Patents by Inventor MATTHEW VAN MEURS

MATTHEW VAN MEURS 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: 20220030832
    Abstract: A vehicle for performing an animal-related operation, in particular for use with cows, is delimited by an outer side. The vehicle includes an electrical shock device for emitting an electrical shock to an animal. The shock device includes at least one pair of elongate, electrically conductive strips which run substantially parallel to each other so as to leave clear an electrically insulating intermediate space in between and which extend at least along a portion of the outer side of the vehicle. The strips of the or each pair of mutually parallel strips each have a shape including first parts which extend in a first direction which corresponds to the longitudinal direction of the elongate, mutually parallel strips, and including second parts which extend transversely, preferably substantially perpendicularly, with respect to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.
    Inventors: Matthew VAN MEURS, Leon 'T MANNETJE
  • Patent number: 10039261
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an unmanned self-propelled and self-steering device for removing manure present on a floor, including a manure slide and a drive for moving the device over the floor, wherein the manure slide is substantially U-shaped or V-shaped with two legs in order to define autonomously a manure-accommodating-space which opens in a forward direction and is closed in a rearward direction, and wherein the legs have a length in the order of magnitude of the width of the manure slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: LELY PATENT N.V.
    Inventors: Matthew Van Meurs, Roelof Stapel, Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg, Karel Van Den Berg, Jan Lambertus Pastoor
  • Patent number: 10039260
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an unmanned self-propelled and self-steering device for removing manure present on a floor, including a manure slide and a drive for moving the device over the floor, wherein the manure slide is substantially U-shaped or V-shaped with two legs in order to define autonomously a manure-accommodating-space which opens in a forward direction and is closed in a rearward direction, and wherein the legs have a length in the order of magnitude of the width of the manure slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: LELY PATENT N.V.
    Inventors: Matthew Van Meurs, Roelof Stapel, Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg, Karel Van Den Berg, Jan Lambertus Pastoor
  • Publication number: 20180098495
    Abstract: A conveying device of an agricultural processing machine conveys loose material along a window which is inserted into a wall. A sensor measures in a contactless manner a characteristic of the conveyed loose material. A fluid ejector ejects a fluid jet onto a surface formed in the interior of the processing machine. The fluid is thereby provided in a space between the window and the conveyed loose material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: FORAGE INNOVATIONS B.V.
    Inventor: Matthew VAN MEURS
  • Patent number: 9622452
    Abstract: Unmanned vehicle to carry out an animal-related action, provided with a frame and a control device to control the vehicle and a locomotion device to move the unmanned vehicle, and with a protective device to protect the vehicle against obstacles, wherein the protective device includes a touchable electrical conductor which extends on the outside of, advantageously around, the vehicle, and a voltage source to supply voltage to the conductor under the control of the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: LELY PATENT N.V.
    Inventors: Karel Van Den Berg, Matthew Van Meurs, Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg
  • Publication number: 20150289471
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an unmanned self-propelled and self-steering device for removing manure present on a floor, including a manure slide and a drive for moving the device over the floor, wherein the manure slide is substantially U-shaped or V-shaped with two legs in order to define autonomously a manure-accommodating-space which opens in a forward direction and is closed in a rearward direction, and wherein the legs have a length in the order of magnitude of the width of the manure slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.
    Inventors: Matthew VAN MEURS, Roelof STAPEL, Jan Martinus VAN KUILENBURG, Karel VAN DEN BERG, Jan Lambertus PASTOOR
  • Publication number: 20150289472
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an unmanned self-propelled and self-steering device for removing manure present on a floor, including a manure slide and a drive for moving the device over the floor, wherein the manure slide is substantially U-shaped or V-shaped with two legs in order to define autonomously a manure-accommodating-space which opens in a forward direction and is closed in a rearward direction, and wherein the legs have a length in the order of magnitude of the width of the manure slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.
    Inventors: Matthew VAN MEURS, Roelof STAPEL, Jan Martinus VAN KUILENBURG, Karel VAN DEN BERG, Jan Lambertus PASTOOR
  • Patent number: 9095116
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an unmanned self-propelled and self-steering device for removing manure present on a floor, including a manure slide and a drive for moving the device over the floor, wherein the manure slide is substantially U-shaped or V-shaped with two legs in order to define autonomously a manure-accommodating-space which opens in a forward direction and is closed in a rearward direction, and wherein the legs have a length in the order of magnitude of the width of the manure slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: LELY PATENT N.V.
    Inventors: Matthew Van Meurs, Roelof Stapel, Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg, Karel Van Den Berg, Jan Lambertus Pastoor
  • Publication number: 20110296635
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an unmanned self-propelled and self-steering device for removing manure present on a floor, including a manure slide and a drive for moving the device over the floor, wherein the manure slide is substantially U-shaped or V-shaped with two legs in order to define autonomously a manure-accommodating-space which opens in a forward direction and is closed in a rearward direction, and wherein the legs have a length in the order of magnitude of the width of the manure slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.
    Inventors: Matthew Van Meurs, Roelof Stapel, Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg, Karel Van Den Berg, Jan Lambertus Pastoor
  • Publication number: 20110185975
    Abstract: Unmanned vehicle to carry out an animal-related action, provided with a frame and a control device to control the vehicle and a locomotion device to move the unmanned vehicle, and with a protective device to protect the vehicle against obstacles, wherein the protective device includes a touchable electrical conductor which extends on the outside of, advantageously around, the vehicle, and a voltage source to supply voltage to the conductor under the control of the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.
    Inventors: KAREL VAN DEN BERG, MATTHEW VAN MEURS, JAN MARTINUS VAN KUILENBURG