Patents by Inventor FREEK DE BAERE
FREEK DE BAERE 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).
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Patent number: 11917949Abstract: A crop cutting device including a crop guiding surface, a plurality of parallel knives, and an actuating mechanism for moving the knives between a retracted inoperative position below the crop guiding surface and an extended operative position. A portion of the knives projects above the crop guiding surface. A plurality of movable operating members is associated with respective ones of the plurality of knives and movable from a first position in which the knives are in the retracted inoperative position, to a second position in which the knives are in the extended operative position. A support frame holds the operating members in a sliding relation to the support frame. The knife insert assistant is coupled to the support frame and configured for blocking a sliding movement of the operating members relative to the support frame during a movement of the support frame from the retracted position to the employed position.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Freek De Baere, Daan Brouckaert, Nicolas Zwaenepoel
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Patent number: 11632911Abstract: A cutting unit includes: a plurality of knives; a knife guard with at least one opening; a knife tray carrying the knives and movable between an exposed position where the knives extend through the at least one opening and a retracted position where the knives are shielded by the knife guard; and an overload protection assembly including a first slide member coupled to the knife tray and having a first engagement surface and a second slide member having a second engagement surface that is engaged with the first engagement surface. The first slide member and the second slide member are held together and slidable relative to one another such that the first slide member slides relative to the second slide member to move the knife tray from the exposed position to the retracted position when an overload force is applied to at least one of the knives.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Freek De Baere
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Patent number: 11419271Abstract: A bale chamber for an agricultural baler includes a plurality of rolls; a plurality of belts wrapped around the rolls; a movable serpentine arm in contact with the belts and configured to move responsively to lifting by at least one of the belts; and a plurality of tensioning arms, each of the tensioning arms being forced against a respective one of the belts and independently movable relative to the other tensioning arms. Each tensioning arm is configured to move against and reduce slack in its respective belt as the serpentine arm moves out of contact with its respective belt.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Freek De Baere
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Publication number: 20220000026Abstract: A crop cutting device including a crop guiding surface including parallel slots. A row of knives pivotally mounted below the guiding surface is pivotable between a retracted inoperative position in which it is located below the guiding surface and an extended operative position, wherein the knives project above the guiding surface. An actuating mechanism includes movable operating members. Each operating member is associated with a respective knife and is movable from a first position in which the knife is in its retracted position to a second position in which the knife is in its extended position. Further, there is included a lifting mechanism for raising at least a part of each knife above the guiding surface, while the operating members are in their first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Danny N.O. Claeys, Freek De Baere, Joseph Hans De Gersem, Enrico Giuliani, Jeremy Graulus, Jan Vanheule
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Patent number: 11160215Abstract: The bale wrapping assembly for a round baler includes at least one twine inserter coupled to a drive. The drive is configured to drive the at least one twine inserter along a movement trajectory to intermittently introduce one or more twines into an outer circumferential surface of a completed bale. The one or more twines are positioned at the at least one twine inserter.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Inventors: Freek De Baere, Michael Van Giel
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Publication number: 20210251149Abstract: A cutting unit includes: a plurality of knives; a knife guard with at least one opening; a knife tray carrying the knives and movable between an exposed position where the knives extend through the at least one opening and a retracted position where the knives are shielded by the knife guard; and an overload protection assembly including a first slide member coupled to the knife tray and having a first engagement surface and a second slide member having a second engagement surface that is engaged with the first engagement surface. The first slide member and the second slide member are held together and slidable relative to one another such that the first slide member slides relative to the second slide member to move the knife tray from the exposed position to the retracted position when an overload force is applied to at least one of the knives.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Freek De Baere
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Publication number: 20210212264Abstract: A crop cutting device including a crop guiding surface, a plurality of parallel knives, and an actuating mechanism for moving the knives between a retracted inoperative position below the crop guiding surface and an extended operative position. A portion of the knives projects above the crop guiding surface. A plurality of movable operating members is associated with respective ones of the plurality of knives and movable from a first position in which the knives are in the retracted inoperative position, to a second position in which the knives are in the extended operative position. A support frame holds the operating members in a sliding relation to the support frame. The knife insert assistant is coupled to the support frame and configured for blocking a sliding movement of the operating members relative to the support frame during a movement of the support frame from the retracted position to the employed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Freek De Baere, Daan Brouckaert, Nicolas Zwaenepoel
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Publication number: 20210212261Abstract: A bale chamber for an agricultural baler includes a plurality of rolls; a plurality of belts wrapped around the rolls; a movable serpentine arm in contact with the belts and configured to move responsively to lifting by at least one of the belts; and a plurality of tensioning arms, each of the tensioning arms being forced against a respective one of the belts and independently movable relative to the other tensioning arms. Each tensioning arm is configured to move against and reduce slack in its respective belt as the serpentine arm moves out of contact with its respective belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Freek De Baere
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Patent number: 9338946Abstract: An agricultural baler for producing rectangular bales, provided with a baling chamber and reciprocating plunger and a bale length control system for producing bales of substantially equal length, and with a bale-eject system for evacuating the last bales from the chamber at the end of a harvesting run. The baler according to the invention is provided with one or more sensors configured to detect the activation of said bale-eject system, and configured to automatically reset said bale-length control system, when said sensors detect said activation.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Freek De Baere
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Publication number: 20160088797Abstract: The bale wrapping assembly during at least a part of a wrapping operation intermittently introduces one or more twines into the outer circumferential surface of a completed bale.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Freek De Baere, Michael Van Giel
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Publication number: 20160000013Abstract: An agricultural baler for producing rectangular bales, provided with a baling chamber and reciprocating plunger and a bale length control system for producing bales of substantially equal length, and with a bale-eject system for evacuating the last bales from the chamber at the end of a harvesting run. The baler according to the invention is provided with one or more sensors configured to detect the activation of said bale-eject system, and configured to automatically reset said bale-length control system, when said sensors detect said activation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLCInventor: FREEK DE BAERE