Patents by Inventor Jean-Baptiste Ligouy

Jean-Baptiste Ligouy 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: 7127876
    Abstract: A device for treating forage, intended to accelerate the drying and comprising a rotor which is rotated about an axis and includes a support and at least one conditioning element. The conditioning element includes at least one active part which is used to work the forage, a first connecting part which is used to connect the conditioning element to the support via a first connection, and a second connection which connects the conditioning element to the support if the first connection breaks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Kuhn S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Baptiste Ligouy
  • Patent number: 6996965
    Abstract: A conditioning element for a treatment device to accelerate drying of forage. The conditioning element includes an active part to work the forage and a first connecting part to connect, in a pivoting manner about a connecting axis, the conditioning element to a support. The conditioning element additionally includes a third part arranged such that: a center of gravity of the active part and a center of gravity of the third part lie on each side of a plane passing through the connecting axis and roughly perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the conditioning element, and a center of gravity of the third part is distant from a plane passing through the connecting axis and containing the center of gravity of the active part. The conditioning element may find application particularly in the field of agricultural mowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Kuhn S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Baptiste Ligouy
  • Patent number: 6907719
    Abstract: An agricultural machine comprises a body and a drawbar, which drawbar is connected to the body using a first articulation with a substantially vertical axis and allows the agricultural machine to be moved along during work and during transport, the body resting on the ground during work using wheels which are each connected to the body via at least one connecting element, the body comprising a central unit and a working unit, which working unit is arranged transversely to the direction of forward travel during work and is arranged substantially parallel to the direction of forward travel during transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Kuhn S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Baptiste Ligouy
  • Publication number: 20050126148
    Abstract: A device for treating forage, to accelerate drying, and including a rotor rotated about an axis and that includes a support and at least one conditioning element. The conditioning element includes at least one active part used to work the forage, a first connecting part used to connect the conditioning element to the support by a first connection, and a second connection to connect the conditioning element to the support if the first connection breaks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: KUHN S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Baptiste Ligouy
  • Publication number: 20040168422
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a conditioning element (23) for a treatment device intended to accelerate the drying of forage. For this purpose, the conditioning element (23) comprises an active part (26) intended to work the forage, and a first connecting part (27) intended to connect, in a pivoting manner about a connecting axis (28), said element (23) to a support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventor: Jean-Baptiste Ligouy
  • Publication number: 20030221401
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an agricultural machine comprising a body and a drawbar, which drawbar is connected to the body using a first articulation with a substantially vertical axis and allows the agricultural machine to be moved along during work and during transport, the body resting on the ground during work using wheels which are each connected to the body via at least one connecting means, the body comprising a central unit and a work unit, which work unit is arranged transversely to the direction of forward travel during work and is arranged substantially parallel to the direction of forward travel during transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: KUHN S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Baptiste Ligouy
  • Patent number: 6328327
    Abstract: An adapter device comprising an adapter bar equipped with a hitching pin extending vertically when the device is mounted on the hitching bar, and a connecting pin for the hitching bar. The adapter device allows the mechanical play between the hitching bar and the adapter bar to be reduced or cancelled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Kuhn S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Baptiste Ligouy