Patents by Inventor Raf De Smet

Raf De Smet 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: 10398085
    Abstract: An agricultural harvester includes a grain processing section having a sieve assembly. The sieve assembly is driven in fore and aft oscillation by an eccentric rotation device while permitting side to side movement. A drive arm to the sieve assembly has a connection interface to the eccentric rotation device permitting side to side movement during fore and aft oscillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Frank R. G. Duquesne, Curtis F. Hillen, Dieter Neirynck, Daniel T. Turner, Bart Derynck, Karl R. Linde, Raf De Smet
  • Patent number: 10238039
    Abstract: A combine harvester grain cleaner. The grain cleaner includes an upper, relatively moveable framework supporting one or more grain sieves, one or more sources of drive for causing reciprocating movement of the one or more grain sieves, a lower, relatively fixed framework supporting one or more grain or tailings sheets, and a vibrator connected to the one or more grain and tailings sheets for causing a vibratory motion thereof and for, through the vibratory motion, causing movement of grain thereon in a predetermined direction. The vibratory motion has a higher frequency than a frequency of the reciprocation of the one or more grain sieves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Raf De Smet
  • Publication number: 20170112067
    Abstract: An agricultural harvester includes a grain processing section having a sieve assembly. The sieve assembly is driven in fore and aft oscillation by an eccentric rotation device while permitting side to side movement. A drive arm to the sieve assembly has a connection interface to the eccentric rotation device permitting side to side movement during fore and aft oscillation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Frank R.G. Duquesne, Curtis F. Hillen, Dieter Neirynck, Daniel T. Turner, Bart Derynck, Karl R. Linde, Raf De Smet
  • Publication number: 20160286728
    Abstract: A combine harvester grain cleaner. The grain cleaner includes an upper, relatively moveable framework supporting one or more grain sieves, one or more sources of drive for causing reciprocating movement of the one or more grain sieves, a lower, relatively fixed framework supporting one or more grain or tailings sheets, and a vibrator connected to the one or more grain and tailings sheets for causing a vibratory motion thereof and for, through the vibratory motion, causing movement of grain thereon in a predetermined direction. The vibratory motion has a higher frequency than a frequency of the reciprocation of the one or more grain sieves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Raf De Smet
  • Patent number: 9370989
    Abstract: A hinge assembly with continuous seal, includes a hinge shaft, a fixed hinge part and a rotatable hinge part, a fixed frame part and a rotatable frame part, which respectively comprises a parallel profile element and a seal that is affixed continuously to the profile element of the rotatable frame part and configured so that it bridges the distance between the two profile elements in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Raf De Smet, Jan H. W. Raaben, Jeroen Vancraeynest
  • Publication number: 20150145285
    Abstract: A hinge assembly with continuous seal, includes a hinge shaft, a fixed hinge part and a rotatable hinge part, a fixed frame part and a rotatable frame part, which respectively comprises a parallel profile element and a seal that is affixed continuously to the profile element of the rotatable frame part and configured so that it bridges the distance between the two profile elements in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Raf De Smet, Jan H.W. Raaben, Jeroen Vancraeynest
  • Patent number: 9023153
    Abstract: A windshield wiper control system includes a movable element configured to move in a first direction and an opposing second direction and one or more actuation devices configured to cause the movable element to move in the first direction. The windshield wiper control system also includes a rotatable cam configured to cause the movable element to move in the opposing second direction when the rotatable cam contacts a stationary surface as the rotatable cam rotates about a cam axis and a wiper mechanism configured to move in the first and second directions and pivot in an arc motion responsive to the rotation of the rotatable cam. The wiper mechanism is further configured to cause the one or more windshield wipers to move across a surface of a windshield in a more linear motion than the arc motion of the wiper mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Raf De Smet
  • Publication number: 20140174469
    Abstract: A windshield wiper control system includes a movable element configured to move in a first direction and an opposing second direction and one or more actuation devices configured to cause the movable element to move in the first direction. The windshield wiper control system also includes a rotatable cam configured to cause the movable element to move in the opposing second direction when the rotatable cam contacts a stationary surface as the rotatable cam rotates about a cam axis and a wiper mechanism configured to move in the first and second directions and pivot in an arc motion responsive to the rotation of the rotatable cam. The wiper mechanism is further configured to cause the one or more windshield wipers to move across a surface of a windshield in a more linear motion than the arc motion of the wiper mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: CNH AMERICA LLC
    Inventor: Raf DE SMET
  • Patent number: 8631536
    Abstract: A windshield wiper control system includes a movable element configured to move in a first direction and an opposing second direction and one or more actuation devices configured to cause the movable element to move in the first direction. The windshield wiper control system also includes a rotatable cam configured to cause the movable element to move in the opposing second direction when the rotatable cam contacts a stationary surface as the rotatable cam rotates about a cam axis and a wiper mechanism configured to move in the first and second directions and pivot in an arc motion responsive to the rotation of the rotatable cam. The wiper mechanism is further configured to cause the one or more windshield wipers to move across a surface of a windshield in a more linear motion than the arc motion of the wiper mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventor: Raf De Smet
  • Patent number: D826994
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Raf De Smet, Ben Depoorter, Nick Vanderstraeten