Patents by Inventor Eberhard Holtkotte

Eberhard Holtkotte 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).

  • Patent number: 6690285
    Abstract: A forage harvester represents agricultural implements that include at least one rotating component which is driven through a drive train including a main clutch operable between engaged and disengaged conditions so as to selectively couple and disconnect an output of the implement power source with the rotatable component. A rotation alarm circuit is provided for causing a warning device or devices to be energized in the event that the operator leaves a seat, in which he sits for normal operation, for a predetermined minimum time period while the rotatable component is still rotating, as determined by a rotation sensor. The warning device will remain energized until the rotatable component spins down to a zero speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Rainer Richard Schäfer, Eberhard Holtkotte, Karl-Josef Willeke, Larry N. Smith, Stanley Jerome Johnson, James W. Klimes, Arlyn Ray Nelsen, Bradley W. Thorvilson, Marvin B. Wagner, Michael E. Delaney, Floyd Ernest Brown
  • Publication number: 20030169176
    Abstract: A forage harvester represents agricultural implements that include at least one rotating component which is driven through a drive train including a main clutch operable between engaged and disengaged conditions so as to selectively couple and disconnect an output of the implement power source with the rotatable component. A rotation alarm circuit is provided for causing a warning device or devices to be energized in the event that the operator leaves a seat, in which he sits for normal operation, for a predetermined minimum time period while the rotatable component is still rotating, as determined by a rotation sensor. The warning device will remain energized until the rotatable component spins down to a zero speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Rainer Richard Schafer, Eberhard Holtkotte, Karl-Josef Willeke, Larry N. Smith, Stanley Jerome Johnson, James W. Klimes, Arlyn Ray Nelsen, Bradley W. Thorvilson, Marvin B. Wagner, Michael E. Delaney, Floyd Ernest Brown
  • Patent number: 6584755
    Abstract: A kernel processor includes a pair of rollers which are controlled such that the spacing between them varies inversely, or such that the contact pressure between them varies directly, in response to varying moisture content of the crop material being processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Eberhard Holtkotte
  • Publication number: 20030033792
    Abstract: A kernel processor includes a pair of rollers which are controlled such that the spacing between them varies inversely, or such that the contact pressure between them varies directly, in response to varying moisture content of the crop material being processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Eberhard Holtkotte
  • Patent number: 6282875
    Abstract: A self-propelled forage harvester includes a main frame supported on front and rear pairs of wheels. A crop intake arrangement extends forwardly between the front wheels and releasably mounted thereto is the central component of a rowless header having right- and left-hand components pivotally attached to the central component for movement between a raised non-operative transport position for transport within a legal width and a lowered operative position wherein they extend outwardly beyond the front wheels. One of several transport wheel arrangements are selectively coupled to one or the other or both of the crop intake arrangement and the central component of the rowless header for supporting at least some of the weight of the header so that this weight is not borne by the axle of the front wheels of the forage harvester vehicle, thereby making the forage harvester legal to travel on roads where there is an axle load limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Eberhard Holtkotte, Rainer Schafer, Claus-Joseph Vogelgesang, Richard Wubbels