Patents by Inventor Sascha Pflanze

Sascha Pflanze 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).

  • Publication number: 20250036148
    Abstract: A route planning system configured to create a route plan of a forage harvesting process chain. The forage harvesting process chain comprises a plurality of agricultural work machines which perform a forage harvesting process in a predetermined order. The forage harvesting process comprises successive process steps with each process step being performed by a number of the plurality of agricultural work machines. The route planning system is further configured to generate a common route plan for the plurality of agricultural work machines of the forage harvesting process chain and/or an individualized route plan for each agricultural work machine of the plurality of agricultural work machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Mümken, Josef Fischer, Martin Reinhardt, Christian Schmid, Magnus Rupp, Sascha Pflanze, Andreas Mock, Martin Ober, Joachim Oldenburg, Michael Fugunt, Waldemar Thiesmann, Michael Becker
  • Publication number: 20240292775
    Abstract: An assistance system for optimizing a forage harvesting process is disclosed. The assistance system supports a user in optimizing an agricultural job that describes a forage harvesting process. Optimizing the forage harvesting process comprises at least the planning and/or execution of the forage harvesting process chain effecting the implementation of the agricultural job. The forage harvesting process chain comprises process steps and agricultural work machines which process the agricultural job in a specified sequence. The assistance system optimizes execution of the agricultural job according to specified strategies by selecting optimal values for work parameters and an optimized sequence of process steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: CLAAS Saulgau GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Mümken, Josef Fischer, Martin Reinhardt, Christian Schmid, Magnus Rupp, Sascha Pflanze, Andreas Mock, Martin Ober, Joachim Oldenburg, Michael Fugunt, Waldemar Thiesmann, Michael Becker, Robin Monkenbusch
  • Publication number: 20220279710
    Abstract: An agriculture machine assembly working in combination with an agricultural work machine and a disk mower adapted to the agricultural work machine is disclosed. The agriculture machine assembly comprises a driver assistance system that optimizes operation and includes a computing unit and an operating and display unit. One or both of the agricultural work machine or the disk mower include at least one control device for controlling and regulating one or both of the agricultural work machine or the disk mower. The driver assistance system is structured such that it forms a work machine setting device and a disk mower setting device, which optimize the operation of the agricultural work machine and the disk mower depending on each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: CLAAS Tractor SAS
    Inventors: Jan Carsten Wieckhorst, Christian Ehlert, Christian Birkmann, Jona Carsten Pieper, Martin Ober, Sascha Pflanze, Pierre Noyer, Martin Göldner, Michael Fugunt