Patents by Inventor Stanislaw Kudla

Stanislaw Kudla 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).

  • Chopper knife with hardening coating
    Patent number: 10455767
    Abstract: A chopper knife for an agricultural machine has a plate-shaped blade having a front region and a rear region. The blade is confined in transversal direction by longitudinal edges. The front region comprises at least one elongate cutting edge provided with a coating extending along a surface of the blade over a width perpendicular to a longitudinal edge. The width of the coating decreases in a direction from the front region towards the rear region of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Dariusz Adamczyk, Stanislaw Kudla
  • Stalked crop harvesting header and method for harvesting stalked crop material
    Patent number: 9271445
    Abstract: A tensioning system for maintaining the tension in a chain conveyor extended over at least one drive sprocket and one idler sprocket, and a method for maintaining the tension in a chain conveyor, in particular for example for a stalked crop harvesting header. The tensioning system comprises a first tensioning arm and a second tensioning arm rotatably connected to one another for rotation around a shaft onto which one of the sprockets is mounted, the second tensioning arm rotatably connected to a fixed point of a supporting plate, wherein the tension in the chain conveyor is maintained by rotational movement of at least one of the drive sprocket or the idler sprocket around a fixed point of the supporting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: CNH Industries America LLC
    Inventors: Dariusz Adamczyk, Stanislaw Kudla
  • Chopper Knife With Hardening Coating
    Publication number: 20140045562
    Abstract: A chopper knife for an agricultural machine has a plate-shaped blade having a front region and a rear region. The blade is confined in transversal direction by longitudinal edges. The front region comprises at least one elongate cutting edge provided with a coating extending along a surface of the blade over a width perpendicular to a longitudinal edge. The width of the coating decreases in a direction from the front region towards the rear region of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: CNH AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Dariusz Adamczyk, Stanislaw Kudla
  • STALKED CROP HARVESTING HEADER AND METHOD FOR HARVESTING STALKED CROP MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20130283749
    Abstract: A tensioning system for maintaining the tension in a chain conveyor extended over at least one drive sprocket and one idler sprocket, and a method for maintaining the tension in a chain conveyor, in particular for example for a stalked crop harvesting header. The tensioning system comprises a first tensioning arm and a second tensioning arm rotatably connected to one another for rotation around a shaft onto which one of the sprockets is mounted, the second tensioning arm rotatably connected to a fixed point of a supporting plate, wherein the tension in the chain conveyor is maintained by rotational movement of at least one of the drive sprocket or the idler sprocket around a fixed point of the supporting plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: CNH AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Dariusz Adamczyk, Stanislaw Kudla