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Dirk Weichholdt — 35 Patents

JDJohn Deere: 35 patents #42 of 5,518Top 1%
Thann, FR: #2 of 38 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #96,288 of 4,157,543Top 3%
35 Patents All Time
Dirk Weichholdt has been granted 35 US patents while listed as an inventor at John Deere. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in July 2022. Dirk Weichholdt ranks #96,288 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.3%). Patent records list Dirk Weichholdt in Thann, FR.

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Showing 1–25 of 35 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11375665 Harvest header with adjustable transverse conveyor screw Christina Fries, Friedrich Lauer, Eric Loutz, Oliver Klein, Lutz Bischoff 2022-07-05 $46,253,000
11109535 Combine harvester including a feeder house with a lower deflection roller Christina Fries, Friedrich Lauer, Eric Loutz, Lutz Bischoff, Oliver Klein 2021-09-07 $106,149,000
11044847 Cutter head with automatic setting of the reel finger orientation Christina Fries, Friedrich Lauer, Eric Loutz, Lutz Bischoff, Oliver Klein 2021-06-29 $136,188,000
10874050 Chopping blade for a straw chopper Oliver Klein, Martin Bueermann 2020-12-29 $181,634,000
10757859 System for optimizing platform settings based on crop state classification Cristian Dima, Dohn W. Pfeiffer, Martin Bueermann 2020-09-01 $51,671,000
10356976 Drive arrangement for driving a cutter bar of a cutting mechanism Martin Bueermann, Eric Pellegrini, Saravanan Tamilarasan, Steve Guthoerl, Ferdinand Zumbach 2019-07-23 $71,105,000
10201128 Straw chopper for a combine harvester having counter-blades and a straw dam 2019-02-12 $141,875,000
9872439 Combine having cleaning venting by a suction blower driven by the straw chopper shaft Norbert Pohlmann, Eric Loutz, Rico Priesnitz, Benjamin Peschel, Christina Fries +4 more 2018-01-23 $97,945,000
8973345 Drive assembly for an agricultural harvesting platform Alex Brimeyer, Luis L Losa, Friedrich Meyer-Hamme 2015-03-10 $20,178,000
8864561 Harvested crop residue chopper and distribution arrangement for a combine with an impeller blower whose shape conforms to the contour of the straw chopper Rico Priesnitz, Friedrich Lauer, Oliver Klein, Chad A. Dow, Joel D. Ferris 2014-10-21 $24,966,000
8167691 Crop residue chopping and distributing arrangement for a combine harvester Norbert Pohlmann, Friedrich Lauer, Rico Priesnitz, Oliver Klein 2012-05-01 $16,008,000
8146336 Harvested crop residue chopping and distribution arrangement for a combine with an impeller blower Rico Priesnitz, Friedrich Lauer, Oliver Klein, Chad A. Dow, Joel D. Ferris 2012-04-03 $12,154,000
8128467 Crop residue chopping and spreading arrangement for a combine harvester Oliver Klein 2012-03-06 $16,791,000
8128466 Harvested material residue chopping and distributing arrangement for a combine Oliver Klein, Dohn W. Pfeiffer, Norbert Pohlmann, Friedrich Lauer, Rico Priesnitz 2012-03-06 $16,791,000
8118651 Crop residue chopping and distributing arrangement for a combine Oliver Klein, Mark L. Pearson 2012-02-21 $148,453,000
8079900 Harvester with an additional drum conveyor for straw removal and a single flap for changing between swath deposit and chopping operation Oliver Klein, Rico Priesnitz, Fritz Lauer, Chad A. Dow, Joel D. Ferris 2011-12-20 $45,354,000
8029347 Crop residue chopping-and-distributing arrangement for a combine Norbert Pohlmann, Friedrich Lauer, Rico Priesnitz, Oliver Klein 2011-10-04 $8,761,000
7950989 Combine with an endless conveyor that can be moved between a swath depositing position and a chopper position Chad A. Dow, Mark L. Pearson, Joel D. Ferris, Rico Priesnitz, Fritz Lauer +1 more 2011-05-31 $75,555,000
7871320 Thresher basket arrangement for a combine Lutz Bischoff, Fritz Lauer 2011-01-18 $180,959,000
7717779 Combine with a conveyor switchable between swath deposit operation and chopper operation in different directions of rotation Rico Priesnitz, Friedrich Lauer, Oliver Klein, Chad A. Dow 2010-05-18 $11,375,000
7651391 Harvested crop remains output apparatus for a combine that can be switched between broad distribution and ejection elbow operating mode Rico Priesnitz, Fritz Lauer, Oliver Klein, Chad A. Dow, Joel D. Ferris 2010-01-26 $16,501,000
7544126 Deflector for grinding chaff in swath mode Fritz Lauer, Rico Priesnitz 2009-06-09 $51,125,000
7416482 Combine harvester blower having convex wind channel side walls 2008-08-26 $35,469,000
7413507 Grate between precleaner and sieve 2008-08-19 $78,492,000
7399223 Sieve with different louvers Harald Grossjohann 2008-07-15 $44,670,000