Patents Issued in October 20, 2020
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Patent number: RE48272Abstract: There is provided an audio coding device which appropriately sets the quantization bit number by a small calculation amount in each stage when coding an input audio signal by performing multi-stage normalization/quantization. A quantization information calculation section determines total quantization information idwl0, based on normalization information idsf, and allocates the total quantization information idwl0 for quantization information idwl1 and quantization information idwl2. At this time, the quantization information calculation section limits the quantization information idwl1 by a limiter lim1, and allocates the total quantization information idwl0 for quantization information idwl1. If the quantization information idwl1 exceeds the limiter lim1, the excess is allocated for the quantization information idwl2. A first normalization section and a first quantization section normalizes and quantizes a frequency spectrum mdspec1 in the first stage.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuuki Matsumura, Shiro Suzuki, Keisuke Toyama, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Yuhki Mitsufuji
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Patent number: RE48273Abstract: A flexible image display device includes a window substrate, a polarizing plate, and a touch panel, wherein a distance between a neutral plane and a lower surface of the touch panel based on a visible side during bending is 34% or less to an entire thickness of the flexible image display device. The flexible image display device has excellent flexibility and may significantly reduce a defect rate due to a damage of the touch panel by minimizing the damage of the touch panel even if repeatedly applying bending fatigue thereto.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.Inventors: Byung Hoon Song, In Kyu Song
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Patent number: RE48274Abstract: A telecommunications patching system having point-to-point tracing capabilities includes: a plurality of end devices; at least one rack structure; a plurality of patch panels mounted to each rack structure; a plurality of connector ports disposed on each of the patch panels; a plurality of patch cords for selectively interconnecting different pairs of connector ports; a plurality of cables for selectively interconnecting the connector ports on the patch panels with respective end devices; tracing modules associated with said connector ports and end devices that monitor connectivity of the connector ports and end devices; and a display associated with the tracing modules configured to display the connectivity of a circuit comprising one or more of the connector ports and one or more of the end devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North CarolinaInventors: Peter T. Tucker, Mark A. Hejnicki, Michael G. German, Matias Peluffo, Doyle J. Barras
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Patent number: RE48275Abstract: A digital-to-time converter includes a first node, a second node configured to receive a reference signal, and a digital-to-analog signal converter configured to couple a passive impedance to the first node. The passive impedance is selected according to the digital code. The digital-to-time converter also includes a first switch configured to selectively couple the first node to a second reference signal in response to the input signal and a comparator configured to generate the output signal based on a first signal on the first node and the reference signal on the second node. The digital-to-time converter may include a second switch configured to selectively couple the first node to a third reference signal in response to a first control signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.Inventors: Aaron J. Caffee, Brian G. Drost
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Patent number: RE48276Abstract: A broadcast receiving system capable of receiving mobile broadcast data and a method for processing broadcast signals are disclosed. The broadcast receiving system includes N number of antenna elements, a demodulator, a transmission parameter detector, and a block decoder. The N number of antenna elements receives each of the broadcast signals. The demodulator demodulates the broadcast signal having greater signal strength among each of the received broadcast signals. The transmission parameter detector detects the transmission parameter. The block decoder symbol-decodes the mobile broadcast service data included in the received broadcast signal in block units, based upon the detected transmission parameter.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Il Soo Cho, Hyeon Cheol Cho, Jong Sun Park, In Hwan Choi, Hyoung Gon Lee, Won Gyu Song, Seung Man Kim, Jong Moon Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Kook Yeon Kwak, Byoung Gill Kim
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Patent number: RE48277Abstract: A method of transmitting uplink signals is disclosed. The method includes transmitting, by a user equipment, periodic control information on a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) at a predetermined period, dropping the periodic control information and multiplexing uplink signals except the periodic control information when the user equipment is operating in subframe bundling transmission mode where the uplink signals are transmitted in a plurality of consecutive subframes, and transmitting the multiplexed uplink signals on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Dae Won Lee, Ki Jun Kim, Joon Kui Ahn
