Patents by Inventor Patrick Piens
Patrick Piens 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).
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Publication number: 20250144960Abstract: A mounting system for a work vehicle includes: an axle; a final drive coupled to the axle and configured to rotate a wheel mounted to the final drive; and a pivot plate coupling the final drive to the axle. The pivot plate includes a first arrangement of plate mounting features and a second arrangement of plate mounting features that differs from the first arrangement of plate mounting features, the final drive including at least one set of drive mounting features and being rotatable from a first orientation where the at least one set of drive mounting features is aligned with the first arrangement of plate mounting features to a second orientation where the at least one set of drive mounting features is aligned with the second arrangement of plate mounting features.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2024Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: CNH Industrial Belgium N.V.Inventor: Patrick Piens
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Patent number: 11214319Abstract: The present invention is related to a track unit for a vehicle, such as an agricultural harvesting combine. The track unit according to a first embodiment of the invention comprises one or more bogies arranged between front and rear guide wheels. The bogies are provided with wheel pairs that are rotatably arranged about a longitudinal axis of the bogie itself, and are thereby capable of adapting individually to transversal oscillations caused by the terrain. Preferably, the bogies are furthermore equipped to adapt to longitudinal oscillations as well, by the longitudinal portion of the bogie being rotatable about a transversal axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Patrick Piens, Jean-Pierre Vandendriessche, Carlos J. A. Verheye
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Patent number: 10791676Abstract: A modular axle assembly for supporting wheels of an agricultural vehicle, such as a combine harvester. The modular axle assembly includes a first tube, a second tube parallel to the first tube, and at least one bracket connecting the first tube and the second tube.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Stanley Reyburn, Joseph Russell Woelfling, Kenneth Allan Ellis, Scott Woytera, Patrick Piens
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Patent number: 10710652Abstract: An agricultural vehicle has a chassis with a drivetrain and at least one rubber track assembly with a rubber track belt. The rubber track assembly has at least one idler, each of which has two idler wheels spaced apart on an axle. The idler wheels each have a tapered outer surface that together define a tapered profile that causes the rubber track belt to self-center upon the rubber track assembly. The tapered profile may define a pair of straight lines at a shallow angle, a portion of a circle, a portion of an ellipse, a parabola, or a hyperbola.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Bart De Brouwer, Patrick Piens, Jean-Pierre Vandendriessche, Carlos J. A. Verheye
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Publication number: 20190297779Abstract: A modular axle assembly for supporting wheels of an agricultural vehicle, such as a combine harvester, is disclosed. The modular axle assembly includes a first tube, a second tube parallel to the first tube, and at least one bracket connecting the first tube and the second tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Stanley Reyburn, Joseph Russell Woelfling, Kenneth Allan Ellis, Scott Woytera, Patrick Piens
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Publication number: 20190276101Abstract: The present invention is related to a track unit for a vehicle, such as an agricultural harvesting combine. The track unit according to a first embodiment of the invention comprises one or more bogies arranged between front and rear guide wheels. The bogies are provided with wheel pairs that are rotatably arranged about a longitudinal axis of the bogie itself, and are thereby capable of adapting individually to transversal oscillations caused by the terrain. Preferably, the bogies are furthermore equipped to adapt to longitudinal oscillations as well, by the longitudinal portion of the bogie being rotatable about a transversal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Patrick Piens, Jean-Pierre Vandendriessche, Carlos J.A. Verheye
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Patent number: 10308296Abstract: A track unit may include one or more bogies arranged between front and rear guide wheels. The bogies are provided with wheel pairs that are rotatably arranged about a longitudinal axis of the bogie itself, and capable of adapting individually to transversal oscillations caused by the terrain. The bogies can furthermore be equipped to adapt to longitudinal oscillations as well, by the longitudinal portion of the bogie being rotatable about a transversal axis. The track unit may also be equipped with a cutter, non-rotatably mounted on one or both outer faces of the rear guide wheel, in a position where said wheel is in direct contact with the track, the cutter configured to cut crop material transported upwards between the rear guide wheel and the track when the track unit moves forward.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Patrick Piens, Jean-Pierre Vandendriessche, Carlos J. A. Verheye
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Publication number: 20180170464Abstract: An agricultural vehicle has a chassis with a drivetrain and at least one rubber track assembly with a rubber track belt. The rubber track assembly has at least one idler, each of which has two idler wheels spaced apart on an axle. The idler wheels each have a tapered outer surface that together define a tapered profile that causes the rubber track belt to self-center upon the rubber track assembly. The tapered profile may define a pair of straight lines at a shallow angle, a portion of a circle, a portion of an ellipse, a parabola, or a hyperbola.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Bart De Brouwer, Patrick Piens, Jean-Pierre Vandendriessche, Carlos J.A. Verheye
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Publication number: 20160121946Abstract: A track unit may include one or more bogies arranged between front and rear guide wheels. The bogies are provided with wheel pairs that are rotatably arranged about a longitudinal axis of the bogie itself, and capable of adapting individually to transversal oscillations caused by the terrain. The bogies can furthermore be equipped to adapt to longitudinal oscillations as well, by the longitudinal portion of the bogie being rotatable about a transversal axis. The track unit may also be equipped with a cutter, non-rotatably mounted on one or both outer faces of the rear guide wheel, in a position where said wheel is in direct contact with the track, the cutter configured to cut crop material transported upwards between the rear guide wheel and the track when the track unit moves forward.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Patrick Piens, Jean-Pierre Vandendriessche, Carlos J.A. Verheye