Patents by Inventor Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy

Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy 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: 20230413718
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to agriculture. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure include devices and systems for seed capture, transport and distribution for planting fields. Seed capture devices for a seed meter may include a seed a movable element configured to capture seeds from a seed disk of a seed meter and a power transmission element operably coupled to the movable element to drive the movable element when the seed meter is in operation and operably coupled to a mechanical contact element of the seed disk of the seed meter to drive the power transmission element when the seed meter is in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy, Claudio Chiba Kawasaki, Duceni Alves de Souza, Paulo Rcardo da Sliva Pereira
  • Publication number: 20230413719
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to agriculture. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure include devices and systems for seed capture, transport and distribution for planting fields. Seed capture devices for a seed meter may include a seed a movable element configured to capture seeds from a seed disk of a seed meter and a power transmission element operably coupled to the movable element to drive the movable element when the seed meter is in operation and operably coupled to a mechanical contact element of the seed disk of the seed meter to drive the power transmission element when the seed meter is in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventor: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
  • Patent number: 11839175
    Abstract: Devices and systems for seed capture, transport and distribution for planting fields. Seed capture devices for a seed meter may include a movable element configured to capture seeds from a seed disk of a seed meter and a power transmission element operably coupled to the movable element to drive the movable element when the seed meter is in operation and operably coupled to a mechanical contact element of the seed disk of the seed meter to drive the power transmission element when the seed meter is in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventor: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
  • Publication number: 20230359196
    Abstract: Systems and methods for communication and control applied to agricultural machinery and implements, and more specifically communication and control means of peripheral devices applied to row units of planters. The communication and control system for peripheral equipment in agricultural implements may include a human-machine interface, first communication means, a control module, first processing means, second communication means, a remote module, second processing means, and third communication means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventor: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
  • Patent number: 11774240
    Abstract: Sensing systems for agricultural equipment and related methods may be configured for detecting the operating state of rotating elements in agricultural implements. The sensing systems for an agricultural implement may include a rotating element and a monitoring center equipped with an alert mechanism. The sensing systems may include an inertial sensor, a microprocessor, a communication element, and a power supply. The sensing system may be a single element fixed directly to the rotating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventor: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
  • Publication number: 20230189699
    Abstract: Meters for fertilizers, small seeds, and chemicals include a housing defining a loading chamber, a rotatable metering disk provided with a receiving surface and a discharge surface, the disk including metering orifices; a ring including a discharge opening, and an insulating barrier arranged in the interior of the housing, the insulation barrier forming an insulating chamber on the rotatable disk and defining an inlet region of the disk and an output region of the disk; a metering bulkhead associated with the insulating barrier in the inlet region of the rotating disk with metering orifices loaded, the metering bulkhead being arranged on the rotatable metering disk so that a lower portion of the metering bulkhead is coplanar to the receiving surface of the rotatable disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
  • Publication number: 20230189698
    Abstract: Meters for fertilizers, small seeds, and chemicals include a housing defining a loading chamber, a rotatable metering disk provided with a receiving surface and a discharge surface, the disk including metering orifices; a ring including a discharge opening, and an insulating barrier arranged in the interior of the housing, the insulation barrier forming an insulating chamber on the rotatable disk and defining an inlet region of the disk and an output region of the disk; a metering bulkhead associated with the insulating barrier in the inlet region of the rotating disk with metering orifices loaded, the metering bulkhead being arranged on the rotatable metering disk so that a lower portion of the metering bulkhead is coplanar to the receiving surface of the rotatable disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
  • Patent number: 11582898
    Abstract: Meters for fertilizers, small seeds, and chemicals include a housing defining a loading chamber, a rotatable metering disk provided with a receiving surface and a discharge surface, the disk including metering orifices; a ring including a discharge opening, and an insulating barrier arranged in the interior of the housing, the insulation barrier forming an insulating chamber on the rotatable disk and defining an inlet region of the disk and an output region of the disk; a metering bulkhead associated with the insulating barrier in the inlet region of the rotating disk with metering orifices loaded, the metering bulkhead being arranged on the rotatable metering disk so that a lower portion of the metering bulkhead is coplanar to the receiving surface of the rotatable disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventor: José Roberto do Amaral Assy
  • Publication number: 20220354046
    Abstract: The disclosed pneumatic seed meters for small seeds and fine grains may include a rotational disk with a plurality of radially disposed holes. The holes may define a seed path when the rotational disk rotates. The seed meters may also include a sealing structure that is positioned and configured to inhibit seed leakage from the seed meter. The sealing structure may define a seed containment chamber. Various other related methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventor: José Roberto do Amaral Assy
  • Publication number: 20220187066
    Abstract: Sensing systems for agricultural equipment and related methods may be configured for detecting the operating state of rotating elements in agricultural implements. The sensing systems for an agricultural implement may include a rotating element and a monitoring center equipped with an alert mechanism. The sensing systems may include an inertial sensor, a microprocessor, a communication element, and a power supply. The sensing system may be a single element fixed directly to the rotating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Jose Roberto Do Amaral Assy
