Patents by Inventor GOUTAM MOHAPATRA

GOUTAM MOHAPATRA 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: 9894832
    Abstract: A basecutter and a method for controlling a basecutter are described for a sugarcane harvester. A basecutter may include a cutting spindle, a transport spindle, at least one power source configured to rotate the cutting spindle and the transport spindle, one or more cutting blades attached to the cutting spindle, and one or more transport devices attached to the transport spindle. The cutting spindle or the transport spindle may be configured to rotate within the other. The cutting spindle and the transport spindle may be rotated at different speeds by the at least one power source. For example, a controller may determine a cutting speed for the cutting spindle and a transport speed for the transport spindle and control the at least one power source to rotate the cutting and transport spindles at the cutting and transport speeds, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: John P. Scrivner, Kerry J Morvant, Marlin L. Goodnight, Satyam Suraj Sahay, Goutam Mohapatra, Pritpal Singh
  • Publication number: 20160073580
    Abstract: A basecutter and a method for controlling a basecutter are described for a sugarcane harvester. A basecutter may include a cutting spindle, a transport spindle, at least one power source configured to rotate the cutting spindle and the transport spindle, one or more cutting blades attached to the cutting spindle, and one or more transport devices attached to the transport spindle. The cutting spindle or the transport spindle may be configured to rotate within the other. The cutting spindle and the transport spindle may be rotated at different speeds by the at least one power source. For example, a controller may determine a cutting speed for the cutting spindle and a transport speed for the transport spindle and control the at least one power source to rotate the cutting and transport spindles at the cutting and transport speeds, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: JOHN P. SCRIVNER, KERRY J. MORVANT, MARLIN L. GOODNIGHT, SATYAM SURAJ SAHAY, GOUTAM MOHAPATRA, PRITPAL SINGH