| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 056100600 | With plural sources of power | 35 |
| 20080216458 | Hybrid electric device - A device includes a housing configured with a working element. The device further includes a motor configured for urging motion of the working element. The device further includes a power control module. The power control module is configurable for being in electrical connection with at least one of the motor, a first power source configuration and a second power source configuration. The first power source configuration is configurable for being electrically connected to a battery assembly having a DC power output. The second power source configuration is configurable for being electrically connected to a power inverter, the power inverter configured for receiving an AC power and further configured for outputting a DC power to the second power source configuration. The motor receives power via the power control module from the first power source configuration and/or the second power source configuration. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090188227 | Regulated Output Voltage Generator-Set Applied To Mobile Equipment in the Turf Industry - A turf maintenance vehicle includes an internal combustion engine and an energy converting device that converts mechanical energy from the engine to electric energy. The vehicle also includes at least one subsystem powered by the electric energy from the energy converting device. The vehicle further includes a demand sensor that detects electrical demand from the subsystem. Also, the vehicle includes a controller that changes a speed range of the engine based on the electrical demand, which changes the operating voltage range output from the energy converting device. A method of operation of the vehicle is also disclosed. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090288381 | Hybrid Electric Tool Carrier - A hybrid utility vehicle includes a tool-supporting frame and an electrical power source driven by an engine. Right and left rear wheels independently driven by permanent magnet electric motors and front wheels electrically steerable over a range of approximately 180 degrees operate under the control of a vehicle controller responsive to steering and speed input controls to provide zero turn radius operation with minimum slippage and tire scuffing. Space efficiency provided by the electric. steering and an electrically driven tool deck facilitate a variety of tool mounting configurations including a rear discharge deck with a chute passing under the vehicle frame between the driven wheels. An inverter connected to the electrical power source provides 110/220 volt output. The power source also functions as a high powered, high rpm, low noise starter motor. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100071330 | FEEDER HOUSE TWIST DAMPENING SYSTEM - An agricultural harvester includes a feeder house drivably coupled to a power source. The feeder house has a housing frame. A faceplate is pivotally coupled to the housing frame to facilitate a pivoting of the faceplate relative to the housing frame. A hydraulic cylinder has a first end connected to the housing frame and a second end coupled to the faceplate to facilitate movement of the faceplate relative to the housing frame. The hydraulic cylinder has a plurality of hydraulic ports for facilitating movement of the operating piston of the hydraulic cylinder, with at least a first hydraulic port of the plurality of hydraulic ports being connected in fluid communication with a hydraulic power system. A first accumulator containing a compressible gas charge is connected in fluid communication with the first hydraulic port of the hydraulic cylinder. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20110308215 | Robotic tree trimmer - A robotic tree trimmer has a hydraulic system adapted to be mounted to a tractor and comprising an extendible vertical mast. A first hydraulic motor attached to the vertical mast and adapted to linearly extend and rotate the vertical mast 180 degrees around a first vertical axis. An extendible horizontal boom attached to a distal top end of the vertical mast and having an extension member on an end opposite the distal top end of the vertical mast; a second hydraulic motor attached to the extension member and used to rotate a trimming apparatus 360 degrees around a second vertical axis variably spaced from the first vertical axis by the extendible horizontal boom. The trimming apparatus including a trimming member and a hydraulic piston that is attached between the trimming member and the extension member at a position that is spaced from the connection between the second hydraulic motor and the trimming member to thereby provide the ability to pivot and adjust the angle of the trimming member with respect to the horizontal boom, such that the trimming member can be moved in a variety of positions, angles, heights in order to trim trees of varying positions and sizes in a variety of desired shapes. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120174550 | AUXILIARY DRIVE MOTOR FOR HAY CONDITIONER ON A WINDROWER HEADER - Disclosed is a crop harvesting header configured for attachment to a mobile frame of a harvesting machine. The header has a cutter mechanism to cut crop material and a pair of laterally extending crop conditioner rolls to condition crop material cut by the cutter mechanism. The header includes a header power system having first and second main hydraulic motors and a belt and sheave drive configured to transmit power from the main hydraulic motors to the pair of conditioner rolls. The header also includes an auxiliary drive motor directly connected one of the conditioner rolls of the pair of conditioner rolls. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20140013722 | HYBRID LAWN MOWER DRIVE SYSTEM - A lawn mower includes an engine, an energy storage device, a motor/generator including an output shaft, an engine coupling, wherein, with the engine coupling disengaged, the motor/generator drives the output shaft, and with the engine coupling engaged, the engine or both the motor/generator and the engine drive the output shaft, a mower blade, a power take-off clutch, and a control unit configured to implement a first operating condition in which the engine coupling is disengaged, the engine is off, and the output shaft is driven by the motor/generator, and configured to implement a second operating condition in which the engine coupling is engaged, the engine is on, the output shaft is driven by the engine or both the motor/generator and the engine. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140096497 | HARVESTING HEAD WITH CONVEYOR DRIVE SYSTEM - A harvesting head ( | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140165522 | CONVEYORS MODULE FOR SUGAR-CANE HARVEST AND HARVESTING PROCESS - The present invention relates to a harvesting conveyors module, particularly appropriate for sugar cane harvesting, comprising a lifting mechanism ( | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140260149 | Rotary Cutter Implement for Power Machine - A rotary cutter implement includes a carrier interface, a frame, and a mower deck including a ball joint interconnecting the mower deck with the frame. The ball joint enables freedom of movement of the mower deck with respect to the frame. A hydraulic motor is mounted on an upper surface of the mower deck and includes an output shaft extending through the mower deck. The hydraulic motor is adapted to operate under the influence of hydraulic fluid provided by the power machine. A rotary cutting blade is operably coupled to the output shaft and rotatable under the mower deck in response to operation of the hydraulic motor. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140260150 | SYNCHRONIZED SHAKER HEAD - A trunk shaker harvester includes a shaker assembly with four synchronized shaker drives. The shaker drives are mounted on a frame of trunk engagement members. The shaker drives include offset weights that are synchronized so that all are directed to the left or right side at the same time. However, the front and rear motors on each side of the drive rotate in the opposite direction so that the weights face toward or away from one another at the same time and cancel out longitudinal forces. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150289437 | SELF-PROPELLED HARVESTING MACHINE - A self-propelled harvesting machine includes a front harvesting attachment, a ground drive with first and second drive shafts offset relative to the front harvesting attachment, first and second track roller units to which first and second drive shafts are drivably connected and which extend on both sides of the harvesting machine and a rear axle having rear wheels that are steered via a steering mechanism provided in a rear region of the harvesting machine. The first and second drive shafts are driven by separate first and second hydraulic motors of a hydrostatic transmission. A displacement volume of each of the first and second hydraulic motors is changed depending on a steering movement transferred from the steering mechanism to the rear wheels, realizing an additional moment about a vertical axis of the harvesting machine simultaneously with the steering of the rear wheels. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20160165797 | ROTARY BRUSH HARVESTERS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | 06-16-2016 |
| 056100700 | For disparate functions | 22 |
| 20090139195 | Arrangement For The Adjustment Of The Position Of A Take Up Drum And A Hold-Down Of An Agricultural Harvesting Machine - An arrangement is provided for the adjustment of the position of a take-up drum and a hold-down of an agricultural harvesting machine. A first actuator is arranged for the movement of the take-up drum relative to the harvesting machine between an operating position and a non-operating position, a second actuator arranged for the adjustment in height of the hold-down relative to the take-up drum and a control arrangement connected with the actuators. The control arrangement is designed to control the second actuator in the sense of a downward movement of the hold-down when it controls the first actuator to bring the take-up drum into the non-operating position. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090308036 | AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER WITH DUAL ENGINES AND ELECTRICAL POWER COUPLING - An agricultural harvester includes a first power unit having a first rated output. The first power unit is couplable with a first primary load, including a threshing system load. A second power unit has a second rated output. The second power unit is couplable with a second primary load, including a propulsion load. A first motor/generator is mechanically coupled with the first power unit, and a second motor/generator is mechanically coupled with the second power unit. The second motor/generator is configured to electrically drive at least one external load. The second motor/generator and the first motor/generator are electrically coupled together. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100175355 | Vine stripping apparatus and method - An apparatus for removing plant material from a vine. The apparatus generally comprises a support frame, a pair of counter-rotating wheels, and a vine stripping component. In an embodiment, the vine stripping component includes interchangeable threaded stripping dies. In an additional embodiment, the apparatus is incorporated in a mobile harvesting unit. The invention further includes a method for removing plant material from vines. