhouse gearbox includes a gearbox housing, an output shaft rotatable about an output axis, and a primary drive input. The primary drive input is mechanically linked to an engine of the combine harvester when the feederhouse gearbox is installed thereon. A reverser drive input is mechanically linked to a reverser motor of the combine harvester when the feederhouse gearbox is installed on the combine harvester. The feederhouse gearbox further includes a selector mechanism within the gearbox housing and movable between a primary drive position and a reverser drive position, a primary gear train transmitting rotation from the primary drive input to the output shaft when the selector mechanism is in the primary drive position, and a reverser worm drive transmitting rotation from the reverser drive input to the output shaft when the selector mechanism is in the reverser drive position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Javier Jose Perez Ramirez, Prafulla S. Badhe, Pedro Gonzalez-Mohino, Daniel Vergara Martinez, Paul D. Marvin
  • Publication number: 20220007584
    Abstract: A switching device for a transmission have a first and a second transmission housing portion. The switching device comprises a shift collar, a shift fork which engages in the shift collar, a control actuator which is arranged in the first transmission housing portion and an actuator rod which is connected at one end to the control actuator and at the other end to the shift fork. The actuator rod is supported in a first guiding hole which is formed in the first transmission housing portion. It is proposed that a second guiding hole which is formed in the first transmission housing portion parallel with the first guiding hole be formed and a guide rod which is orientated parallel with the actuator rod be provided and be connected at one end to the shift fork and at the other end be supported in the second guiding hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: DANIEL VERGARA MARTINEZ, JAVIER JOSE PEREZ RAMIREZ
  • Publication number: 20210116014
    Abstract: A lubrication arrangement includes at least one housing, at least one shaft, at least one bearing system configured to hold the at least one shaft in the at least one housing and to permit the at least one shaft to rotate, lubricant distributed in the at least one housing with the rotation of the at least one shaft, and a lubricant deflector provided in a stationary manner relative to the at least one housing above the at least one shaft. The lubricant strikes against the lubricant deflector and, by action of gravity, the lubricant is conducted to the at least one bearing system of the at least one shaft so that the at least one bearing system is supplied with the lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: FRANCISCO DE ASIS F RUIZ, Jorge J. Moreno, DANIEL VERGARA MARTINEZ, JONATHAN D. BRIDGES, PRASHANT M. JUNDALE
  • Patent number: 10820522
    Abstract: An agricultural machine includes at least one processing device for harvested material and a drive train for the at least one processing device. The drive train has an output transmission stage with an output shaft for the at least one processing device. The output transmission stage includes an input gear and a grooved shaft connected in a non-rotatable manner to the input gear and the output shaft in such a manner that a drive connection between the input gear and the output shaft is achieved via the grooved shaft. The grooved shaft is provided with a ring groove defining a predetermined breaking point. The ring groove is configured in the drive flow direction between the input gear and the output shaft, and the grooved shaft is accessible through an assembly opening on an input gear side of the grooved shaft. The assembly opening is axially aligned with the grooved shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Daniel Vergara
  • Publication number: 20200323141
    Abstract: Feederhouse gearboxes are provided for installation on combine harvesters. In embodiments, the feederhouse gearbox includes a gearbox housing, an output shaft rotatable about an output axis, and a primary drive input. The primary drive input is mechanically linked to an engine of the combine harvester when the feederhouse gearbox is installed thereon. A reverser drive input is mechanically linked to a reverser motor of the combine harvester when the feederhouse gearbox is installed on the combine harvester. The feederhouse gearbox further includes a selector mechanism within the gearbox housing and movable between a primary drive position and a reverser drive position, a primary gear train transmitting rotation from the primary drive input to the output shaft when the selector mechanism is in the primary drive position, and a reverser worm drive transmitting rotation from the reverser drive input to the output shaft when the selector mechanism is in the reverser drive position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Javier Jose Perez Ramirez, Prafulla S. Badhe, Pedro Gonzalez-Mohino, Daniel Vergara Martinez, Paul D. Marvin
  • Patent number: 10352366
    Abstract: A drive connection couples a drive wheel to a drive shaft at the end of a chopping drum through a clutch arrangement including a clutch disk unit having clutch disks on the drive wheel side and clutch disks on the drive shaft side, the disks being frictionally engaged with each other by a pressure plate arranged on a drive shaft end region and acting on the clutch disk unit, and a connecting bolt arranged concentrically to the drive shaft. Formed on the connecting bolt is a first external thread located for being brought into engagement with a first threaded bore provided in the pressure plate, and a second external thread for being brought into engagement with a second threaded bore provided in the shaft end region, wherein the first and second external threads and the first and second threaded bores have thread directions configured to oppose one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Daniel Vergara
  • Publication number: 20190183056
    Abstract: An agricultural machine includes at least one processing device for harvested material and a drive train for the at least one processing device. The drive train has an output transmission stage with an output shaft for the at least one processing device. The output transmission stage includes an input gear and a grooved shaft connected in a non-rotatable manner to the input gear and the output shaft in such a manner that a drive connection between the input gear and the output shaft is achieved via the grooved shaft. The grooved shaft is provided with a ring groove defining a predetermined breaking point. The ring groove is configured in the drive flow direction between the input gear and the output shaft, and the grooved shaft is accessible through an assembly opening on an input gear side of the grooved shaft. The assembly opening is axially aligned with the grooved shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventor: DANIEL VERGARA
  • Publication number: 20160223025
