Patents by Inventor Dries Compernol

Dries Compernol 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).

  • Controller for an agricultural machine
    Patent number: 11525940
    Abstract: A controller for detecting an unwanted object in an agricultural machine. The agricultural machine includes a pair of rollers for receiving crop material therebetween. The pair of rollers define a variable roller opening therebetween. The controller is configured to: receive a roller-opening-value that is representative of the size of the roller opening; determine a strength-value based on the roller-opening-value and a roller-speed-value, wherein the roller-speed-value is representative of the rate of change of the roller-opening-value, with respect to time; compare the strength-value with a threshold-value; and if the strength-value exceeds the threshold-value, then provide an output signal that is indicative of an unwanted object being detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Bernard E. D. Depestel, Dirk J. Desnijder, Pieter Vanysacker, Didier Verhaeghe, Dries Compernol
  • A controller for an agricultural machine
    Publication number: 20210109249
    Abstract: A controller for detecting an unwanted object in an agricultural machine. The agricultural machine includes a pair of rollers for receiving crop material therebetween. The pair of rollers define a variable roller opening therebetween. The controller is configured to: receive a roller-opening-value that is representative of the size of the roller opening; determine a strength-value based on the roller-opening-value and a roller-speed-value, wherein the roller-speed-value is representative of the rate of change of the roller-opening-value, with respect to time; compare the strength-value with a threshold-value; and if the strength-value exceeds the threshold-value, then provide an output signal that is indicative of an unwanted object being detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Bernard E. D. Depestel, Dirk J. Desnijder, Pieter Vanysacker, Didier Verhaeghe, Dries Compernol