Patents by Inventor Nyle C. Wollenhaipt

Nyle C. Wollenhaipt 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).

  • METHOD FOR ESTIMATING FEED QUALITY OF ALFALFA AS IT IS CUT
    Publication number: 20170164554
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method implemented in an agricultural machine harvesting alfalfa plants, the method comprising: receiving, in real time, input corresponding to a plurality of sensed parameters corresponding to alfalfa plant height and cut alfalfa volume; associating the cut alfalfa volume to an alfalfa stem diameter; and automatically determining a feed quality value for the alfalfa plants based on the sensed alfalfa plant height and the alfalfa stem diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sullivan Roberts, Ryan Paul Johnson, Grant Lewis Good, Nyle C. Wollenhaipt, L. Grant Macneill