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Patent number: RE48278Abstract: Providing personalized content comprises discovering personal information using an electronic device. Services information related to the personal information is obtained using the electronic device. Personalized content is provided based on applying the services information to the personal information.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Curtis Sasaki, Kuldip S. Pabla, Andreas Hofmann, Daniel Gross
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Patent number: RE48279Abstract: An image recording apparatus, including: a housing; an image recording portion held by the housing; a control board having a mounting face and disposed in the housing such that the mounting face extends along a perpendicular plane perpendicular to a height direction, a control circuit for controlling the image recording portion being provided on the control board; and a communication board having a mounting face and disposed in the housing such that the mounting face extends along the perpendicular plane, such that the communication board is distant from the control board in a direction along the perpendicular plane, and such that the communication board is located within a height range ranging to the control board from a distal end of a highest one of mounted components mounted on the control board, an interface circuit to be connected to a telephone line being provided on the communication board.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Motohito Muraki
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Patent number: RE48280Abstract: An apparatus for adapting hyper cells in response to changing conditions of a cellular network is disclosed. During operation, the apparatus collects data regarding network conditions of the cellular network. In accordance with the collected network condition data, the apparatus changes an association of a transmit point from a second cell ID of a second hyper cell to a first cell ID of a first hyper cell. Virtual data channels, broadcast common control channel and virtual dedicated control channel, transmit point optimization, UE-centric channel sounding and measurement, and single frequency network synchronization are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jianglei Ma, Peiying Zhu, Wen Tong
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Patent number: RE48281Abstract: An apparatus for adapting hyper cells in response to changing conditions of a cellular network is disclosed. During operation, the apparatus collects data regarding network conditions of the cellular network. In accordance with the collected network condition data, the apparatus changes an association of a transmit point from a second cell ID of a second hyper cell to a first cell ID of a first hyper cell. Virtual data channels, broadcast common control channel and virtual dedicated control channel, transmit point optimization, UE-centric channel sounding and measurement, and single frequency network synchronization are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jianglei Ma, Peiying Zhu, Wen Tong
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Patent number: 10806062Abstract: A self-cleaning gauge wheel assembly having a gauge wheel mounted for rotation on an agricultural planter and adjustable to set the depth of the planting. A pulley having a diameter at least 1/7th and less of the diameter of the gauge wheel is journaled about an axis spaced from and behind and elevated from the gauge wheel. An endless belt is provided around the gauge wheel and the pulley in tension so that movement of the planter, and associated rotation of the gauge wheel causes the pulley to accelerate any accumulated moist soil and expel it from the belt to provide a self-cleaning feature.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Robert A. Zemenchik
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Patent number: 10806063Abstract: A tillage point configured to produce a uniform subsurface soil profile. The tillage point includes a main body having a leading edge, a top surface and a bottom surface. Wing sections extend laterally from the main body.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: 360 Yield Center, LLCInventors: Anthony B. Carbaugh, Ryan Van Dusen
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Patent number: 10806064Abstract: An agricultural device associated with reduced tillage techniques in a field includes a frame and a separator supported by the frame. The separator is configured to form a strip of exposed soil in residual plant matter in the field. A crimping device associated with the separator is configured to at least partially crush stems of residual plant matter while maintaining the strip.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Inventors: Charles H. Martin, Dominic R. Martin
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Patent number: 10806065Abstract: A towed vehicle hitch tongue includes movably connected front and rear tongue members, and a fully exposed master cylinder connected at opposite ends thereof to the tongue members such that a rearward force urging the front tongue member toward the rear tongue member forces pressurized braking fluid out of a port thereof into a braking circuit configured to exert a braking force. The braking circuit prevents braking until the rearward force warrants braking, provides dampening of the brake action, allows the towed vehicle to reverse, and can provide emergency stopping and dampening of movement of the hitch tongue. Instead of using movable front and rear tongue members, sensors can detect what the towed vehicle is doing, and apply appropriate braking force in response.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Bourgault Industries Ltd.Inventors: Scott Gerbrandt, Scot Jagow
