Patents by Inventor Mauro Barretto

Mauro Barretto 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 adjustable rotor for sugar cane harvester
    Patent number: 10130036
    Abstract: A sugar cane harvester including a chassis for power directional movement across a field with a row dividing assembly feeding a base cutter that severs sugar cane stalks for delivery to a feed system. A rotor assembly is provided between the base cutter and the feed assembly with the rotor assembly being powered for rotation about an axis at right angles to the flow of sugar cane stalks through the harvester. The rotor assembly includes a pair of cylinders powered by a hydraulic motor with the cylinders having axially extending ribs and radially extending fingers for moving sugar cane in a downstream direction. The rotor assembly is connected to the harvester chassis by a linkage and supported by an actuator which is controlled by a hydraulic system to maintain a uniform and preselected downward pressure on sugar cane stalks as they move in a downstream direction through the harvester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Mauro Barretto, Algirdas Butkevicius, Jr., Andre Peres, Jose Veiga Leal, Jair Kamphorst
  • Self Adjustable Rotor for Sugar Cane Harvester
    Publication number: 20160081275
    Abstract: A sugar cane harvester including a chassis for power directional movement across a field with a row dividing assembly feeding a base cutter that severs sugar cane stalks for delivery to a feed system. A rotor assembly is provided between the base cutter and the feed assembly with the rotor assembly being powered for rotation about an axis at right angles to the flow of sugar cane stalks through the harvester. The rotor assembly includes a pair of cylinders powered by a hydraulic motor with the cylinders having axially extending ribs and radially extending fingers for moving sugar cane in a downstream direction. The rotor assembly is connected to the harvester chassis by a linkage and supported by an actuator which is controlled by a hydraulic system to maintain a uniform and preselected downward pressure on sugar cane stalks as they move in a downstream direction through the harvester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Mauro Barretto, Algirdas Butkevicius, JR., Andre Peres, Jose Veiga Leal, Jair Kamphorst