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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Inventors:
John H. Posselius, Ephrata, PA (US);
Kevin M. Smith, Narvon, PA (US);
Douglas S. Fitzkee, Ephrata, PA (US);
Robrecht M. K. Dumarey, Gistel, BE;
Bart M. A. Missotten, Herent, BE;
Didier O. M. Verhaeghe, Ypres, BE;
Assignee:
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 15/07 (2006.01); A01F 15/08 (2006.01); G01G 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 15/08 (2013.01); A01F 15/07 (2013.01); A01F 15/0833 (2013.01); G01G 17/00 (2013.01); A01F 2015/0808 (2013.01); A01F 2015/0891 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments relate to weighing a bale formed by a round baler. One or more load cells, but not including load cells at each support of the baler, are used to obtain a measurement of the baler containing the bale and a measurement of the baler empty. Factors related to the slope of the surface on which the baler is located, the size of the bale, and the shape of the bale are used to adjust the measured weight of the bale.