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Patent number: 10806066Abstract: A work vehicle multi-coupler assembly having a controlled breakaway feature include a pair of coupling elements that mate along a coupling axis. A shear pin is carried by one of the coupling elements. A coupler mechanism connected to the second coupling element and configured to engage the shear pin to bring the first coupling element into mating engagement with the second coupling element. The coupler mechanism is configured to shear the shear pin to permit movement of the first coupling element away from the second coupling element along the coupling axis during a breakaway event.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventor: Randall A. Maro
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Patent number: 10806067Abstract: A land roller is provided the can be transformed between a transport position and an operating position by at least one actuator. The land roller can have a center section with a center roller, a hitch member connected to the center section, a first wing section pivotally connected at a first end to the center section and having a first wing roller, a second wing section pivotally connected at a first end to the center section and having a second wing roller. The at least one actuator can rotate a first rotating member that pivots the first wing section and rotate a second rotating member that pivots the second wing section to transform the land roller from the transport position into the operating position. The at least one actuator is unconnected to the first rotating member and the second rotating member.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Degelman Industries LPInventors: Miles Evans, Kelly Lucas, Scott R. Degelman
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Patent number: 10806068Abstract: Disc drill agricultural implements are configured to form product rows in a planting surface of a field. The disc drill may include two different sections of row units, the first section containing single-shoot row units and the second section containing double-shoot row units. The configuration may be used to produce three sets of product rows which may be used placement of seeds, fertilizer and/or other agricultural products.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.Inventors: Martin J. Roberge, Joel John Octave Gervais, Guillaume Cloutier Boily
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Patent number: 10806069Abstract: A residue clearing apparatus for a seeding implement includes a plurality of ground driven residue wheel pairs, each movably and rotatably mounted to the seeding implement with right and left residue wheels on corresponding right and left sides of one of the shanks such that each residue wheel pair moves vertically independent of the shanks. Residue contact members connected to each residue wheel engage the ground surface adjacent to one of the shanks to rotate the residue wheel. Outer ends of the residue contact members pass forward of the shank above the furrow opener. A raising system operative to raise the residue wheel pairs to a wheel transport position.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: SeedMaster Manufacturing Ltd.Inventor: Norbert Beaujot
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Patent number: 10806070Abstract: A seeding machine includes a seed metering system and a seed delivery system in communication with the seed metering system. The seed delivery system includes a housing having a first opening for receiving seed from the seed metering system and a second opening through which seed is discharged. The seed delivery system also includes a conveyor forming a loop with a fixed length and positioned within the housing. The conveyor is disposed around a first drive pulley and a second idler pulley. The conveyor is deformable in order to retain seed at any point along the fixed length.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Elijah B. Garner, Daniel B. Thiemke, David J. Rylander, Nathan A. Mariman, Michael E. Friestad
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Patent number: 10806071Abstract: An agricultural implement includes a frame, a row unit coupled to the frame, and a hopper coupled to the frame independently of the row unit. The hopper is configured to store an agricultural product, and the hopper is not configured to receive the agricultural product from a supply container coupled to the agricultural implement. The agricultural implement also includes a meter configured to receive the agricultural product from the hopper via movement of the agricultural product under the influence of gravity from the hopper to the meter. The meter is configured to output substantially singulated particles of the agricultural product, the row unit includes a ground-engaging tool configured to open a trench within soil, and the row unit includes a product tube configured to receive the substantially singulated particles of the agricultural product from the meter and to direct the substantially singulated particles toward the trench.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.Inventor: Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk
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Patent number: 10806072Abstract: An on-the-go monitor and control means and method for an agriculture machines includes on-the-go soil sensors that can be used to control tillage and seeding depth. On seeder implements, the sensors provide information that affects uniform plant emergence.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Ag Leader Technology, Inc.Inventor: Roger R. Zielke
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Patent number: 10806073Abstract: A system for dispensing agricultural products includes an agricultural product container having a memory circuit associated therewith for storing data, the stored data including data unique to the container and the quantity of material dispensed including specific rates of application. An application rate meter device is operatively connected to the agricultural product container and is configured to dispense the agricultural product from the agricultural product container. Precision placement equipment includes a placement tube assembly operatively connected to the application rate meter device to place the agricultural products in the desired locations for efficient activity of the agricultural product. Each placement tube assembly is mounted between depth wheels of a depth control wheel assembly of a planter for placement of product in-furrow between the depth wheels.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: AMVAC CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Larry M. Conrad, Rex A. Rysdam, Nathaniel R. Claussen, Richard M. Porter
