Patents by Inventor Sylvain Billard

Sylvain Billard 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: 11723310
    Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a hitching support, at least one tool or group of tools, at least one support arm which is connected to the hitching support by a first joint and to the tool or tool group, and which is mounted so as to pivot about a transfer axis between operational and raised positions, and a safety device making it possible to carry out a safety movement under the effect of pressure. The safety device includes a lift connected to the hitching support by a second joint. The second joint is offset relative to the first joint in the direction of travel. The safety movement can include a second movement phase during which the lift is able to move the tool or the group of tools away from the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: KUHN S.A.
    Inventor: Sylvain Billard
  • Patent number: 11632908
    Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a hitching support, at least one tool or group of tools that can be transferred between an operational position and a raised position, at least one support arm that is connected to the hitching support via two joints and to the tool or group of tools at an assembly location, and a safety device for performing a safety movement under the effect of pressure. At least one first safety movement phase is carried out around the first joint or around one of the two joints. The safety device includes at least one guiding device to allow for a variation in a distance between the other of the two joints and the assembly location when the rearward rotation is carried out around the first joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: KUHN S.A.
    Inventor: Sylvain Billard
  • Publication number: 20220000032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the general technical field of agricultural machinery. It concerns an agricultural device, in particular a haymaking device, which can be moved in a direction of advance and which includes a cutter bar equipped with cutting elements intended to cut a standing crop product. The device also comprises a conditioner positioned behind the bar, and a grouping device intended to move the product transversely to the direction of advance and located behind the bar, in an active position. A retraction actuator is configured to transpose the grouping device between the active position and a passive position in which the product is deposited at the rear of the device. A collecting device extends partially under and partially behind the conditioner in active position of the grouping device. The invention also concerns an agricultural machine equipped with such a device and a method for access between a conditioner and a grouping device belonging to such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: KUHN SAS
    Inventor: Sylvain BILLARD
  • Publication number: 20200337242
    Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a hitching support, at least one tool or group of tools that can be transferred between an operational position and a raised position, at least one support arm that is connected to the hitching support via two joints and to the tool or group of tools at an assembly location, and a safety device for performing a safety movement under the effect of pressure. At least one first safety movement phase is carried out around the first joint or around one of the two joints. The safety device includes at least one guiding device to allow for a variation in a distance between the other of the two joints and the assembly location when the rearward rotation is carried out around the first joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: KUHN S.A.
    Inventor: Sylvain BILLARD
  • Publication number: 20200296889
    Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a hitching support, at least one tool or group of tools, at least one support arm which is connected to the hitching support by a first joint and to the tool or tool group, and which is mounted so as to pivot about a transfer axis between operational and raised positions, and a safety device making it possible to carry out a safety movement under the effect of pressure. The safety device includes a lift connected to the hitching support by a second joint. The second joint is offset relative to the first joint in the direction of travel. The safety movement can include a second movement phase during which the lift is able to move the tool or the group of tools away from the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: KUHN S.A.
    Inventor: Sylvain BILLARD
  • Patent number: 9877423
    Abstract: An agricultural machine including a chassis carrying an arm including first and second ends, a first unit connected to the arm and extending laterally between the first and second ends, a second unit connected to the arm and extending laterally beyond the second end, a device connecting the second unit to the arm in vicinity of its second end and allowing it to swivel relative to the arm around a second longitudinal axis close to the second end, a mechanism driving elements of the first and second units and carried by the arm in vicinity of the second end. The device includes an axis oriented upwards during work around which the mechanism is mounted with swiveling action on the arm, and the mechanism and at least one of the first and second units can, in a lateral position of the arm relative to the chassis, jointly swivel around the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: KUHN S.A.
    Inventor: Sylvain Billard
  • Publication number: 20160255762
    Abstract: An agricultural machine including a chassis carrying an arm including first and second ends, a first unit connected to the arm and extending laterally between the first and second ends, a second unit connected to the arm and extending laterally beyond the second end, a device connecting the second unit to the arm in vicinity of its second end and allowing it to swivel relative to the arm around a second longitudinal axis close to the second end, a mechanism driving elements of the first and second units and carried by the arm in vicinity of the second end. The device includes an axis oriented upwards during work around which the mechanism is mounted with swivelling action on the arm, and the mechanism and at least one of the first and second units can, in a lateral position of the arm relative to the chassis, jointly swivel around the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: KUHN S.A.
    Inventor: Sylvain BILLARD
  • Publication number: 20050172598
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a cutting machine comprising a frame, a tilting element connected to said frame by means of a first pivot articulation, a bracket connected to said tilting element by means of a second pivot articulation, a cutting mechanism connected to said bracket by means of a third pivot articulation and a conveyor device intended to move laterally the product cut by said cutting mechanism. The said conveyor device is connected to said tilting element in such a manner as to be able to pivot relative to said frame about said first articulation together with said cutting mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicant: KUHN S.A.
    Inventor: Sylvain Billard