Patents by Inventor Dirk Lahmann

Dirk Lahmann 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: 20240206398
    Abstract: A work vehicle and a method for operating a work vehicle are disclosed. The work vehicle comprises a work vehicle chassis, a lifting assembly, a bale handling implement, a sensor arrangement being positioned and configured to optically detect the bale on the ground and a position and/or a space orientation of the bale and a driver assistance system comprising a controller. The sensor arrangement is configured to optically identify a target location on the bale used for picking up the bale with the bale handling implement, the lifting assembly being controlled by the controller based on the target location while the work vehicle is approaching the bale such that the bale handling implement is positioned at the target location on the bale when picking up the bale from the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: CLAAS Omaha Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Wilkening, Dirk Lahmann, Holger Jürgens
  • Patent number: 10926636
    Abstract: A control system for an agricultural working machine has a control device which is connected, in terms of signals, to a display unit, a ground speed control lever, and a control panel, wherein at least the ground speed control lever comprises multiple control elements. The display unit is designed as a touch-sensitive screen including one or multiple visualization panes and several virtual control elements. A preferred quick-select function—from a plurality of different quick-select functions for adjusting a performance parameter of the working machine—is assigned to one of the control elements of the display unit, of the ground speed control lever, and of the control panel, the performance parameter being depictable with the aid of the display unit upon activation. The quick-select function can be activated with the aid of the display unit, and/or the ground speed control lever, and/or the control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Losch, Sebastian Neu, Christian Giesguth, Carsten Grove, Alexander Kirchbeck, Christoph Dierkes, Dirk Lahmann
  • Publication number: 20190152321
    Abstract: A control system for an agricultural working machine has a control device which is connected, in terms of signals, to a display unit, a ground speed control lever, and a control panel, wherein at least the ground speed control lever comprises multiple control elements. The display unit is designed as a touch-sensitive screen including one or multiple visualization panes and several virtual control elements. A preferred quick-select function—from a plurality of different quick-select functions for adjusting a performance parameter of the working machine—is assigned to one of the control elements of the display unit, of the ground speed control lever, and of the control panel, the performance parameter being depictable with the aid of the display unit upon activation. The quick-select function assigned to the particular control element can be activated with the aid of the display unit, and/or the ground speed control lever, and/or the control element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: MICHAEL LOSCH, SEBASTIAN NEU, CHRISTIAN GIESGUTH, CARSTEN GROVE, ALEXANDER KIRCHBECK, CHRISTOPH DIERKES, DIRK LAHMANN
  • Patent number: 9924636
    Abstract: A crop harvesting machine has a machine body and a discharge spout attached to the machine body for overloading crop via a crop stream to a trailer. And electronic spout control and a discharge spout drive arrangement displaces the discharge spout relative to the machine body based on drive commands of the electronic spout control for guiding the crop stream to a target hit point at the trailer. A first sensor arrangement generates sensor information by optically identifying a reference feature at the trailer and detecting the position of the reference feature and/or space orientation of the reference feature. The second sensor arrangement generates sensor information by detecting a space orientation of the machine body, the discharge spout or both. The electronic spout control generates its drive commands for guiding the crop stream based on the sensor information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: CLAAS E-Systems KGaA mbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Pavel Lisouski, Kristian Kirk, Gert Lysgaard Andersen, Morten Rufus Blas, Ralf Hartmann, Dirk Lahmann
  • Publication number: 20170086378
    Abstract: A crop harvesting machine has a machine body and a discharge spout attached to the machine body for overloading crop via a crop stream to a trailer. And electronic spout control and a discharge spout drive arrangement displaces the discharge spout relative to the machine body based on drive commands of the electronic spout control for guiding the crop stream to a target hit point at the trailer. A first sensor arrangement generates sensor information by optically identifying a reference feature at the trailer and detecting the position of the reference feature and/or space orientation of the reference feature. The second sensor arrangement generates sensor information by detecting a space orientation of the machine body, the discharge spout or both. The electronic spout control generates its drive commands for guiding the crop stream based on the sensor information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Pavel Lisouski, Kristian Kirk, Gert Lysgaard Andersen, Morten Rufus Blas, Ralf Hartmann, Dirk Lahmann