Patents by Inventor Wouter Standaert

Wouter Standaert 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).

  • MOBILE DRIVE UNIT AND METHOD OF OPERATION
    Publication number: 20220111913
    Abstract: There is described a mobile drive system comprising at least one mobile drive unit capable of automated or autonomous navigation, wherein the mobile drive unit comprises: a platform comprising U or V type shape, the platform comprising two legs and a bent or front interconnector interconnecting both legs at one end; a first wheelset comprising two wheels, each arranged at a corresponding distal end of the legs of the platform; and a second wheelset comprising two or only one wheel at the interconnector of the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Wouter STANDAERT, Dieter KINDT, Rob CARDINAELS, Martijn SCHAEKEN, Laura GUILLAUME, Dries GIELIS, Tom COEN
  • Overrunning clutch for a drive mechanism of an agricultural baler
    Patent number: 11134615
    Abstract: An agricultural baler including a bale case, a plunger, a duct, and a stuffer unit, operably associated with the duct. The stuffer unit includes a fork assembly including tines, a drive mechanism acting on the fork assembly, and a clutch arrangement for selective coupling the drive mechanism to a power source of the baler. The clutch arrangement includes a selectively operable dog clutch including a driving clutch member and a driven clutch member. The driving and the driven clutch member are configured for selectively engaging each other in one direction of rotation of the driving clutch member relative to the driven clutch member. The clutch arrangement furthermore includes an overrunning clutch associated with the driving clutch member and the driven clutch member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Wouter Standaert, Xavier G. J. M. Bonte, Jeroen Devroe, Dries Liefooghe, Bram Rosseel, Dieter Kindt, Thomas Vandaele
  • Agricultural Baler
    Publication number: 20190133046
    Abstract: An agricultural baler including a bale case, a plunger, a duct, and a stuffer unit, operably associated with the duct. The stuffer unit includes a fork assembly including tines, a drive mechanism acting on the fork assembly, and a clutch arrangement for selective coupling the drive mechanism to a power source of the baler. The clutch arrangement includes a selectively operable dog clutch including a driving clutch member and a driven clutch member. The driving and the driven clutch member are configured for selectively engaging each other in one direction of rotation of the driving clutch member relative to the driven clutch member. The clutch arrangement furthermore includes an overrunning clutch associated with the driving clutch member and the driven clutch member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Wouter Standaert, Xavier G.J.M. Bonte, Jeroen Devroe, Dries Liefooghe, Bram Rosseel, Dieter Kindt, Thomas Vandaele