Patents by Inventor Steffen GURKE

Steffen GURKE 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).

  • HARVESTING MACHINE FOR PROCESSING CROP AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PROPERTIES OF CROP
    Publication number: 20230309448
    Abstract: A harvesting machine for cutting and processing crop, including a sensor arrangement, method for determining properties of crop when processing the crop with a harvesting machine, and method for determining properties of crop in a field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SMF - HOLDING GMBH
    Inventor: Steffen GÜRKE
  • Method for analyzing the operating condition of a cutting device and cutting device
    Patent number: 11632904
    Abstract: A method for analyzing the operating state of a cutting device for mowing crop, the cutting device having at least one mowing knife having cutting edges which interact with counter cutting edges of the cutting device, including: detecting of a signal representing the stroke position of the mowing knife; detecting a signal representing the knife force for driving the mowing knife as a function of the stroke position, and determining crop and/or cutting system properties on the basis of an evaluation of the signal representing the knife force as a function of the stroke position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SMF—HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Steffen Gürke, Ralf Schmidt, Sascha Otto
  • METHOD FOR ANALYZING THE OPERATING CONDITION OF A CUTTING DEVICE AND CUTTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210144917
    Abstract: A method for analyzing the operating state of a cutting device for mowing crop, the cutting device having at least one mowing knife having cutting edges which interact with counter cutting edges of the cutting device, including: detecting of a signal representing the stroke position of the mowing knife; detecting a signal representing the knife force for driving the mowing knife as a function of the stroke position, and determining crop and/or cutting system properties on the basis of an evaluation of the signal representing the knife force as a function of the stroke position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: SMF - HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Steffen GURKE, Ralf SCHMIDT, Sascha OTTO