Patents by Inventor Felix P. Greif

Felix P. Greif 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: 11959575
    Abstract: An arrangement for releasing a coupling connection of a hydraulic quick coupler includes a hydraulic coupling for receiving a hydraulic plug. The hydraulic coupling has a coupler housing and a coupler cartridge displaceably mounted therein such that when the hydraulic plug is pushed in, the coupler cartridge adopts an operating position locking the hydraulic coupling. The arrangement also includes an actuating arrangement. The coupler cartridge is movable via the actuating arrangement from the operating position to an ejection position for releasing the hydraulic plug. The coupler cartridge is actuated by an external force operably controlled by a control arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Felix P. Greif, Martin Trinler, Andreas Zlaugotnis
  • Patent number: 11589493
    Abstract: A method is provided for detecting inadmissible operating states of a work hydraulics of an agricultural tractor. The method includes providing at least one electrically actuated control valve, a branch allocated to the at least one control valve, and an operating unit for the manual actuation of the work hydraulics of a front linkage. The method also includes connecting the at least one electrically actuated control valve to a hydraulic consumer via a hydraulic coupling, supplying hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic lifting device of the front linkage, detecting a state variable indicative of a connection state of the hydraulic coupling by a sensor unit and communicated to a control unit, and deactivating the operating unit if the control unit identifies by way of the evaluation of the state variable that a hydraulic consumer is connected to the hydraulic coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Felix P. Greif, Marc Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20220099226
    Abstract: An arrangement for releasing a coupling connection of a hydraulic quick coupler includes a hydraulic coupling for receiving a hydraulic plug. The hydraulic coupling has a coupler housing and a coupler cartridge displaceably mounted therein such that when the hydraulic plug is pushed in, the coupler cartridge adopts an operating position locking the hydraulic coupling. The arrangement also includes an actuating arrangement. The coupler cartridge is movable via the actuating arrangement from the operating position to an ejection position for releasing the hydraulic plug. The coupler cartridge is actuated by an external force operably controlled by a control arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: FELIX P. GREIF, MARTIN TRINLER, Andreas Zlaugotnis
  • Publication number: 20210076555
    Abstract: A method is provided for detecting inadmissible operating states of a work hydraulics of an agricultural tractor. The method includes providing at least one electrically actuated control valve, a branch allocated to the at least one control valve, and an operating unit for the manual actuation of the work hydraulics of a front linkage. The method also includes connecting the at least one electrically actuated control valve to a hydraulic consumer via a hydraulic coupling, supplying hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic lifting device of the front linkage, detecting a state variable indicative of a connection state of the hydraulic coupling by a sensor unit and communicated to a control unit, and deactivating the operating unit if the control unit identifies by way of the evaluation of the state variable that a hydraulic consumer is connected to the hydraulic coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Felix P. Greif, Marc Schäfer