Patents by Inventor Prafulla S. Badhe

Prafulla S. Badhe 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).

  • Patent number: 11324168
    Abstract: Feederhouse gearboxes are provided for installation on combine harvesters. In embodiments, the feederhouse gearbox includes a gearbox housing, an output shaft rotatable about an output axis, and a primary drive input. The primary drive input is mechanically linked to an engine of the combine harvester when the feederhouse gearbox is installed thereon. A reverser drive input is mechanically linked to a reverser motor of the combine harvester when the feederhouse gearbox is installed on the combine harvester. The feederhouse gearbox further includes a selector mechanism within the gearbox housing and movable between a primary drive position and a reverser drive position, a primary gear train transmitting rotation from the primary drive input to the output shaft when the selector mechanism is in the primary drive position, and a reverser worm drive transmitting rotation from the reverser drive input to the output shaft when the selector mechanism is in the reverser drive position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Javier Jose Perez Ramirez, Prafulla S. Badhe, Pedro Gonzalez-Mohino, Daniel Vergara Martinez, Paul D. Marvin
  • Publication number: 20200323141
    Abstract: Feederhouse gearboxes are provided for installation on combine harvesters. In embodiments, the feederhouse gearbox includes a gearbox housing, an output shaft rotatable about an output axis, and a primary drive input. The primary drive input is mechanically linked to an engine of the combine harvester when the feederhouse gearbox is installed thereon. A reverser drive input is mechanically linked to a reverser motor of the combine harvester when the feederhouse gearbox is installed on the combine harvester. The feederhouse gearbox further includes a selector mechanism within the gearbox housing and movable between a primary drive position and a reverser drive position, a primary gear train transmitting rotation from the primary drive input to the output shaft when the selector mechanism is in the primary drive position, and a reverser worm drive transmitting rotation from the reverser drive input to the output shaft when the selector mechanism is in the reverser drive position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Javier Jose Perez Ramirez, Prafulla S. Badhe, Pedro Gonzalez-Mohino, Daniel Vergara Martinez, Paul D. Marvin
  • Patent number: 9863516
    Abstract: A corn head row unit gearbox includes an input shaft, that rotates about a first axis of rotation and that drives a set of bevel gears. The bevel gears transfer rotation of the input shaft into rotation of a set of gathering chain output shafts about a second axis of rotation, generally transverse to the first axis of rotation. The gathering chain drive shafts each rotate within a bushing mounted within a frame structure of the gearbox. The frame structure defines a bore that communicates with a bevel gear cavity, in which at least one of the sets of bevel gears rotates, and an interior of the bushings mounted on the gathering chain drive shafts. Rotation of the bevel gears carries lubricant to an inlet aperture on the bore and drives the lubricant through the bore into the bushings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Javier J. Perez, Nathaniel R. Bernklau, Duane M. Bomleny, Sara Cabezas, Michael L. Vandeven, Guillermo G. Sanz, Ruben R. Ruperez, Prafulla S. Badhe
  • Publication number: 20170097074
    Abstract: A corn head row unit gearbox includes an input shaft, that rotates about a first axis of rotation and that drives a set of bevel gears. The bevel gears transfer rotation of the input shaft into rotation of a set of gathering chain output shafts about a second axis of rotation, generally transverse to the first axis of rotation. The gathering chain drive shafts each rotate within a bushing mounted within a frame structure of the gearbox. The frame structure defines a bore that communicates with a bevel gear cavity, in which at least one of the sets of bevel gears rotates, and an interior of the bushings mounted on the gathering chain drive shafts. Rotation of the bevel gears carries lubricant to an inlet aperture on the bore and drives the lubricant through the bore into the bushings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Javier J. Perez, Nathaniel R. Bernklau, Duane M. Bomleny, Sara Cabezas, Michael L. Vandeven, Guillermo G. Sanz, Ruben R. Ruperez, Prafulla S. Badhe