Patents by Inventor Rutger Friso VAN DE STREEK

Rutger Friso VAN DE STREEK 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).

  • Robot milking device
    Patent number: 12108733
    Abstract: A method for milking a dairy animal with a robot milking device including a teat position determination system and a controller. The method includes allowing the robot milking device, with the help of the teat position determination system, to make one or more connection attempts for connecting at least one milking cup to a teat of the dairy animal, and milking with all connected milking cups where the controller records a number of failed connection attempts. The number of failed connection attempts #MA in a predefined number of milkings, which number of milkings is at least equal to a predefined number #MB, fulfils a predefined criterion, automatically adapting the milking criterion by means of the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: LELY PATENT N.V.
    Inventors: Adolf Jan Van Der Kamp, Rutger Friso Van De Streek
  • ROBOT MILKING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230354765
    Abstract: A method for milking a dairy animal with a robot milking device including a teat position determination system and a controller. The method includes allowing the robot milking device, with the help of the teat position determination system, to make one or more connection attempts for connecting at least one milking cup to a teat of the dairy animal, and milking with all connected milking cups where the controller records a number of failed connection attempts. The number of failed connection attempts #MA in a predefined number of milkings, which number of milkings is at least equal to a predefined number #MB, fulfils a predefined criterion, automatically adapting the milking criterion by means of the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.
    Inventors: Adolf Jan VAN DER KAMP, Rutger Friso VAN DE STREEK