Patents by Inventor Paul E. M. Snauwaert

Paul E. M. Snauwaert 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).

  • Combine harvester with lateral motion of the grain pan
    Patent number: 10721865
    Abstract: A combine harvester includes one or more threshing rotors (5) mounted in the harvester, a grain pan (7) and a set of sieves (8), and a drive mechanism configured to drive a longitudinal reciprocating motion of the grain pan (7) and superimpose a lateral reciprocating motion component on the longitudinal reciprocating motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Frank R. G. Duquesne, Curtis Hillen, Paul E. M. Snauwaert
  • Combine Harvester with Lateral Motion of the Grain Pan
    Publication number: 20180242522
    Abstract: A combine harvester includes one or more threshing rotors (5) mounted in the harvester, a grain pan (7) and a set of sieves (8), and a drive mechanism configured to drive a longitudinal reciprocating motion of the grain pan (7) and superimpose a lateral reciprocating motion component on the longitudinal reciprocating motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Frank R.G. Duquesne, Curtis Hillen, Paul E.M. Snauwaert
  • Air filtering mechanism
    Patent number: 4874411
    Abstract: An air filtering mechanism for use on crop harvesting machinery having a generally cylindrical, rotary, perforate filter element, a fan operable to draw air therethrough, drive means operable rotatably to drive the filter element, and blanking off means mounted within the filter element for blanking off the perforations thereof over a predetermined region, is disclosed wherein a duct having an open portion is provided exteriorly of the filter element opposite to the blanking off means, A pressurized flow of air from the fan is directed through the duct in the form of a cleaning air blast in a direction parallel to the external surface of the filter element to clean foreign matter collected on the filter element in the region of the blanking off means by virtue of the filter element being exposed to the pressurized air in the duct along the open portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1989
    Assignee: Ford New Holland, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. M. Snauwaert, Geert R. J. Vergote, Daniel C. Witdoek