Patents by Inventor Joel Wilhelm
Joel Wilhelm 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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Publication number: 20240127606Abstract: A system and method for determining if an occupant of a vehicle has correctly applied a seat belt by acquiring an image of the occupant, the image including at least a shoulder portion of the occupant, identifying left and right shoulders and a longitudinal extension of a seat belt in the image, determining an intersection between the longitudinal extension and a line connecting the left and right shoulders, and, based on a relative position of the intersection and the shoulders, deducing whether the seat belt is correctly applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Henrik LIND, Torsten WILHELM, Ara JAFARZADEH, Joel SEVERIN
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Publication number: 20240080594Abstract: A speaker can have a main body with a generally spheroidal shape, which can be supported standing on its end. The speaker can include a subwoofer that faces forward. A plurality of mid-range drivers can be distributed around the sub-woofer, facing generally forward and radially outward. A plurality of tweeters can be distributed around the sub-woofer, facing generally forward and generally outward. The outer housing portion of the speaker can be covered with a fabric material. A user interface ring 162 can be touch sensitive to receive input, and can have a plurality of lights that can be illuminated separately to convey information to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Timothy David Williamson, Peter Joseph Hamblin, Maximilian Vincent Wozniak, Robert James Wilson, Wilson E. Taylor, JR., Larry E. Hand, Mark Robert Westcott, Mark Edward Trainer, Ellie Rei Fukuda, Joel Robert Sietsema, Paul Michael Belanger, Matthew Patrick Lyons, Timothy Steven DeYoung, Werner Kirchmann, Ralph Wilhelm Hermann
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Publication number: 20220248605Abstract: The present invention relates to an agricultural machine of the mower type comprising a frame carrying a cutter bar comprising cutting rotors driven in rotation about respective parallel axes and a belt conveyor comprising an endless belt driven in motion and guided between two rollers driven in rotation about their axis, the conveyor being arranged behind the cutter bar to collect the harvest cut and to move it transversely to the direction of advance. The axes of the rollers of the conveyor are substantially parallel to the axes of the cutting rotors, the machine further comprising a collecting shield fastened to the belt conveyor and extending at least partially under the latter and towards the cutter bar while being adjacent to the latter, and a space forming a transverse conveying channel is provided above the collecting shield between the conveying surface of the belt and the cutter bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: KUHN SASInventor: Joël WILHELM
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Patent number: 11134611Abstract: An agricultural machine is with skids equipped with interchangeable liners. The agricultural machine is a disk mower, a swather or similar machine, resting at least partly in braced manner on the soil during its use and provided with a working element and with skids designed to slide on the soil. These skids are formed in a lower wall of the working element or are integral with this lower wall, and each skid is provided with a liner having at least one frontal end and a frontal rim on each side of this frontal end. At least one of the frontal rims of the liner of each skid has a relief, at least one part of which penetrates into an indentation formed in the corresponding skid.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Kuhn S.A.Inventor: Joel Wilhelm
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Patent number: 10440883Abstract: A mower with a cutter bar including an elongated hollow casing, at least one bearing block mounted at the level of an orifice of the upper wall of the casing, at least one disk integral with a support shaft mounted in the bearing block, at least one cutter fixed with the ability to rotate freely on the disk, wherein each bearing block is made integral with the casing by at least one fastener assembly composed of at least two fastening elements assembled mutually by screwing. The mower wherein, for each fastener assembly, at least part of the zone or zones of engagement of the respectively female-threaded and male-threaded parts of the fastening elements is situated between the respective mutually opposite bracing surfaces of the fastening elements. Thus the fastening elements are less protruding and their connection zones are not subjected to the aggressions of the outside environment.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: KUHN S.A.Inventors: Joel Wilhelm, Michel Wolff, Bernard Wattron
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Patent number: 10076071Abstract: A machine for the harvesting of plants comprises an arm movable between work and transport configuration, a tool comprising lateral ends and being able to occupy a work position and another position, a connecting device via which the tool is connected to the arm and enabling a first movement of the tool relative to the arm, during which the lateral ends move vertically relative to the arm in the same vertical direction relative thereto, the connecting device can operate a second transverse and horizontal movement of the tool relative to the arm and making it possible to operate this second movement independently of the first movement. The connecting device comprises an arm articulated on the support arm about a first transverse and horizontal axis when the support arm is in the work configuration, and this arm can, by pivoting about the first axis, moved vertically relative to the support arm.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2016Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: KUHN S.A.Inventors: Michael Schwer, Joel Wilhelm