    Abstract: A drive connection couples a drive wheel to a drive shaft at the end of a chopping drum through a clutch arrangement including a clutch disk unit having clutch disks on the drive wheel side and clutch disks on the drive shaft side, the disks being frictionally engaged with each other by a pressure plate arranged on a drive shaft end region and acting on the clutch disk unit, and a connecting bolt arranged concentrically to the drive shaft. Formed on the connecting bolt is a first external thread located for being brought into engagement with a first threaded bore provided in the pressure plate, and a second external thread for being brought into engagement with a second threaded bore provided in the shaft end region, wherein the first and second external threads and the first and second threaded bores have thread directions configured to oppose one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventor: Daniel Vergara
  • Patent number: 9108508
    Abstract: A power take-off transmission has a power take-off clutch, a hydraulic supply, a hydraulically operable piston for activating a clutch plate set of the power take-off clutch, wherein the hydraulic supply comprises a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic reservoir and a hydraulic cooler and wherein a first hydraulic line hydraulically connects the hydraulic pump to the piston and a second hydraulic line branching off from the first hydraulic line hydraulically connects the hydraulic pump to the hydraulic cooler. In order to improve the cooling capacity and lubrication of the power take-off transmission, it is proposed that the hydraulic supply comprises a third hydraulic line, which hydraulically connects the hydraulic cooler to the clutch plate set, wherein the clutch plate set is hydraulically connected to the hydraulic reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Daniel Vergara, Juan Antonio J. Torres
  • Patent number: 8006818
    Abstract: A transmission arrangement has a transmission housing, an output shaft for driving an implement, a drive component for driving the output shaft, a clutch arranged between the output shaft and the drive component for transmitting a torque, a brake device for braking or locking the output shaft in relation to the transmission housing, an annular piston which is supported so that it is axially displaceable on the output shaft and which in a first position serves to actuate the clutch and in a second position actuates the brake device, and a freewheel device, which allows the output shaft to be rotated over a limited part of its circumference whilst in a locked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Daniel Vergara
  • Patent number: 7766095
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lower link assembly for a tractor hitch. The lower link assembly includes a first strut and a second strut. The first strut includes a channel at an end thereof and a hollow space defining first and second walls and adjacent to the channel. The second strut may be inserted into the channel. A locking element is associated with the hollow space for latching the second strut to the first strut, and may be moved between an unlocked position and a latching position. A spring pretensions the locking element in the latching position. A grip element is connected to the locking element, by means of which an operator may move the locking element into the unlocked position. The spring is biased to retain the locking element in the hollow space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: John Deere Iberica S.A.
    Inventor: Daniel Vergara
  • Publication number: 20090266669
    Abstract: A transmission arrangement is described, particularly for a power take-off transmission. The transmission arrangement comprises a transmission housing, an output shaft for driving an implement, a drive component for driving the output shaft, a clutch arranged between the output shaft and the drive component for transmitting a torque, a brake device for braking or locking the output shaft in relation to the transmission housing, an annular piston which is supported so that it is axially displaceable on the output shaft and which in a first position serves to actuate the clutch and in a second position actuates the brake device, and a freewheel device, which allows the output shaft to be rotated over a limited part of its circumference whilst in a locked state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventor: Daniel Vergara
  • Publication number: 20090194302
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lower link assembly for a tractor hitch. The lower link assembly includes a first strut and a second strut. The first strut includes a channel at an end thereof and a hollow space defining first and second walls and adjacent to the channel. The second strut may be inserted into the channel. A locking element is associated with the hollow space for latching the second strut to the first strut, and may be moved between an unlocked position and a latching position. A spring pretensions the locking element in the latching position. A grip element is connected to the locking element, by means of which an operator may move the locking element into the unlocked position. The spring is biased to retain the locking element in the hollow space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventor: Daniel Vergara
  • Publication number: 20080302547
    Abstract: A handle (10) for turning a rod- or tube-formed turning corpus (54), a lift link assembly (52) and a method for producing said handle (10) is described. The handle (10) comprises deformed portions (26, 28, 30) extending parallel to an axis (12) and forming at least partially a hollow space (42, 44, 46) around the axis (12). The hollow spaces (42, 44, 46) are used for engaging with a turning corpus (54). By means of a cut-out (48) formed on the handle (10) and a protrusion (62) formed on the turning corpus (54), a torque proof connection between handle (10) and turning corpus (54) is given by engaging said cut-out (48) with said protrusion (62). It is proposed to form the deformed portions (26, 28, 30) along the axis (12) one after another, wherein at least one deformed portion (26, 28, 30) is contrarily deformed with respect to an adjacent deformed portion (26, 28, 30). Such a handle (12) can be used for adjusting a lift link assembly (52), for example on agricultural implements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventor: Daniel Vergara
  • Publication number: 20080084048
    Abstract: The invention relates to a telescopic steering arm assembly for a vehicle-implement coupling mechanism. There is a need for a steering arm assembly housing which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture. A steering arm assembly includes a steering arm, a housing, a detent mechanism and a cover. The housing has a detent channel and forms a rim surrounding an opening of the detent channel. An attaching groove is formed in the rim. The detent mechanism is movable in the detent channel to releasably holding the steering arm in the housing. The cover is mountable on the rim to cover the detent mechanism. The cover has a mounting bead which engages the attaching groove of the rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Daniel Vergara, Werner Zahn