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Patent number: 10806074Abstract: The invention provides a system that provides simple and efficient automated evaluation of plant stands that opens up tremendous potential in terms of removal, fertilization, protection, and individual plant yield estimation. The system provides automated evaluation of size and placement of plants and may be incorporated into or mounted on a post-emergent vehicle such as a spray boom as a tool that greatly benefits farmers. A farmer could detect, measure, visualize, count, characterize, calculate, estimate, assess, track, and optimize the stand throughout the growing season and even through harvest. An augmented reality visualization of the plant stands can be compared to a prescription map to allow an operator of an implement to select changes in treatment of the field as the implement traverses the field.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Robert A. Zemenchik
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Patent number: 10806075Abstract: A robotic vehicle may include one or more functional components configured to execute a lawn care function, a sensor network comprising one or more sensors configured to detect conditions proximate to the robotic vehicle, an object detection module configured to 5 detect objects proximate to the robotic vehicle using contact-less detection, a positioning module configured to determine robotic vehicle position, and a mapping module configured to generate map data regarding a parcel on which the robotic vehicle operates.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: HUSQVARNA ABInventors: Stefan Grufman, Björn Mannefred, Patrik Jägenstedt, Magnus Öhrlund, Johan Deimert
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Patent number: 10806076Abstract: A high-efficiency blade for a lawn maintenance tool includes a central axis and a mounting portion located on the central axis. The high-efficiency blade includes a cutting blade and a cutting blade sharpened leading edge. A cleaning blade is vertically offset from the cutting blade and is configured to mulch the associated clippings from vegetation and reduce an associated accumulation of clippings on an underside of an associated mower deck. The lawn maintenance tool can also include a deck having a separation distance between the cleaning blade and an underside of the deck. The deck can include an elevation change to vary the separation distance. The deck and high-efficiency blade can also include a forward or rearward tilt.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: MTD PRODUCTS INCInventors: Axel Schaedler, Peter J. Buchanan
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Patent number: 10806077Abstract: An agricultural combine includes a self-propelled agricultural harvesting vehicle and a feederhouse extending forward from the vehicle. The combine further includes a rotor and concave arrangement for threshing and separating grain received in the feederhouse. A cleaning shoe is disposed below the rotor and concave arrangement. The combine moreover includes a grain tank for receiving and accumulating grain from the cleaning shoe and an unloading conveyor for conveying grain from the grain tank. An electrostatic grain cleaner is coupled to a distal end of the conveyor for electrostatically cleaning grain from the grain tank.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Kamalakannan Natarajan, Karthikeyan Narayanan, Anupam Mukhopadhyay
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Patent number: 10806078Abstract: A harvesting work vehicle includes a conditioning arrangement configured to condition a crop material. A method of operating the work vehicle includes receiving, by a processor of a control system from a memory element, a stored conditioning setting for a variable parameter of the conditioning arrangement. The method also includes processing, by the processor, a conditioning control signal based, at least in part, on the stored conditioning setting. Furthermore, the method includes changing, with an actuator, the variable parameter of the conditioning arrangement according to the conditioning control signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: David V. Rotole, Ethan C. Conrad, Mitchell R. Usasz, Kellen B. Hill
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Patent number: 10806079Abstract: A method of moving a component of a harvester that includes a topper for cutting top portions of crops, a conveyor for transporting the cut stalks of the crops, a primary hood, and a secondary hood, each of the primary and secondary hoods operable to direct the cut top portions of the crops away from the conveyor. The method includes selecting a cutting mode of operation from the following modes of operation: circular cutting mode and face cutting mode; selecting a crop position from the following crop positions: crop at right and crop at left; selecting at least one component from the following components: the conveyor, the primary hood, or the secondary hood; and in response to selecting at least one component, automatically moving the selected at least one component to one of a first operational position or a second operational position.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Rahul Gunda, Bryan E. Dugas, John A. Dighton, Peter A. Johnson