  • Publication number: 20220187067
    Abstract: Sensing systems for agricultural equipment and related methods may be configured for detecting the operating state of rotating elements in agricultural implements. The sensing systems for an agricultural implement may include a rotating element and a monitoring center equipped with an alert mechanism. The sensing systems may include an inertial sensor, a microprocessor, a communication element, and a power supply. The sensing system may be a single element fixed directly to the rotating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
  • Patent number: 11287255
    Abstract: Sensing systems for agricultural equipment and related methods may be configured for detecting the operating state of rotating elements in agricultural implements. The sensing systems for an agricultural implement may include a rotating element and a monitoring center equipped with an alert mechanism. The sensing systems may include an inertial sensor, a microprocessor, a communication element, and a power supply. The sensing system may be a single element fixed directly to the rotating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventor: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
  • Patent number: 11197410
    Abstract: A precision seed-distribution system of the type applied on planters with a machine element that touches the soil, a row unit chassis that supports a seed meter, and a seed conductor tube extending downward from the seed meter. The seed conductor tube may have vertical grooves along a length of the seed conductor tube and across an internal surface of at least one sidewall of the seed conductor tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventor: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
  • Publication number: 20210195830
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to the singularization and metering of seeds in pneumatic meters. Such pneumatic meters may include a rotating disk with a plurality of holes arranged radially. The plurality of holes may define a circular seed path passage when the rotating disk rotates. The pneumatic meter may include a seed container structure associated with the rotating disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventor: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
  • Patent number: 10820481
    Abstract: A seed selector assembly for a pneumatic meter employed in agricultural seeding equipment may include a seed selector assembly connected to a multi-functional coupler, in which the seed selector assembly is made up of a rotating disk with a central hole and a gear profile, the disk being enclosed by a front ring and a rear ring, and the multi-functional coupler having two interfaces for connecting motor or driven devices. A pinion may be connected to an end of an axis, the opposite end of which is connected to a crown, the pinion being fitted into the cavity of the rear ring and the circular bore of the front ring, with a housed bearing support. The pinion may interact with the gear profile in order to rotate the disk when at least one of the interfaces is connected to a motor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
    Inventor: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
  • Publication number: 20200253108
    Abstract: Meters for fertilizers, small seeds, and chemicals include a housing defining a loading chamber, a rotatable metering disk provided with a receiving surface and a discharge surface, the disk including metering orifices; a ring including a discharge opening, and an insulating barrier arranged in the interior of the housing, the insulation barrier forming an insulating chamber on the rotatable disk and defining an inlet region of the disk and an output region of the disk; a metering bulkhead associated with the insulating barrier in the inlet region of the rotating disk with metering orifices loaded, the metering bulkhead being arranged on the rotatable metering disk so that a lower portion of the metering bulkhead is coplanar to the receiving surface of the rotatable disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
  • Patent number: 10736257
    Abstract: A device for the inoculation of seeds is attached to a seed meter or a seed box on a planting machine. This is done to carry out the inoculation and treatment of seeds at the same time that they are being planted. The device has a reservoir where the inoculant is placed and then subsequently taken by the pump to a mixture chamber. At a top of the mixture chamber is a nozzle, which is located at an opposite side of where the seeds leave. They leave from the bottom of the device. There is a drive axle and a group of gears that move and give force to the blades that mix the seeds in the fluid located in the inner part of the chamber. The chamber is connected to the seed distributor disc and the flow of seeds is based on the seed distributor disc's consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
    Inventor: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
  • Patent number: 10729062
    Abstract: A seed selector assembly for a pneumatic meter employed in agricultural seeding equipment may include a seed selector assembly connected to a multi-functional coupler, in which the seed selector assembly is made up of a rotating disk with a central hole and a gear profile, the disk being enclosed by a front ring and a rear ring, and the multi-functional coupler having two interfaces for connecting motor or driven devices. A pinion may be connected to an end of an axis, the opposite end of which is connected to a crown, the pinion being fitted into the cavity of the rear ring and the circular bore of the front ring, with a housed bearing support. The pinion may interact with the gear profile in order to rotate the disk when at least one of the interfaces is connected to a motor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
    Inventor: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
  • Publication number: 20200229343
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to agriculture. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure include devices and systems for seed capture, transport and distribution for planting fields. Seed capture devices for a seed meter may include a seed a movable element configured to capture seeds from a seed disk of a seed meter and a power transmission element operably coupled to the movable element to drive the movable element when the seed meter is in operation and operably coupled to a mechanical contact element of the seed disk of the seed meter to drive the power transmission element when the seed meter is in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventor: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
  • Patent number: 10709053
    Abstract: A precision seed-distribution system of the type applied on planters with a machine element that touches the soil, a row unit chassis that supports a seed meter, and a seed tube extending downward from the seed meter. The system may also include a damper system positioned between the seed tube and the row unit chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy