Patents by Inventor Franz-Josef Silber

Franz-Josef Silber 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).

  • System and method for providing reconfigurable input devices for a work vehicle
    Patent number: 10174485
    Abstract: A system for providing reconfigurable input devices for a work vehicle may generally include a plurality of input devices configured to receive operator inputs associated with controlling the operation of a plurality of components. Each input device may include a light source. In addition, the system may include a controller communicatively coupled to the input devices. The controller may be configured to store an input device assignment for each of the components that assigns each input device to a respective one of the components. The controller may also be configured to transmit a control signal to each input device that causes the light source of each input device to produce colored light, wherein a specific color of the colored light produced by the light source of each input device provides a visual indicator of the input device assignment for each of the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Franz Josef Silber, Eran Salzman, Eric Holton, Markus Putz
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RECONFIGURABLE INPUT DEVICES FOR A WORK VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180142446
    Abstract: A system for providing reconfigurable input devices for a work vehicle may generally include a plurality of input devices configured to receive operator inputs associated with controlling the operation of a plurality of components. Each input device may include a light source. In addition, the system may include a controller communicatively coupled to the input devices. The controller may be configured to store an input device assignment for each of the components that assigns each input device to a respective one of the components. The controller may also be configured to transmit a control signal to each input device that causes the light source of each input device to produce colored light, wherein a specific color of the colored light produced by the light source of each input device provides a visual indicator of the input device assignment for each of the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Franz-Josef Silber, Eran Salzman, Eric Holton, Markus Putz
  • Hand controller of a work vehicle
    Patent number: D837111
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Eric R. Holton, Scott William TenBrink, Franz Josef Silber, Markus Putz, Dwayne St. George Jackson
  • Agricultural machine armrest control console
    Patent number: D871311
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Scott TenBrink, Eric R. Holton, Franz-Josef Silber, Markus Putz, Dwayne St. George Jackson