Patents by Inventor Florent Voiry

Florent Voiry 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).

  • WORK VEHICLE HAVING CONVEYANCE MECHANISM WITH BLOWER
    Publication number: 20100064649
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a container; a conveyance mechanism configured to convey an object to the container using a force of wind generated by a blower; and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a conveyance state of the conveyed object to the container. The evaluation unit has a drive load detecting function of detecting a drive load of the blower, and a conveyance state determining function of determining whether the conveyance state reached a predetermined conveyance state, based on the detected drive load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eriya Harada, Jean-Christophe Girard, Florent Voiry
  • Work vehicle having conveyance mechanism with blower
    Patent number: 7665285
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a container; a conveyance mechanism configured to convey an object to the container using a force of wind generated by a blower; and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a conveyance state of the conveyed object to the container. The evaluation unit has a drive load detecting function of detecting a drive load of the blower, and a conveyance state determining function of determining whether the conveyance state reached a predetermined conveyance state, based on the detected drive load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Eriya Harada, Jean-Christophe Girard, Florent Voiry