Patents by Inventor Siegfried Epp

Siegfried Epp 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: 11917942
    Abstract: Mower (1), has a plurality of mowing elements (2), forming a mower bar (3), a roller conditioner (4), behind the mower bar (3), and an upper conditioning roller (5) and a lower conditioning roller (6), the lower conditioning roller (6) is rotatable about a lower, positionally fixed axis of rotation (8), wherein the upper conditioning roller (5) is rotatable about an upper, shiftable axis of rotation (9) that, as a result of shifting the upper axis of rotation (9), a gap (7) between the conditioning rollers (5, 6) is changeable, wherein the lower conditioning roller (6) and the upper conditioning roller (5) are coupled to each other via a scissors-like transmission (10), and wherein first and second transmission parts (11,12) are coupled to the lower conditioning roller (6) and the upper conditioning roller (5) respectively and are operatively connected to each other and are shiftable in a scissors-like manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CLAAS Saulgau GmbH
    Inventor: Siegfried Epp
  • Patent number: 11812679
    Abstract: Adapter (27) of an agricultural implement, having a first, cylindrically contoured section (27a), the external diameter of which is designed to couple the agricultural implement to a US quick-hitch attachment system of an agricultural support vehicle, and having a second, spherically contoured section (27b), the external diameter of which is designed to couple the agricultural implement to a European lower-link attachment system of an agricultural support vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: CLAAS Saulgau GmbH
    Inventor: Siegfried Epp
  • Publication number: 20220087102
    Abstract: Mower (1), having a plurality of mowing elements (2), which are positioned next to one another forming a mower bar (3), having a roller conditioner (4), which is arranged behind the mower bar (3), as seen in the material flow direction of mowed crop, and which has an upper conditioning roller (5) and a lower conditioning roller (6), wherein the lower conditioning roller (6) is rotatable about a lower, positionally fixed axis of rotation (8), wherein the upper conditioning roller (5) is rotatable about an upper, shiftable axis of rotation (9) in such a manner that, as a result of shifting the upper axis of rotation (9) relative to the lower axis of rotation (8), a gap (7) between the conditioning rollers (5, 6) is changeable, wherein the lower conditioning roller (6) and the upper conditioning roller (5) are coupled to each other via a scissors-like transmission (10), and wherein a first transmission part (11) is coupled to the lower conditioning roller (6) and a second transmission part (2) is coupled to the
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventor: Siegfried Epp
  • Publication number: 20210212247
    Abstract: Adapter (27) of an agricultural implement, having a first, cylindrically contoured section (27a), the external diameter of which is designed to couple the agricultural implement to a US quick-hitch attachment system of an agricultural support vehicle, and having a second, spherically contoured section (27b), the external diameter of which is designed to couple the agricultural implement to a European lower-link attachment system of an agricultural support vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventor: Siegfried Epp