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Patent number: 10806080Abstract: A harvesting machine comprising a shaking mechanism operable to shake fruit or nuts from a tree or bush; a deflection plate for directing the fruit or nuts to an area away from the base of the tree or bush; and a device for moving fruit or nuts from the base of the tree or bush to the area away from the base of the tree or bush. The deflection plate may be positioned at an angle of between 0° to about 75° relative to the horizontal.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Inventors: Mike Flora, Brandon Eller, Seth Richmond
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Patent number: 10806081Abstract: Harvesting machines and agricultural harvesting heads for harvesting machines are disclosed herein. A harvesting machine includes a frame, an elongate reciprocating knife, a conveyor system, a drum conveyor, and a crop deflector. The elongate reciprocating knife is coupled to a forward edge of the frame and configured to cut crop material adjacent to the ground. The conveyor system is supported by the frame and configured to carry cut crop material toward a central portion of the frame and rearward therefrom. The drum conveyor is located directly behind at least a portion of the conveyor system, and the drum conveyor includes an elongate cylindrical drum supported for rotation on the frame about a drum axis and a plurality of elongate fingers that at least partially extend through an outer wall of the cylindrical drum.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Jody I. Eyestone, Justin C. Freehill
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Patent number: 10806082Abstract: A gripper for an implement for handling bales includes a body having at least one support arm, at least one tine coupled to the body, and a cutting device. The at least one tine protrudes in a direction beyond the cutting device in at least one region.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventor: Lionel Guiet
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Patent number: 10806083Abstract: A unit for conveying agricultural products including a device (3) for conveying agricultural products picked up by an apparatus (2) toward an inlet to a chamber (102) of an agricultural machine (100). The device (3) includes a main rotating shaft (4) facing the apparatus (2) and a plurality of teeth (5), and an auger (6). The auger (6) includes an auxiliary rotating shaft (7) facing the apparatus (2) and contiguous and substantially coaxial to the main shaft (4). A screw (8) is wound around the auxiliary shaft (7) to push the agricultural products toward the teeth (5). Each stem of a series of stems (9) is interposed between a first surface (8a) of the screw (8) and an inner end (7a) of the auxiliary shaft (7), for facilitated movement of the agricultural products propelled by the auger (6) toward the teeth (5).Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: KVERNELAND GROUP RAVENNA S.R.L.Inventor: Massimo Baldini
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Patent number: 10806084Abstract: An unloading system for a harvester is described as including a crop delivery apparatus, an unloading structure, a belt, and a deflector. The crop delivery apparatus has an outlet through which a flow of crop material is expelled. The unloading structure receives the flow of crop material from the outlet of the crop delivery apparatus and includes a conveyor tube portion extending along a longitudinal axis and defining a passage therethrough with an open intake end. The belt extends into from the intake end through the passage for transporting the flow of crop material through the conveyor tube portion. The deflector extends within the unloading structure from an upstream end to a downstream end such that at least a portion of the flow of crop material received from the crop delivery apparatus contacts the deflector and is directed towards at least a portion of the belt.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Eric E. Veikle
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Patent number: 10806085Abstract: An unloading system for a harvester is described as including a crop delivery apparatus, an unloading structure and a belt. The crop delivery apparatus defines an outlet and is configured and positioned to propel a flow of crop material through the outlet such that a least a portion of the crop material is deposited onto the belt. The unloading structure is configured to receive the crop material from the crop delivery apparatus and has a structure including a conveyor tube portion extending along a longitudinal axis, the conveyor tube portion defining a passage therethrough having an open intake end. The belt extends from the intake end through the passage for transporting the crop material through the conveyor tube portion. A projection of the longitudinal axis of the conveyor tube portion of the unloading structure passes through an internal cross-sectional area defined by the outlet of the crop delivery apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Eric E. Veikle
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Patent number: 10806086Abstract: A cleaning system for an agricultural harvester includes a first and second cleaning systems. A plurality of fans of a substantially similar diameter are fluidically coupled to the first and second cleaning systems. A controller generates and sends control signals to the fans to control the speeds of the fans.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Jacob G. Schoeny, Matthew T. Wold
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Patent number: 10806087Abstract: A fan support arm with a base section configured to be coupled to a sidewall, a mount section configured to be coupled to a motor, and an arm section extending between the base section and the mount section. Wherein, the arm section has a profile that minimizes aerodynamic drag.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventor: Paul I. Craig
