Patents by Inventor FRIEDRICH MEYER-HAMME

FRIEDRICH MEYER-HAMME 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: 8973345
    Abstract: A drive arrangement for driving a first sickle bar section (42) and a second sickle bar section (36) of a harvesting platform (20) comprises a first gearbox (54) and the second gearbox (74) having an output drivingly connected to a respective first end of a respective sickle bar section (36, 42). Drive trains connect the first gearbox (54) and the second gearbox (74) to an input drive shaft (24). At least one of the drive trains comprises a belt drive. A synchronization transmission (82) is coupled to the second ends of the sickle bar sections (36, 42) and couples them in opposite movement directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Alex Brimeyer, Dirk Weichholdt, Luis L Losa, Friedrich Meyer-Hamme
  • Publication number: 20140215991
    Abstract: A drive arrangement for driving a first sickle bar section (42) and a second sickle bar section (36) of a harvesting platform (20) comprises a first gearbox (54) and the second gearbox (74) having an output drivingly connected to a respective first end of a respective sickle bar section (36, 42). Drive trains connect the first gearbox (54) and the second gearbox (74) to an input drive shaft (24). At least one of the drive trains comprises a belt drive. A synchronization transmission (82) is coupled to the second ends of the sickle bar sections (36, 42) and couples them in opposite movement directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Alex Brimeyer, DIRK Vl/EICHHOLDT, LUIS L LOSA, FRIEDRICH MEYER-HAMME