Patents by Inventor MATTHIAS ZWANZGER

MATTHIAS ZWANZGER 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).

  • Patent number: 11807295
    Abstract: A steering apparatus for an agricultural vehicle includes a vehicle axle suspended in an oscillating or resilient manner, steerable wheels located on the vehicle axle, and an actuating apparatus for influencing a steering angle which is adjustable on the steerable wheels. A device actively limits an oscillating angle or deflection path arising on the vehicle axle. Moreover, the device operably activates a control unit according to a full steering angle to be anticipated on the steerable wheels as a result of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Matthias Zwanzger
  • Publication number: 20220192087
    Abstract: An agricultural apparatus including an agricultural vehicle and a trailed mowing apparatus. The agricultural vehicle includes a three point hitch and the trailed mowing apparatus includes a chassis adapted to be mounted on the three point hitch, the chassis including at least one work unit suitable for cutting a standing crop and a first sensor for generating signals indicative of an angle of inclination of the at least one work unit. The agricultural apparatus further has an electronic control unit and a user terminal. The electronic control unit receives the signals indicative of the angle of inclination of the at least one work unit and provides an indication of a cutting height of the at least one work unit via the user terminal. The electronic control unit allows an operator to automatically or semi automatically control the cutting height of the at least one work unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Matthias Zwanzger, Christian Kurt Wägner
  • Patent number: 11059339
    Abstract: A system for predictive chassis control including a wheel-spring device controllable with respect to a damping or suspension characteristic, a sensor for ascertaining a force profile of a disturbance acting on the wheel-spring device, and a navigation for ascertaining a current geoposition of the off-road utility vehicle in the form of an associated position data. The system includes a memory unit and a control unit for saving the force profile induced by the disturbance or a quantity derived therefrom. The control unit detects an imminent renewed crossing of the disturbance by continuous reconciliation of the current geoposition received from the navigation with the saved position data. The control unit adapts the damping or suspension characteristic on the basis of the saved force profile or the quantity derived therefrom by a pilot control of the wheel-spring device to compensate for an influence of the disturbance on the wheel-spring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthias Zwanzger, Mattias Lang, Christian Von Holst
  • Publication number: 20200317264
    Abstract: A steering apparatus for an agricultural vehicle includes a vehicle axle suspended in an oscillating or resilient manner, steerable wheels located on the vehicle axle, and an actuating apparatus for influencing a steering angle which is adjustable on the steerable wheels. A device actively limits an oscillating angle or deflection path arising on the vehicle axle. Moreover, the device operably activates a control unit according to a full steering angle to be anticipated on the steerable wheels as a result of travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: MATTHIAS ZWANZGER
  • Publication number: 20180079271
    Abstract: A system for predictive chassis control including a wheel-spring device controllable with respect to a damping or suspension characteristic, a sensor for ascertaining a force profile of a disturbance acting on the wheel-spring device, and a navigation for ascertaining a current geoposition of the off-road utility vehicle in the form of an associated position data. The system includes a memory unit and a control unit for saving the force profile induced by the disturbance or a quantity derived therefrom. The control unit detects an imminent renewed crossing of the disturbance by continuous reconciliation of the current geoposition received from the navigation with the saved position data. The control unit adapts the damping or suspension characteristic on the basis of the saved force profile or the quantity derived therefrom by a pilot control of the wheel-spring device to compensate for an influence of the disturbance on the wheel-spring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: MATTHIAS ZWANZGER, MATTIAS LANG, CHRISTIAN VON HOLST