Patents by Inventor Markus Loeneke

Markus Loeneke 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).

  • Self-propelled harvesting machine
    Patent number: 9730376
    Abstract: A self-propelled harvesting machine includes a front harvesting attachment, a ground drive with first and second drive shafts offset relative to the front harvesting attachment, first and second track roller units to which first and second drive shafts are drivably connected and which extend on both sides of the harvesting machine and a rear axle having rear wheels that are steered via a steering mechanism provided in a rear region of the harvesting machine. The first and second drive shafts are driven by separate first and second hydraulic motors of a hydrostatic transmission. A displacement volume of each of the first and second hydraulic motors is changed depending on a steering movement transferred from the steering mechanism to the rear wheels, realizing an additional moment about a vertical axis of the harvesting machine simultaneously with the steering of the rear wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Philipp Behra, Markus Loeneke, Stephan Bleischwitz
  • SELF-PROPELLED HARVESTING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20150289437
    Abstract: A self-propelled harvesting machine includes a front harvesting attachment, a ground drive with first and second drive shafts offset relative to the front harvesting attachment, first and second track roller units to which first and second drive shafts are drivably connected and which extend on both sides of the harvesting machine and a rear axle having rear wheels that are steered via a steering mechanism provided in a rear region of the harvesting machine. The first and second drive shafts are driven by separate first and second hydraulic motors of a hydrostatic transmission. A displacement volume of each of the first and second hydraulic motors is changed depending on a steering movement transferred from the steering mechanism to the rear wheels, realizing an additional moment about a vertical axis of the harvesting machine simultaneously with the steering of the rear wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Jan Philipp Behra, Markus Loeneke, Stephan Bleischwitz