Patents by Inventor Thomas Rhody

Thomas Rhody 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).

  • Intake conveyor mechanism control for an agricultural working machine
    Patent number: 7464525
    Abstract: An agricultural working machine has intake conveyor mechanisms, a hydraulic circuit via which the intake conveyor mechanisms are hydraulically driven and including at least one hydraulic motor which drives the intake conveyor mechanisms, at least one switching valve system for interrupting or releasing a flow of hydraulic oil being assigned to the at least one hydraulic motor, the switching valve system being configured for interrupting or releasing the flow of hydraulic oil to the hydraulic motor as a function of a signal from a foreign-object position detection device, the switching valve system including at least one braking function for the at least one hydraulic motor, and a section of the hydraulic circuit which realizes the at least one braking function is essentially free of elasticities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Dueckinghaus, Norbert Strieker, Thomas Rhody
  • Intake conveyor mechanism control for an agricultural working machine
    Publication number: 20060254235
    Abstract: An agricultural working machine has intake conveyor mechanisms, a hydraulic circuit via which the intake conveyor mechanisms are hydraulically driven and including at least one hydraulic motor which drives the intake conveyor mechanisms, at least one switching valve system for interrupting or releasing a flow of hydraulic oil being assigned to the at least one hydraulic motor, the switching valve system being configured for interrupting or releasing the flow of hydraulic oil to the hydraulic motor as a function of a signal from a foreign-object position detection device, the switching valve system including at least one braking function for the at least one hydraulic motor, and a section of the hydraulic circuit which realizes the at least one breaking function is essentially free of elasticities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Heinz Dueckinghaus, Norbert Strieker, Thomas Rhody