Curtis F Hillen

8282453, Oct 9, 2012

May 12, 2011

13/106493

Curtis Frederick Hillen - Lititz PA, US
Todd A. Cannegieter - Leola PA, US

CNH America LLC - New Holland PA

A01F 12/52

460 13, 340684

A method and system for use with the combine to modify tailings conveyed to a cleaning system grain bed. Methods and systems are provided that utilize one or more sensors to detect uneven distribution of crop material in the grain bed, which provides information for a controller to determine whether adjustments to a tailings distribution system is needed to encourage even distribution of crop material in the grain bed. Elements in the tailings distribution system can be adjusted to alter direction of tailings conveyed to the grain bed to encourage even distribution of crop material on the grain bed. The system may also inform an operator of suggested manual adjustments to mitigate the non-uniformity.

20100113113, May 6, 2010

Oct 29, 2009

12/608263

Jonathan E. RICKETTS - Ephrata PA, US
Curtis F. HILLEN - Leola PA, US
Denver R. YODER - Manheim PA, US

A01F 12/32

460101

A sieve for a grain cleaning system of an agricultural combine, including a system providing enhanced adjustability of spacing, including capacities for quickly and easily varying a number of rows of sieve fingers, spacing between the rows, and angular orientation of the fingers, such that better sieve performance, and cleaning action above the sieve, can be achieved for a particular grain or seed size and other conditions, particularly very large sizes and very small sizes.

20130116018, May 9, 2013

Nov 9, 2011

13/292591

Jonathan E. RICKETTS - Ephrata PA, US
Curtis F. Hillen - Lititz PA, US
Herbert M. Farley - Elizabethtown PA, US

A01F 12/44

460 9

An apparatus and method for distributing crop material onto a cleaning sieve of an agricultural combine. The method includes providing at least one sensor configured and operable for sensing information representative of at least one of a quantity of grain associated with the crop material distributor and an inclination angle associated with the crop material distributor, and outputting signals representative thereof. The method includes providing a crop material distributor disposed between a threshing system of the combine and the sieve, for distributing crop material from the threshing system generally evenly onto the sieve. The method includes providing an apparatus operably associated with the distributor for controllably distributing crop material onto the sieve. The method includes controlling a position of the apparatus as a function of signals from the at least one sensor.

20130165191, Jun 27, 2013

Dec 21, 2011

13/333352

Herb M. FARLEY - Elizabethtown PA, US
Curtis F. Hillen - Lititz PA, US

CNH AMERICA LLC - New Holland PA

A01F 12/44
A01D 41/12
A01D 41/127

460 1, 460 80

A cleaning system for use in a combine harvester including an auger bed mounted within a frame such that when the combine harvester is laterally inclined from the horizontal, the cleaning system, including the auger bed and a sieve, may be leveled or substantially leveled to a generally horizontal position. In some embodiments, the auger bed comprises a plurality of augers located side by side with their axes positioned generally longitudinally in the combine harvester.

20130172057, Jul 4, 2013

Jan 3, 2012

13/342597

Herbert M. FARLEY - Elizabethtown PA, US
Curtis F. HILLEN - Lititz PA, US

A01F 12/44

460 5

An apparatus and method for distributing crop material onto a cleaning sieve of an agricultural combine. The method includes providing a sensor in connection with a controller, the sensor senses information representative of grain associated with a crop material distributor and an inclination angle associated with the crop material distributor, and outputs signals representative of grain associated with a crop material distributor and an inclination angle associated with the crop material distributor to the controller. The method provides the crop material distributor for distributing crop material from a threshing system onto a sieve. The controller determines information representative of grain associated with a crop material distributor and an inclination angle associated with at least one of the crop material distributor and the combine. The method includes outputting signals for operable control of operating parameters associated with the crop material distributor and the sieve.

20210127583, May 6, 2021

Nov 4, 2019

16/672784

- New Holland PA, US
Michael Minnich - Elizabethtown PA, US
Curtis Hillen - Lititz PA, US
Cale Boriack - Lititz PA, US

CNH Industrial America LLC - New Holland PA

A01F 7/06
A01F 12/22

A threshing system for a combine harvester includes a support bracket that is configured to be attached to a threshing rotor cylinder of the threshing system and a rasp bar that is configured to be mounted to the support bracket. A channel is formed in one of the rasp bar and the support bracket for receiving a surface of the other of the rasp bar and the support bracket, wherein engagement between the channel and the surface limits movement of the rasp bar on the support bracket.

20210007285, Jan 14, 2021

Sep 29, 2020

17/036321

- New Holland PA, US
Curtis F. Hillen - Lititz PA, US
Todd Cannegieter - Boiling Springs PA, US
Kevin N. Scotese - New Holland PA, US

A01F 12/44

A sieve assembly for use within an agricultural harvester may generally include a sieve, a crop material sheet, and at least one support element. The sieve extends along a length defined between a first sieve end and a second sieve end and processes a flow of harvested crop material. The sieve also defines a plurality of openings through which cleaned crop material of the flow of crop material is directed. The crop material sheet extends along a length defined between a first sheet end and a second sheet end and receives the cleaned crop material directed through the sieve's openings. The crop material sheet then directs the flow of cleaned crop material towards a separate component of the crop processing system. In addition, the support element(s) is directly coupled between the sieve and the crop material sheet and structurally connects the sieve to the crop material sheet.

20200390033, Dec 17, 2020

Jun 12, 2019

16/439004

- New Holland PA, US
Curtis Frederick Hillen - Lititz PA, US
Joshua Mark Beichner - Shippenville PA, US
Zachary Harmon - Robesonia PA, US

CNH Industrial America LLC - New Holland PA

A01D 41/127
A01F 12/44
G01L 5/00

A cleaning and tailings system of an agricultural harvester including an upper sieve and a lower sieve spaced from the upper sieve. A clean grain sheet is disposed below the lower sieve, and a tailings sheet is disposed below the clean grain sheet for receiving grain from the lower sieve and upper sieve. A tailings auger is disposed about a forward end of the tailings sheet, and a sensor is disposed about an inlet of the tailings auger for sensing impact of grain received by the tailings sheet. A controller is in communication with the sensor, wherein the controller is configured to determine an amount of grain received by the tailings sheet.