Patents by Inventor Uli MELCHINGER

Uli MELCHINGER 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).

  • System and method for estimating implement load weights for a work vehicle
    Patent number: 11125605
    Abstract: A method for estimating load weights for an implement of a work vehicle may include controlling movement of a boom of the work vehicle such that the boom is moved across a plurality of overlapping measurement regions defined along an angular travel range of the boom, wherein each measurement region is overlapped by at least one adjacent measurement region of the overlapping measurement regions across the angular travel range. The method may also include receiving load-related data associated with a load weight for the implement as the boom is moved across the overlapping measurement regions and determining a region load weight for at least one measurement region of the overlapping measurement regions based on the load-related data. In addition, the method may include calculating a final load weight for the implement based on the region load weight(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Zimmerman, Uli Melchinger
  • Active force/vibration feedback control method and apparatus for a movable machine
    Patent number: 11105068
    Abstract: A movable machine including a chassis, a tool coupled to the chassis, an operator control carried by the chassis and a controller. The controller is communicatively coupled to the operator control. The controller being configured to send a force feedback and/or a vibration feedback to the operator control thereby conveying information to the operator. The information is not related to a load encountered by the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Gary R. Kassen, Duqiang Wu, Aditya Singh, Uli Melchinger, Navneet Gulati, Patrick Thomas Dean
  • System and Method for Estimating Implement Load Weights for a Work Vehicle
    Publication number: 20200011727
    Abstract: A method for estimating load weights for an implement of a work vehicle may include controlling movement of a boom of the work vehicle such that the boom is moved across a plurality of overlapping measurement regions defined along an angular travel range of the boom, wherein each measurement region is overlapped by at least one adjacent measurement region of the overlapping measurement regions across the angular travel range. The method may also include receiving load-related data associated with a load weight for the implement as the boom is moved across the overlapping measurement regions and determining a region load weight for at least one measurement region of the overlapping measurement regions based on the load-related data. In addition, the method may include calculating a final load weight for the implement based on the region load weight(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Joshua Zimmerman, Uli Melchinger
  • Active Force/Vibration Feedback Control Method and Apparatus for a Movable Machine
    Publication number: 20190292751
    Abstract: A movable machine including a chassis, a tool coupled to the chassis, an operator control carried by the chassis and a controller. The controller is communicatively coupled to the operator control. The controller being configured to send a force feedback and/or a vibration feedback to the operator control thereby conveying information to the operator. The information is not related to a load encountered by the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Gary R. Kassen, Duqiang Wu, Aditya Singh, Uli Melchinger, Navneet Gulati, Patrick Thomas Dean
  • Active force/vibration feedback control method and apparatus for a movable machine
    Patent number: 10316492
    Abstract: A movable machine including a chassis, a tool coupled to the chassis, an operator control carried by the chassis and a controller. The controller is communicatively coupled to the operator control. The controller being configured to send a force feedback and/or a vibration feedback to the operator control thereby conveying information to the operator. The information is not related to a load encountered by the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Gary R. Kassen, Duqiang Wu, Aditya Singh, Uli Melchinger, Navneet Gulati, Patrick T. Dean
  • ACTIVE FORCE/VIBRATION FEEDBACK CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A MOVABLE MACHINE
    Publication number: 20170218600
    Abstract: A movable machine including a chassis, a tool coupled to the chassis, an operator control carried by the chassis and a controller. The controller is communicatively coupled to the operator control. The controller being configured to send a force feedback and/or a vibration feedback to the operator control thereby conveying information to the operator. The information is not related to a load encountered by the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Gary R. KASSEN, Duqiang WU, Aditya SINGH, Uli MELCHINGER, Navneet GULATI, Patrick T. DEAN