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Patent number: 10806088Abstract: An agricultural baler system having a direction of travel and adapted to compile a windrow of crop into a bale, the agricultural baler system having a baler assembly coupled to the work machine and configured to consolidate crop from the underlying windrow into the bale, the baler assembly implementing a wrapping process to maintain the form of the bale and an eject process for ejecting the bale, and a windrow diverter selectively positionable between a divert position and a bypass position. Wherein, when the windrow diverter is in the divert position, the underlying windrow is repositioned as the baler assembly moves in the direction of travel.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Timothy Kraus, Dennis Johnston
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Patent number: 10806089Abstract: An agricultural baler system has a plunger, a bale chamber, a pre-compression chamber and a stuffer unit, for moving crop from the pre-compression chamber to the bale chamber. The stuffer unit includes a stuffer fork trigger mechanism, an actuator and a controller. The actuator is coupled to the stuffer fork trigger mechanism. The controller is in controlling connection with the actuator. The actuator is configured to arm the stuffer fork trigger mechanism by moving the actuator between a first position and a second position. The actuator is further configured to be held in the first position and/or the second position with substantially no energy use.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Inventors: Patrick Blomme, Didier Verhaeghe, Tom Coen
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Patent number: 10806090Abstract: A system is configured to prepare and band a crop package. The system includes an agricultural baler configured to move relative to a surface. The agricultural baler includes a formation chamber configured to form the crop package into a substantially cylindrical shape. The agricultural baler also includes a banding mechanism configured to band the crop package within the formation chamber in the cylindrical shape with a first banding element. The system also includes a mobile reconfiguration and bander assembly configured to move relative to the surface. The reconfiguration and bander assembly is configured to form the cylindrical shaped crop package into a substantially different shape and to band the crop package in the different shape with a second banding element.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventor: Timothy J. Kraus
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Patent number: 10806091Abstract: A weighing device for detecting the weight force of a pressed bale on a roll includes a bearing device of the roll. At least one weighing means is integrally disposed in the bearing device.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: David M. Beaufort, Maxime Blanchet
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Patent number: 10806092Abstract: A baling system including a working component, where the working component has at least one of a pickup assembly, a rotor assembly, or a lifter assembly, a frame supporting the working component, a first drive system configured to drive the working component, a second drive system configured to drive the working component, and a remote controller configured to selectively control the operation of the second drive system when the first drive system is operatively disengaged from the working component.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Eric M. Thies, Gerald Shook, Tyler J. Brown
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Patent number: 10806093Abstract: A land preparation machine includes a land preparation apparatus connected to a lift assembly of a vehicle. The land preparation apparatus has a rotatable drum and a plurality of tools assemblies disposed thereon. A tool assembly of the plurality of tool assemblies includes a tool holder and a tool attached thereto. The tool includes a tool body having a cutting surface disposed on a side of the tool body, an apex disposed on a different side of the tool body opposite the cutting surface, and tool mounting surfaces disposed on the side of the tool body opposite the cutting surface. One tool mounting surface extends outwardly from the apex at an angle toward the cutting surface. Another tool mounting surface extends outwardly from the apex, opposite the other tool mounting surface, at an angle toward the cutting surface. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Fecon, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Stanley, Robert Hentz
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Patent number: 10806094Abstract: A land preparation tool includes a tool body having a cutting surface, mounting surfaces disposed on the tool body opposite the cutting surface, and opposing side surfaces each extending between the cutting surface and a different one of the mounting surfaces. One mounting surface angles inwardly from a distal edge of a side surface toward the tool body. Another mounting surface angles inwardly from a distal edge of the other side surface toward the tool body. An opening is disposed on the tool body opposite the cutting surface and between the mounting surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Fecon, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Stanley, Robert Hentz
