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).

  • Publication number: 20240127606
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Henrik LIND, Torsten WILHELM, Ara JAFARZADEH, Joel SEVERIN
  • Publication number: 20240080594
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20220248605
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: KUHN SAS
    Inventor: Joël WILHELM
  • Patent number: 11134611
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Kuhn S.A.
    Inventor: Joel Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 10440883
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: KUHN S.A.
    Inventors: Joel Wilhelm, Michel Wolff, Bernard Wattron
  • Patent number: 10076071
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: KUHN S.A.
    Inventors: Michael Schwer, Joel Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20180116110
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Kuhn S.A.
    Inventor: Joel Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20170347524
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: KUHN S.A.
    Inventors: Joel WILHELM, Michel WOLFF, Bernard WATTRON
  • Publication number: 20160338259
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: KUHN S.A.
    Inventors: Michael SCHWER, Joel WILHELM
  • Patent number: 9408340
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: KUHN S.A.
    Inventors: Cedric Halter, Joel Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 9198341
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: KUHN S .A.
    Inventors: Cedric Halter, Joel Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20150107211
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: KUHN S.A.
    Inventors: Cedric Halter, Joel Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20150020492
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: KUHN S.A.
    Inventors: Michael SCHWER, Joel WILHELM
  • Publication number: 20140033671
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: KUHN S.A.
    Inventors: Cedric Halter, Joel Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 7337599
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Kuhn S.A.
    Inventor: Joel Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20070068130
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: Kuhn S.A.
    Inventor: Joel Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 6679038
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Kuhn S.A.
    Inventors: Martin Walch, Joël Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20020152735
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: KUHN S.A.
    Inventors: Martin Walch, Joel Wilhelm
  • Patent number: D640289
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Kuhn S.A.
    Inventor: Jöel Wilhelm
  • Patent number: D647538
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Kuhn S.A.
    Inventor: Joël Wilhelm