Patents by Inventor Neseth Cora Kong

Neseth Cora Kong 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).

  • Harvesting header height control
    Patent number: 11382267
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for controlling the height of a header for use with an agricultural harvester. The header height is controlled by detecting a first height value of the header with respect to ground, detecting a second height value of the header with respect to ground, selecting a representative height value (e.g., the smallest height value) from the first and the second height values, and controlling the position of the header with respect to the agricultural harvester responsive the selected representative height value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Neseth Cora Kong, Cory Douglas Hunt
  • Harvesting Header Height Control
    Publication number: 20210212248
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for controlling the height of a header for use with an agricultural harvester. The header height is controlled by detecting a first height value of the header with respect to ground, detecting a second height value of the header with respect to ground, selecting a representative height value (e.g., the smallest height value) from the first and the second height values, and controlling the position of the header with respect to the agricultural harvester responsive the selected representative height value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Neseth Cora Kong, Cory Douglas Hunt
  • Harvesting method using unmanned agricultural work vehicles
    Patent number: 10412893
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for harvesting crops from a field and to a method for working a field by towing an apparatus such as a tilling apparatus, wherein the methods of the invention employ manned and unmanned vehicles. The operation and movement of the unmanned vehicles is controlled by the drivers of the manned vehicles which are continuously in the vicinity of the unmanned vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Bart M. A. Missotten, Christopher A. Foster, Neseth Cora Kong, John H. Posselius, Frederik Tallir, Karel M. C. Viaene
  • Harvesting method using unmanned agricultural work vehicles
    Publication number: 20170055455
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for harvesting crops from a field and to a method for working a field by towing an apparatus such as a tilling apparatus, wherein the methods of the invention employ manned and unmanned vehicles. The operation and movement of the unmanned vehicles is controlled by the drivers of the manned vehicles which are continuously in the vicinity of the unmanned vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Bart M.A. Missotten, Christopher A. Foster, Neseth Cora Kong, John H. Posselius, Frederik Tallir, Karel M.C. Viaene