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Publication number: 20180116110Abstract: An agricultural machine is with skids equipped with interchangeable liners. The agricultural machine is a disk mower, a swather or similar machine, resting at least partly in braced manner on the soil during its use and provided with a working element and with skids designed to slide on the soil. These skids are formed in a lower wall of the working element or are integral with this lower wall, and each skid is provided with a liner having at least one frontal end and a frontal rim on each side of this frontal end. At least one of the frontal rims of the liner of each skid has a relief, at least one part of which penetrates into an indentation formed in the corresponding skid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: Kuhn S.A.Inventor: Joel Wilhelm
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Publication number: 20170347524Abstract: A mower with a cutter bar including an elongated hollow casing, at least one bearing block mounted at the level of an orifice of the upper wall of the casing, at least one disk integral with a support shaft mounted in the bearing block, at least one cutter fixed with the ability to rotate freely on the disk, wherein each bearing block is made integral with the casing by at least one fastener assembly composed of at least two fastening elements assembled mutually by screwing. The mower wherein, for each fastener assembly, at least part of the zone or zones of engagement of the respectively female-threaded and male-threaded parts of the fastening elements is situated between the respective mutually opposite bracing surfaces of the fastening elements. Thus the fastening elements are less protruding and their connection zones are not subjected to the aggressions of the outside environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: KUHN S.A.Inventors: Joel WILHELM, Michel WOLFF, Bernard WATTRON
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Publication number: 20160338259Abstract: A machine for the harvesting of plants, movable in a direction of advance, comprises an arm movable between work and transport configurations, a tool comprising lateral ends and being able to occupy a work position and another position, a connecting device via which the tool is connected to the arm and enabling a first movement of the tool relative to the arm, during which the lateral ends move vertically relative to the arm in the same vertical direction relative thereto, the connecting device comprising means making it possible to operate a second transverse and horizontal movement of the tool relative to the arm and making it possible to operate this second movement independently of the first movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: KUHN S.A.Inventors: Michael SCHWER, Joel WILHELM
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Patent number: 9408340Abstract: A coupling device for an agricultural machine including a support for hitching to a tractor and at least one arm articulated to the support and protruding from the support in a direction parallel to a direction of advance of the tractor, the arm carrying, in an articulated manner, a chassis carrying a work element having a cutting angle relative to the ground to allow fine control of the cutting angle during movements of the work element. The coupling device further includes an upper connecting-rod, a lower connecting-rod, and a central connecting-rod, each of the upper and lower connecting-rods is articulated to the support and the central connecting-rod to form, projected in a vertical plane parallel to the direction of advance, a deformable quadrilateral, and the central connecting-rod is articulated to the chassis. An agricultural machine can include the coupling device.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2013Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: KUHN S.A.Inventors: Cedric Halter, Joel Wilhelm
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Patent number: 9198341Abstract: Agricultural machine including a central frame and two work devices, the central frame being connectable to a tractor, and being provided with wheels, each work device being connected to the central frame by a first articulation and being able to be moved between a transport position and a work position.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2012Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: KUHN S .A.Inventors: Cedric Halter, Joel Wilhelm
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Publication number: 20150107211Abstract: A coupling device for an agricultural machine including a support for hitching to a tractor and at least one arm articulated to the support and protruding from the support in a direction parallel to a direction of advance of the tractor, the arm carrying, in an articulated manner, a chassis carrying a work element having a cutting angle relative to the ground to allow fine control of the cutting angle during movements of the work element. The coupling device further includes an upper connecting-rod, a lower connecting-rod, and a central connecting-rod, each of the upper and lower connecting-rods is articulated to the support and the central connecting-rod to form, projected in a vertical plane parallel to the direction of advance, a deformable quadrilateral, and the central connecting-rod is articulated to the chassis. An agricultural machine can include the coupling device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: KUHN S.A.Inventors: Cedric Halter, Joel Wilhelm
