Patents by Inventor Thomas Janning

Thomas Janning 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).

  • Self-propelled harvesting machine with a front harvesting attachment that can be pivoted about a vertical axis
    Patent number: 7555884
    Abstract: The invention concerns a self-propelled agricultural harvesting machine that can be propelled in a normal forward operating direction and is provided with a chassis that includes a pair of front devices in contact with the ground, a pair of rear devices in contact with the ground arranged behind the front pair of devices in contact with the ground relative to the normal forward operating direction and that can be steered by a steering actuator, and a harvested crop processing arrangement arranged within the chassis and an intake conveyor arranged on the front side of the chassis on whose front side a front harvesting attachment take-up arrangement is arranged to which a front harvesting attachment can be attached or is attached in order to take up harvested crop that can be conducted by the intake conveyor to the harvested crop processing arrangement during the harvesting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Thomas Janning
  • SELF-PROPELLED HARVESTING MACHINE WITH A FRONT HARVESTING ATTACHMENT THAT CAN BE PIVOTED ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS
    Publication number: 20080028735
    Abstract: The invention concerns a self-propelled agricultural harvesting machine that can be propelled in a normal forward operating direction and is provided with a chassis that includes a pair of front devices in contact with the ground, a pair of rear devices in contact with the ground arranged behind the front pair of devices in contact with the ground relative to the normal forward operating direction and that can be steered by a steering actuator, and a harvested crop processing arrangement arranged within the chassis and an intake conveyor arranged on the front side of the chassis on whose front side a front harvesting attachment take-up arrangement is arranged to which a front harvesting attachment can be attached or is attached in order to take up harvested crop that can be conducted by the intake conveyor to the harvested crop processing arrangement during the harvesting operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventor: Thomas Janning