Patents by Inventor Eric A. Wuestefeld

Eric A. Wuestefeld 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).

  • Crop yield data adjustments
    Patent number: 10373353
    Abstract: Yield monitors on harvesters engaged in multi-harvester crop harvesting are often calibrated inconsistently. Systems and methods for manually or automatically adjusting multi-harvester yield data are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Trimble Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory D. Chiocco, Eric A. Wuestefeld
  • Crop yield data adjustments
    Publication number: 20150116330
    Abstract: Yield monitors on harvesters engaged in multi-harvester crop harvesting are often calibrated inconsistently. Systems and methods for manually or automatically adjusting multi-harvester yield data are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Gregory D. Chiocco, Eric A. Wuestefeld
  • Dry agricultural materials management
    Patent number: 8749628
    Abstract: Systems and methods that improve farmers' ability to measure quantities of dry agricultural materials and rates of change of those quantities are disclosed. Also disclosed are systems and methods to rapidly and effectively communicate materials quantities and rates between farm equipment operators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Trimble Navigation Limited
    Inventors: Eric A Wuestefeld, Gurcan Aral, Michael F Cash, Arthur F Lange, Gregory C Best
  • Sugar cane harvester automatic cutter height control
    Patent number: 8452501
    Abstract: Sugar cane harvester automatic cutter height control systems maintain consistent cutter heights even as a harvesting machine traverses changing field conditions. After an operator chooses an initial cutting height the automatic systems maintain that height even as ground conditions change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Trimble Navigation Limited
    Inventors: Arthur F Lange, Eric A Wuestefeld
  • Sugar cane harvester automatic cutter height control
    Publication number: 20130116894
    Abstract: Sugar cane harvester automatic cutter height control systems maintain consistent cutter heights even as a harvesting machine traverses changing field conditions. After an operator chooses an initial cutting height the automatic systems maintain that height even as ground conditions change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Guillermo Perez-Iturbe, Christopher van der Loo, Arthur F. Lange, Eric A. Wuestefeld
  • Dry Agricultural Materials Management
    Publication number: 20120200697
    Abstract: Systems and methods that improve farmers' ability to measure quantities of dry agricultural materials and rates of change of those quantities are disclosed. Also disclosed are systems and methods to rapidly and effectively communicate materials quantities and rates between farm equipment operators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Eric A. Wuestefeld, Gurcan Aral, Michael F. Cash, Arthur F. Lange, Gregory C. Best, Morrison Ulman