Patents by Inventor Eric Loutz

Eric Loutz 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: 11375665
    Abstract: A harvest header for a harvesting machine includes a carrying frame, a mechanism for receiving or cutting harvest material from a field, a control device, a power-operated actuator operably controlled by the control device, and a transverse conveyor screw movably controlled between two or more positions. The position of the transverse conveyor screw is adjustably controlled by the actuator in order to transport the harvest material to a discharge opening. The control device independently controls the actuator based on at least one harvest material property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Christina Fries, Friedrich Lauer, Eric Loutz, Oliver Klein, Lutz Bischoff, Dirk Weichholdt
  • Patent number: 11109535
    Abstract: A combine harvester includes a load-bearing undercarriage movable via a drivable device engaged in the ground, a threshing and separating device attached to the load-bearing undercarriage, and a feeder house attached to the load-bearing undercarriage. The feeder house includes an endless traction mechanism which circulates about a vertically movable lower deflection roller and a drivable upper deflection roller. A harvesting attachment is coupled to the feeder house for receiving or cutting off harvested crops which are lying or standing upright on a field and which are able to be supplied via the feeder house to the threshing and separating device. An actuator is actuated by an external force arranged for adjusting the vertical position of the lower deflection roller and is connected to a control device which is coupled to a sensor for determining a throughput by a transmission of a signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Christina Fries, Friedrich Lauer, Eric Loutz, Lutz Bischoff, Oliver Klein, Dirk Weichholdt
  • Patent number: 11044847
    Abstract: A cutter head for a harvester, with a cutterbar for cutting crop from a field, a reel with reel fingers which is disposed above the cutterbar, and a cross conveyor for transporting the cut crop to a rear discharge opening. The reel includes reel arms that can be driven about a rotating axis, reel finger carriers supported on the reel arms so they can rotate about the lengthwise axes of the arms, with reel fingers mounted thereon, and an externally powered actuator connected to an electronic control unit for adjusting the rotary angle of the reel finger carrier relative to the reel arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Christina Fries, Friedrich Lauer, Eric Loutz, Lutz Bischoff, Oliver Klein, Dirk Weichholdt
  • Patent number: 10701860
    Abstract: A screw conveyor assembly includes a first screw conveyor with a first housing and a first conveyor screw arranged therein, a second screw conveyor with a second housing and a second conveyor screw arranged therein, a transition housing to which the first housing and the second housing are connected forming a transition angle, and a runner disposed in the transition housing and arranged to conduct material being conveyed from the first conveyor screw to the second conveyor screw. The first conveyor screw is arranged upstream of the second conveyor screw. An additional conveyor element is disposed on a helix of the first conveyor screw, such that the helix is directly adjacent to the transition housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric Loutz, Kai-Martin Kunkler, Karl Schewes, Bernd Bastian, Jakob Albrecht
  • Publication number: 20200163279
    Abstract: A harvest header for a harvesting machine includes a carrying frame, a mechanism for receiving or cutting harvest material from a field, a control device, a power-operated actuator operably controlled by the control device, and a transverse conveyor screw movably controlled between two or more positions. The position of the transverse conveyor screw is adjustably controlled by the actuator in order to transport the harvest material to a discharge opening. The control device independently controls the actuator based on at least one harvest material property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Christina Fries, Friedrich Lauer, Eric Loutz, Oliver Klein, Lutz Bischoff, Dirk Weichholdt
  • Publication number: 20200022309
    Abstract: A combine harvester includes a load-bearing undercarriage movable via a drivable device engaged in the ground, a threshing and separating device attached to the load-bearing undercarriage, and a feeder house attached to the load-bearing undercarriage. The feeder house includes an endless traction mechanism which circulates about a vertically movable lower deflection roller and a drivable upper deflection roller. A harvesting attachment is coupled to the feeder house for receiving or cutting off harvested crops which are lying or standing upright on a field and which are able to be supplied via the feeder house to the threshing and separating device. An actuator is actuated by an external force arranged for adjusting the vertical position of the lower deflection roller and is connected to a control device which is coupled to a sensor for determining a throughput by a transmission of a signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Christina Fries, Friedrich Lauer, Eric Loutz, Lutz Bischoff, Oliver Klein, Dirk Weichholdt
  • Publication number: 20190327892
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a cutter head for a harvester, with a cutterbar for cutting crop from a field, a reel with reel fingers which is disposed above the cutterbar, and a cross conveyor for transporting the cut crop to a rear discharge opening. The reel includes reel arms that can be driven about a rotating axis, reel finger carriers supported on the reel arms so they can rotate about the lengthwise axes of the arms, with reel fingers mounted thereon, and an externally powered actuator connected to an electronic control unit for adjusting the rotary angle of the reel finger carrier relative to the reel arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: CHRISTINA FRIES, FRIEDRICH LAUER, ERIC LOUTZ, LUTZ BISCHOFF, OLIVER KLEIN, DIRK WEICHHOLDT
  • Publication number: 20180303032
    Abstract: A screw conveyor assembly includes a first screw conveyor with a first housing and a first conveyor screw arranged therein, a second screw conveyor with a second housing and a second conveyor screw arranged therein, a transition housing to which the first housing and the second housing are connected forming a transition angle, and a runner disposed in the transition housing and arranged to conduct material being conveyed from the first conveyor screw to the second conveyor screw. The first conveyor screw is arranged upstream of the second conveyor screw. An additional conveyor element is disposed on a helix of the first conveyor screw, such that the helix is directly adjacent to the transition housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Eric Loutz, Kai-Martin Kunkler, Karl Schewes, Bernd Bastian, Jakob Albrecht
  • Patent number: 9872439
    Abstract: A combine (10) includes a cleaning system (28) and an air conduit (80), which air conduit is arranged outside of a side wall (78) and through which the cleaning air is conducted downstream of the cleaning screens (48, 50, 66) to a suction blower (86) of the straw chopper (68), which suction blower is driven by a drive shaft (96).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Norbert Pohlmann, Dirk Weichholdt, Eric Loutz, Rico Guido Priesnitz, Benjamin Peschel, Christina Fries, Gregor Diessner, Peter Mischler, Oliver Klein, Friedrich Lauer
  • Publication number: 20170112066
    Abstract: A combine (10) includes a cleaning system (28) and an air conduit (80), which air conduit is arranged outside of a side wall (78) and through which the cleaning air is conducted downstream of the cleaning screens(48, 50, 66) to a suction blower (86) of the straw chopper (68), which suction blower is driven by a drive shaft (96).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Norbert Pohlmann, Dirk Weichholdt, Eric Loutz, Rico Guido Priesnitz, Benjamin Peschel, Christina Fries, Gregor Diessner, Peter Mischler, Oliver Klein, Friedrich Lauer