Patents by Inventor Markus Ester

Markus Ester 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: 20220022372
    Abstract: A cutting device is embodied for cutting agricultural crop plants by a rotational movement about a cutting rotation axis and has at least one knife element that, in a plan view of a top side of the cutting device, is embodied open in circulating direction. At least one radial conveying element, arranged at least at the top side and stationary relative to the knife element, is provided that at least in sections thereof is embodied for conveying the crop plants in a conveying direction that, relative to the cutting rotation axis, is oriented partly tangentially and partly radially relative to the cutting rotation axis. Moreover, a harvesting attachment with a plurality of such cutting devices and a field chopper with such a harvesting attachment is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Tobias Focks, Markus Ester, Martin Bolsmann, Frank Ahlmer
  • Publication number: 20060254240
    Abstract: A self-propelled agricultural harvester has a harvesting device arranged in a traveling and working direction of the harvester in front of a driver's cab. The harvesting device extends with its length in a transverse direction transverse to the traveling and working direction. The harvesting device has mowing and conveying devices that are driven in circulation about essentially vertical axes. Each side of the harvester has at least two of the mowing and conveying devices positioned adjacent to one another in the transverse direction. The devices cut, pick up, and convey as an endless conveyor an upright crop. The crop is fed to an intake area of the harvester exclusively with an area of the mowing and conveying device facing the upright crop. The mowing and conveying devices of each side of the harvester are driven in the same direction, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: MASCHINENFABRIK BERNARD KRONE GMBH
    Inventors: Bernard Krone, Josef Horstmann, Bernward Overmeyer, Markus Ester
  • Publication number: 20060196161
    Abstract: A harvester has a harvesting device arranged in a traveling and working direction of the harvester in front of a driver's cab. The harvesting device has first, second, and third parts and extends with its length in a direction transverse to the traveling and working direction. At least the first and second parts are swivel parts that are pivotable about approximately 180 degrees about a pivot axis, respectively. The pivot axis extends approximately in the traveling and working direction, such that the swivel parts are transferable from a working position in which the swivel parts extend transversely to the traveling and working direction into a transport position. In the transport position legally permissible dimensions for traveling on roads are observed. A longitudinal extension of the swivel parts transverse to the traveling and working direction matches at least approximately a maximum legally permissible transport width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: MASCHINENFABRIK BERNARD KRONE GMBH
    Inventors: Bernard Krone, Josef Horstmann, Bernward Overmeyer, Markus Ester