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Patent number: 10806095Abstract: A horticultural lighting apparatus for illuminating a plant comprises a lighting module with multiple lighting elements. The lighting module is restricted to operating in a plurality of discrete modes which emit light with different discrete spectral compositions, by emitting light from the lighting elements in different predetermined combinations. These modes comprise a growth mode configured with a spectrum that promotes growth of the plant, and at least one steering mode configured with a spectrum that steers another biological process of the plant, wherein at least one of the lighting elements is arranged to emit in both the growth and steering modes. The apparatus further comprises a controller arranged to switch the lighting module between the plurality of discrete modes.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2015Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Gabriel-Eugen Onac, Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn, Esther Maria Van Echtelt, Céline Catherine Sarah Nicole
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Patent number: 10806096Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for stimulating the resistance of plants to biotic stress by radiation exposure of at least one spot of a plant characterized in that the radiation exposure is performed by UV-C rays alone or UV-B rays alone or a combination thereof with an exposure duration being less or equal to one second and the radiation exposure being repeated at least once with an interval of time between one hour and one month. The invention will find an application for stimulating natural defenses of plants to biotic stress as pests, bacteria, fungus or virus. The invention could be used directly on plants growing in fields for agriculture and the food industry.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignees: UNIVERSITE D'AVIGNON ET DES PAYS DU VAUCLUSE, UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFInventors: Laurent Urban, Jawad Aarrouf, Dounyazade Chabane Sari, Bernard Orsal
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Patent number: 10806097Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of improving drought stress tolerance in plants by applying an effective amount of a mixture of abscisic acid and malic acid to the plant. The present invention is further directed to methods of growth in plants by applying an effective amount of a mixture of abscisic acid and malic acid to the plant.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: VALENT BIOSCIENCES LLCInventors: Srirama Krishna Reddy, Kimberly A. Falco, Franklin Paul Silverman, Marci A. Surpin, Dale O. Wilson, Derek D. Woolard
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Patent number: 10806098Abstract: Cannabis growth systems can have one or more sensors that sense various environmental elements in the ambient environment in which cannabis plants are growing. The sensors are electrically connected to a central controller that receives the sensed data relating to the environmental elements and can take various actions in response to the sensed data like adjusting one or more of the environmental control systems that control different environmental elements in the ambient environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: CLOSED S, LLCInventor: Daniel Gustafik
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Patent number: 10806099Abstract: Vertical growing uses a plurality of shelves to support plants. The system has an air filtration and ultraviolet (UV) air purification system. The purified and filtered air is mixed with nitrogen, which is directed towards plants. The system can include lights to help grow the plants placed on the shelves. The filters can remove odors from the circulating air.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Vertical Air Solutions LLCInventors: Matthew Lawrence Bogner, James Allen Cunningham
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Patent number: 10806100Abstract: An energy efficient system for a grow cabinet that maintains optimum growing conditions by reducing the heat contribution of the lighting and distributing air throughout the cabinet to maintain a set temperature uniformly. The system, using a LED lighting module with a reflective light guide plate, provides cool light uniformly to a plurality of plants in the grow cabinet, thereby reducing the amount of cooling required inside to maintain temperature. The lighting module is separate from the growing area, minimizing heat transfer to a grow chamber within the grow cabinet. The system advantageously dissipates heat through a plurality of metal components and beneficial air flow throughout the lighting module and growing chamber. The grow cabinet in the system provides precision control of the light and temperature while having a small footprint and low vertical clearance.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Mendel Systems, Inc.Inventor: Martin Trtilek
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Patent number: 10806101Abstract: Disclosed is a method to prepare a myceliated high-protein food product, which includes culturing a fungi an aqueous media which has a high level of plant protein, for example at least 20 g protein per 100 g dry weight with excipients, on a dry weight basis. The plant protein can include pea, rice and/or chickpea. The fungi can include comprises Lentinula spp., Agaricus spp., Pleurotus spp., Boletus spp., or Laetiporus spp. After culturing, the material is harvested by obtaining the myceliated high-protein food product via drying or concentrating. The resultant myceliated high-protein food product may have its taste, flavor, or aroma modulated, such as by increasing desirable flavors or tastes such as meaty, savory, umami, popcorn and/or by decreasing undesirable flavors such as bitterness, astringency or beaniness. Deflavoring and/or deodorizing as compared to non-myceliated control materials can also be observed. Also disclosed are myceliated high-protein food products.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: MycoTechnology, Inc.Inventors: Bhupendra Kumar Soni, Brooks John Kelly, James Patrick Langan, Huntington Davis, Alan D. Hahn