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100186361 | Electrically Powered Flail Mower - A flail mower assembly includes a deck having a shaft rotatably connected to the deck. A flail drum is connected to the shaft and is co-rotatable with the shaft. A plurality of flail blade assemblies is independently rotatably connected to the flail drum to provide two degrees of freedom-of-rotation of each of the plurality of flail blade assemblies independent of a direction of drum rotation. First and/or second electric motors are connected to the deck and rotatably connected to the shaft. The shaft is rotated by an energized one of the first or second electric motors or both energized simultaneously. A load connected to the first and second electric motors when the first and second electric motors are de-energized reduces a rotational velocity of the flail drum. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100199621 | SYSTEM FOR STEERING A TRACTION DRUM DRIVEN MOBILE OBJECT - A turf device driven by a traction drum. The traction unit is connected to the tool by an articulable joint which allows the traction unit to rotate horizontally (yaw) and vertically (pitch), as well as roll side-to-side in relation to the tool. The articulation allows the tool and the traction unit to follow undulations in the terrain separately and allows the mobile object to turn by yawing the traction member in relation to the tool. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100199622 | HYBRID ELECTRIC TOOL CARRIER - A hybrid utility vehicle includes a tool-supporting frame and an electrical power source driven by an engine. Right and left rear wheels independently driven by permanent magnet electric motors and front wheels electrically steerable over a range of approximately 180 degrees operate under the control of a vehicle controller responsive to steering and speed input controls to provide zero turn radius operation with minimum slippage and tire scuffing. Space efficiency provided by the electric steering and an electrically driven tool deck facilitate a variety of tool mounting configurations including a rear discharge deck with a chute passing under the vehicle frame between the driven wheels. An inverter connected to the electrical power source provides 110/220 volt output. The power source also functions as a high powered, high rpm, low noise starter motor. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20130160414 | Rotary Cutter-Style Crop Conditioning Header Having End-Mounted Rotary Shear - A rotary conditioning header has upright end panels that project forwardly from opposite ends of the rotary cutter bar. A top panel structure spans the end panels across their upper ends to define a crop receiving space between the end panels and beneath the top panel structure that is open at the front to define a mouth into the header. An upright rotary shear on at least one of the ends panels is located within the crop receiving space at the edge of the mouth but is exposed at the front such that its forwardmost cutting extremity is generally aligned with but underneath a transverse lean bar across the front edge of the top panel structure. The rotary shear severs and separates tangled crop stalks in the vicinity of the end panel to enable the stalks to be properly acted upon by the lean bar and received into the mouth. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130283746 | CROP MACHINE WITH OPERATION OF TWO HYDRAULIC MACHINE ELEMENTS BASED ON MOVEMENT OF ONE MACHINE PART RELATIVE TO ANOTHER - A pull-type crop engaging machine such as a rotary mower comprises a frame mounted on transversely spaced field ground wheels for movement with a hitch arm extending to a tractor and a transport assembly attached behind the frame for moving downwardly to a transport position so that in the transport position the hitch arm extends from one end of the frame generally in the transverse direction for towing the machine in the transverse direction. The transport includes a transport ground wheel which acts to raise the frame to pass underneath the crop engaging system to support the machine on the wheel, on a second wheel behind the frame and on the hitch. The movement of the hitch and the wheel is connected and started at a position of the hitch so that the machine remains balanced. A shield behind the frame includes a portion which moves with the transport wheel. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140026528 | Resilient mounting joint for a sickle bar - The mounting joint has a first and second axes extending at right angle from each other. A shaft and bearing assembly extends along the first axis. The shaft has a crank arm on its end for controllably rotating the shaft axially about the first axis. The mounting joint also has a resilient wrist pin assembly mounted along the second axis. The resilient wrist pin assembly has axial resilience about the second axis. The first axis extends horizontally. The second axis always lies in a vertical plane. The shaft and bearing assembly has a first connection for connection to a supporting beam and a second connection connected to the resilient wrist pin assembly. The resilient wrist pin assembly has a third connection connected to the sickle bar, such that the sickle bar is controllably rotatable about the first axis and resiliently rotatable about the second axis. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140059991 | Side Mower Attachment - The invention provides a hitch-mounted side mower attachment including an integral hydraulic system and adjustable angle mower deck for a tractor to facilitate mowing angled ground terrain, such as the side of hills, ditches, and/or other declining and/or inclining embankments not easily reached by conventional mowers. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140102065 | ELECTRIC WORK MACHINE - A battery car | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140137527 | Mobile Electric Work Machine - Provided is a mobile electric work machine that can avoid overload operation of working parts. The mobile electric work machine is an electric lawn mowing work machine that carries out work by working parts driven by electric power supplied by blade inverters while being run by a running part. The blade rotational velocity of a blade or the rotational velocity of a blade is controlled such that the work load on the working parts is constant on the basis of blade inverter current values from blade inverters. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140137528 | Riding Lawn Mower Including Distributed Battery System - A riding lawn mower may include a first frame portion, a second frame portion, an articulated joint and a battery system. The articulated joint may couple the first frame portion to the second frame portion. The battery system may include a first battery and a second battery. The first and second batteries may be electrically connected in series and collectively coupled to a load. The first battery may be mounted to the first frame portion and the second battery may be mounted to the second frame portion. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140144117 | Riding Lawn Mower Including Battery Powered Cutting System - A drive system of a battery powered riding lawn mower is provided. The drive system may include a battery system mountable to a frame, an electric drive motor and a cutting deck. The electric drive motor may be powered by the battery system and coupled with an axle and a wheel such that when the electric drive motor is powered, the electric drive motor is configured to provide rotation force to the wheel. The cutting deck maybe attached to the frame and powered by the battery system. The cutting deck may include at least one electric blade motor separate from the electric drive motor and configured to rotate at least one cutting blade rotatably mounted in the cutting deck. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140165523 | Battery Powered Lawn Care Vehicle with Drive Efficiency Indicator - A riding lawn care vehicle may include a battery power source, an electric drive motor, at least one blade drive motor, a current sensor, and a controller. The electric drive motor may be powered by the battery power source. The electric drive motor may be operably coupled to wheels of the riding lawn care vehicle to provide drive power for the riding lawn care vehicle. The at least one blade drive motor may be powered by the battery power source. The at least one blade drive motor may be operably coupled to at least one cutting blade of the riding lawn care vehicle. The current sensor may be disposed to monitor total current drawn from the battery power source. The controller may receive total current data from the current sensor and provide feedback to an operator of the riding lawn care vehicle based on the total current data. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140165524 | Riding Lawn Mower Including Battery Powered Drive System - A drive system of a battery powered riding lawn mower is provided. The drive system may include a battery system mountable to a frame, an axle, a drive motor and a differential. The axle may have a wheel on connected to each end of the axle. The drive motor may be mounted to the axle and may be electrically connected to the battery system so that the drive motor is powered by the battery system. The differential may be operatively mounted to the axle and coupled with the drive motor so that when the drive motor is powered, rotational forces are distributed to the axle, thereby rotating each wheel. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140215986 | Induction Reel Motor - An induction motor system for a reel assembly of a turf maintenance vehicle includes a frame and a turf maintenance implement assembly defining a reel assembly movably connected to the frame. The reel assembly includes multiple reel blades defining a reel blade assembly. The reel blade assembly is rotatably connected to a structure of the reel assembly. Multiple induction coils are connected to the structure of the reel assembly and energized to create a magnetic field through the reel blades of the reel blade assembly thereby inducing rotation of the reel blade assembly. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20150052866 | HARVESTING MACHINE COMPRISING AN IMPROVED LUBRICATION DEVICE - The present invention relates to an agricultural machine comprising a cutting mechanism and first and second conditioning elements driven by a transmission comprising a primary box including a first output connected to the cutting mechanism, a second output connected to the first conditioning element and a third output, connected with one another by primary transmission means, the transmission comprising a secondary box including an input connected to the third output and an output connected to the second conditioning element, connected with one another by secondary transmission means, the transmission comprising a lubrication device for the primary box with a pump and a primary distribution system for a lubricant towards the primary transmission means. According to the invention, the lubrication device comprises a secondary distribution system distributing the lubricant from the pump towards the secondary transmission means, and a return system for the lubricant from the secondary box towards the pump. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20160014956 | ELECTRIC WORK VEHICLE - An electric work vehicle | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160050850 | Agricultural Baler with Auxiliary Motor - An agricultural baler has a shaft, a flywheel connected to the shaft, and a disc brake system including a brake disc with a toothed rim for engaging with an auxiliary motor. The brake disc may be directly mounted on the flywheel. The baler may have a brake controller for controlling the disc brake system, and a motor controller for controlling the auxiliary motor, or an integrated baler controller for controlling both. The auxiliary motor may be arranged for rotating the flywheel forward or backwards. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160192589 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING CROP GRAIN AND CROP RESIDUE IN A SINGLE PASS | 07-07-2016 |
| 20190141889 | STAND-ON LAWN CARE VEHICLE | 05-16-2019 |
