Patents by Inventor Thomas I. Strobel

Thomas I. Strobel 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).

  • Drive arrangement for an agricultural machine
    Patent number: 7950209
    Abstract: A drive arrangement for an agricultural machine, especially a field chopper, has a motor driven gearbox (3) that is connectable at a drive-end to at least one drive motor (1). At least one first hydraulic pump (8, 8?) is provided to feed at least one hydraulic motor (14), (17) to drive a working mechanism of a machine. A belt pulley (4) of a belt drive (5), especially for driving a chopper drum (10), is coupled with the gearbox (3). A release clutch (7), with an input-side first clutch element (36) and an output-side second clutch element (37), is also coupled with the gearbox (3). The first clutch element (36) is drivingly connected to the motor driven gearbox (3). The second clutch element (37) is drivingly connected to the belt pulley (4). The second clutch element (37) is non-rotationally connected to a drive shaft (38) to drive the at least one first hydraulic pump (8, 8?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: GKN Walterscheid GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Rauschenbach, Andreas Roth, Maik Sterzel, Thomas I. Strobel
  • Drive Arrangement For An Agricultural Machine
    Publication number: 20100011727
    Abstract: A drive arrangement for an agricultural machine, especially a field chopper, has a motor driven gearbox (3) that is connectable at a drive-end to at least one drive motor (1). At least one first hydraulic pump (8, 8?) is provided to feed at least one hydraulic motor (14), (17) to drive a working mechanism of a machine. A belt pulley (4) of a belt drive (5), especially for driving a chopper drum (10), is coupled with the gearbox (3). A release clutch (7), with an input-side first clutch element (36) and an output-side second clutch element (37), is also coupled with the gearbox (3). The first clutch element (36) is drivingly connected to the motor driven gearbox (3). The second clutch element (37) is drivingly connected to the belt pulley (4). The second clutch element (37) is non-rotationally connected to a drive shaft (38) to drive the at least one first hydraulic pump (8, 8?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: GKN Walterscheid GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan RAUSCHENBACH, Andreas ROTH, Maik STERZEL, Thomas I. STROBEL