Patents by Inventor Emmanuel Magisson

Emmanuel Magisson 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: 9788486
    Abstract: A grain header has a frame with a cutter bar affixed to the frame. A sub-frame is pivotably coupled to the frame and a mower cutter bar is coupled to the sub-frame. A swather is coupled to the sub-frame and arranged rearward relative to the mower cutter bar. A deflector is disposed between the cutter bar and the mower cutter bar. The deflector is moveable between a raised position in which the deflector permits crop material cut by the mower cutter bar to pass onto the swather, and a lowered position in which the deflector inhibits crop material cut by the mower cutter bar from passing onto the swather.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Emmanuel Magisson, Frederic Ducroquet
  • Publication number: 20160183462
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method, comprising: in one pass: cutting a first portion of crop with a plurality of knives of a cutter bar of a header coupled to an agricultural machine; conveying the cut first portion to a center of the header; cutting a second portion of the crop during the same pass with a second set of knives of a mower cutter bar coupled to the header; and either chopping the cut second portion or swathing the cut second portion based on a respective position of a swather disposed rearward of the mower cutter bar and a deflector disposed between the cutter bar and the mower cutter bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Emmanuel Magisson, Frederic Ducroquet