Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Askey

Jeffrey Askey 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).

  • Baler mass flow sensing assembly and method
    Patent number: 10477775
    Abstract: A crop sensing system for a baler includes a compression system for forming a bale and a feed system for picking up crop from a surface and conveying the crop to the compression system. The crop sensing system includes a sensor arrangement having at least one sensor being coupled to at least one of the compression system or the feed system, wherein the at least one sensor generates a signal corresponding to a crop load on the at least one of the compression system or the feed system. The crop sensing system includes a control unit configured to receive the signal from the sensor arrangement and calculate crop mass data based on at least the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: DEERE & COMPANY, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Eric R. Lang, Jeffrey Askey
  • Baler information system and method
    Patent number: 10436913
    Abstract: A bale information system includes a baling machine configured to process a material into a bale, the baling machine including a sensor configured to measure a release of the bale from the baling machine, a global positioning system receiver in operable communication with the baling machine, and a data storage system operable to receive and store data from the global positioning system receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: DEERE & COMPANY, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Eric R. Lang, Walter M. Schlesser, Jeffrey Askey
  • Baler with mass flow sensing assembly and method of initiating stuffer trip
    Patent number: 10334788
    Abstract: A baler having a compression system for forming a bale. The baler also has a feed system having a pack mode for accumulating the crop in a pre-compression chamber and a lift mode for conveying the crop to the compression system. The baler also has a sensor arrangement having at least one sensor generating a signal, the at least one sensor being coupled to the feed system. The signal corresponds to a crop load on the feed system. A control unit is configured to receive the signal from the sensor arrangement and initiate the lift mode based on at least the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignees: DEERE & COMPANY, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Eric R. Lang, Jeffrey Askey, Daniel E. Derscheid
  • BALER INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20170354092
    Abstract: A bale information system includes a baling machine configured to process a material into a bale, the baling machine including a sensor configured to measure a release of the bale from the baling machine, a global positioning system receiver in operable communication with the baling machine, and a data storage system operable to receive and store data from the global positioning system receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Eric R. Lang, Walter M. Schlesser, Jeffrey Askey
  • BALER WITH MASS FLOW SENSING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF INITIATING STUFFER TRIP
    Publication number: 20160088800
    Abstract: A baler having a compression system for forming a bale. The baler also has a feed system having a pack mode for accumulating the crop in a pre-compression chamber and a lift mode for conveying the crop to the compression system. The baler also has a sensor arrangement having at least one sensor generating a signal, the at least one sensor being coupled to the feed system. The signal corresponds to a crop load on the feed system. A control unit is configured to receive the signal from the sensor arrangement and initiate the lift mode based on at least the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Eric R. Lang, Jeffrey Askey, Daniel E. Derscheid
  • BALER MASS FLOW SENSING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160088798
    Abstract: A crop sensing system for a baler includes a compression system for forming a bale and a feed system for picking up crop from a surface and conveying the crop to the compression system. The crop sensing system includes a sensor arrangement having at least one sensor being coupled to at least one of the compression system or the feed system, wherein the at least one sensor generates a signal corresponding to a crop load on the at least one of the compression system or the feed system. The crop sensing system includes a control unit configured to receive the signal from the sensor arrangement and calculate crop mass data based on at least the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Eric R. Lang, Jeffrey Askey