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Publication number: 20150020492Abstract: A machine for the harvesting of plants, movable in a direction of advance, comprises an arm movable between work and transport configurations, a tool comprising lateral ends and being able to occupy a work position and another position, a connecting device via which the tool is connected to the arm and enabling a first movement of the tool relative to the arm, during which the lateral ends move vertically relative to the arm in the same vertical direction relative thereto, the connecting device comprising means making it possible to operate a second transverse and horizontal movement of the tool relative to the arm and making it possible to operate this second movement independently of the first movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: KUHN S.A.Inventors: Michael SCHWER, Joel WILHELM
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Publication number: 20140033671Abstract: Agricultural machine including a central frame and two work devices, the central frame being connectable to a tractor, and being provided with wheels, each work device being connected to the central frame by a first articulation and being able to be moved between a transport position and a work position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: KUHN S.A.Inventors: Cedric Halter, Joel Wilhelm
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Patent number: 7337599Abstract: A device for processing fodder including a rotor driven in rotation about its longitudinal axis, a first guide element partially surrounding the rotor, a second guide element configured to occupy at least two positions relative to the rotor, a first control member configured to move the first guide element into at least two positions relative to the rotor and to hold the first guide element in these positions, a link between the first guide element and the second guide element so that a change of position of the first guide element modifies the position of the second guide element, and a second control member configured to dispose the second guide element according to the various configurations.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2004Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: Kuhn S.A.Inventor: Joel Wilhelm
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Publication number: 20070068130Abstract: A device for processing fodder including a rotor driven in rotation about its longitudinal axis, a first guide element partially surrounding the rotor, a second guide element configured to occupy at least two positions relative to the rotor, a first control member configured to move the first guide element into at least two positions relative to the rotor and to hold the first guide element in these positions, a link between the first guide element and the second guide element so that a change of position of the first guide element modifies the position of the second guide element, and a second control member configured to dispose the second guide element according to the various configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2004Publication date: March 29, 2007Applicant: Kuhn S.A.Inventor: Joel Wilhelm
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Patent number: 6679038Abstract: A haymaking machine, particularly a mower of plant matter with a grouping device allowing the plant matter cut in two passes to be grouped together into a double windrow or alternatively a single windrow to be formed. The grouping device is made of a first member for moving the plant matter toward the rear side of the machine and of a second member for moving the plant matter toward a side, the second moving member being mounted on a support in such a way that it can be moved closer to or away from the first moving member for forming a double windrow or a single windrow.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2002Date of Patent: January 20, 2004Assignee: Kuhn S.A.Inventors: Martin Walch, Joël Wilhelm
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Publication number: 20020152735Abstract: The present invention relates to a haymaking machine, particularly a mower of plant matter with a grouping device allowing the plant matter cut in two passes to be grouped together into a double windrow or alternatively a single windrow to be formed. The grouping device is made of a first member for moving the plant matter toward the rear side of the machine and of a second member for moving the plant matter toward a side, the second moving member being mounted on a support in such a way that it can be moved closer to or away from the first moving member for forming a double windrow or a single windrow.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2002Publication date: October 24, 2002Applicant: KUHN S.A.Inventors: Martin Walch, Joel Wilhelm
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Patent number: D640289Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2010Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Kuhn S.A.Inventor: Jöel Wilhelm
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Patent number: D647538Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2010Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Kuhn S.A.Inventor: Joël Wilhelm